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Beatrix Potter – 150th Anniversary
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/07/28/beatrix-potter-150th-anniversary/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on July 28, 2016 Iconic fictional characters of childhood can be attributed to the creativity of Beatrix Potter, author and illustrator of the late 19 th – early 20 th century.
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Leicester graduate taking part in new series of The Great British Bake Off
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/leicester-graduate-taking-part-in-new-series-of-the-great-british-bake-off
A University graduate and amateur baker is hoping to impress Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood with her culinary prowess, as she has been revealed as one of the 12 contestants in the new series of The Great British Bake Off.
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Leading heart researchers to appear in BBC documentary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leading-heart-researchers-to-appear-in-bbc-documentary
Leading heart researchers at our University are to appear in a BBC documentary - after finding a link between red meat and heart disease.
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International Summer Programme scholarship 2025
https://le.ac.uk/cite/eltu/short-courses/summer/international-summer-programme-scholarship
International Summer Programme scholarships information
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The lives and letters of the poor in the nineteenth century
https://le.ac.uk/own-write/lives-and-letters
Pauper letters are helping historians write a new ‘history from below' by giving a voice to the ordinary men and women before the twentieth century.
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Approaching the Roman World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ah1701
Module code: AH1701 How did Rome transform from an insignificant city state to become the ruler of the world? What role did gods and heroes play in the development of Roman society? What was the deal with all of the crazy emperors? Everybody knows about the Romans.
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Approaching the Roman World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ah1701
Module code: AH1701 How did Rome transform from an insignificant city state to become the ruler of the world? What role did gods and heroes play in the development of Roman society? What was the deal with all of the crazy emperors? Everybody knows about the Romans.
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Approaching the Roman World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ah1701
Module code: AH1701 How did Rome transform from an insignificant city state to become the ruler of the world? What role did gods and heroes play in the development of Roman society? What was the deal with all of the crazy emperors? Everybody knows about the Romans.
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Textiles, Dress and Identity in the Roman World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ah3079
Module code: AH3079 A lot of evidence survives for the study of Roman dress: fragmentary textiles, texts and iconography in a variety of media.
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New guidance for filmmakers on how to represent people with disabilities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/disabilities-in-media
A recent PhD from the University of Leicester has called on the film industry to better represent people with disabilities on the big screen.