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Becoming the Historical Researcher
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs2502
Module code: HS2502 This module will help you to consider simple questions about historical research like, what is it for? What role does historical research play in the world? It will get you to think about how to approach your future research with an open mind, both in...
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Anglo-Saxon England to Alfred
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs2301
Module code: HS2301 You’ll be studying Anglo-Saxon England from 500–900 AD, this is the proto-historic ‘migration and settlement’ period through to the well-documented reign of King Alfred.
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Learning about history from food utensils
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/learning-about-history-from-food-utensils
What do dinner utensils say about Roman social interactions? Archaeologists and Big Data experts will be gathering at the University for a series of workshops between 26-27 September at College Court Conference Centre to provide some answers to that question.
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Real-world experience enhances Maths students’ skills
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/maths-industry-placements
Mathematics students from the University of Leicester have been putting their skills to use with a number of high-profile industry placements.
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The history of genetic fingerprinting
https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/history
Read about the history of genetic fingerprinting, and Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys' journey from Oxford to Leicester to beyond genetic fingerprinting.
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NASAs WISE finds universes most luminous galaxy to date
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/nasas-wise-finds-universes-most-luminous-galaxy-to-date
A remote galaxy shining brightly with infrared light equal to more than 300 trillion suns has been discovered using data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.
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Doing Qualitative Research
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/sy2093
Module code: SY2093 This module introduces you to key elements involved in carrying out original research, and exposes you to approaches for systematically collecting and analysing different kinds of data (interviews, numbers, documents, images).
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Doing Qualitative Research
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/sy2093
Module code: SY2093 This module introduces you to key elements involved in carrying out original research, and exposes you to approaches for systematically collecting and analysing different kinds of data (interviews, numbers, documents, images).
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Doing Qualitative Research
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/sy2093
Module code: SY2093 This module introduces you to key elements involved in carrying out original research, and exposes you to approaches for systematically collecting and analysing different kinds of data (interviews, numbers, documents, images).
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COVID-19: New focus on indoor ventilation needed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/covid-19-airborne-transmission
A group of leading virologists have expressed the need for improved indoor ventilation to combat airborne transmission of COVID-19.