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• English and British Culture Programme - Spring 2026

  https://le.ac.uk/cite/eltu/short-courses/ebcp-spring

  Study on the 4-week English and British Culture Programme at the University of Leicester.

• Being Human: Evolution and Prehistory

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ar2555

  Module code: AR2555 What does it mean to be human? Why did hominins start walking on two legs? How did hominins respond to major Quaternary climatic fluctuations? Who were the first fire users? Why did people begin to produce art? Who were the...

• Introduction to Functional Data Analysis

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ma3202

  Module code: MA3202 This module introduces methods for Functional Data Analysis (FDA) with an emphasis on practical issues and applications. It introduces to students the concept of functional data and the methodologies for analysing such data.

• Local schoolchildren to learn about Richard III discovery

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/local-schoolchildren-to-learn-about-richard-iii-discovery-at-home-of-dna-fingerprinting

  For the third year running Leicester schoolchildren will learn the scientific and archaeological skills used to uncover King Richard III at a series of workshop days starting on Monday 23 February 2015.

• Focus on Medicine event to inspire tomorrows doctors

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/2018focus-on-medicine2019-event-to-inspire-tomorrow2019s-doctors

  Students interested in studying medicine, and their families, are invited to the University's ‘Focus on Medicine Day’ on Saturday 20 June, which will provide the opportunity to learn more about the University’s unique medical facilities – including its new...

• Genetics study to improve prediction of heart disease recruits 20000th participant

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/genetics-study-to-improve-prediction-of-heart-disease-recruits-20-000th-participant

  A team of researchers from our University and NIHR Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit (LCBRU) in conjunction with colleagues from Primary Care and Leicester and Leicestershire CCGs have recruited their 20,000th participant to a landmark genetics study.

• Study shows rise in avoidable diabetes hospital visits

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/study-shows-rise-in-avoidable-diabetes-hospital-visits

  Hospital admissions for a short-term and avoidable complication of diabetes have risen by 39 per cent in the last ten years, a new analysis has concluded.

• Beehold our hivestar bumble abode

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/bee-hold-our-hive-star-bumble-abode

  Ahead of World Environment Day on Sunday 5 June, students at the University are helping to build replicas of insect natural habitats in two new locations in Leicester.

• Electronic frailty index will identify older people at risk

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/30-frailty-index

  A collaborative study involving Professor Simon Conroy from our Department of Health Sciences has been awarded £550,000 from the NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme to develop the next version of the multi-award winning electronic frailty index (eFI).

• Resources

  https://le.ac.uk/bepicolombo/resources

  These teaching resources were inspired by work done at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition 2019 by the BepiColombo team. These teaching aids were funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council and the UK Space Agency.