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English language requirements
https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/entry-reqs/eng-lang-reqs
In addition to the academic entry requirements to study for a research degree at Leicester, you will also need to satisfy the English language entry requirements.
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Attenborough Arts Centre to host exhibitions by Claude Cahun and UK debut of Laura Swanson
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/attenborough-arts-centre-to-host-exhibitions-by-claude-cahun-and-uk-debut-of-laura-swanson
Our Attenborough Arts Centre will be the first venue in the UK to present a solo exhibition by American artist Laura Swanson, alongside the Hayward Touring exhibition of photography by gender-defying artist Claude Cahun (1894 – 1954).
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Leicester VC to reflect on Century of Change in Lit&Phil lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/vc-litphil
University of Leicester Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nishan Canagarajah, has spoken of the ‘tremendous honour’ at being invited to deliver a prestigious public lecture to the body which helped establish the University more than a Century ago.
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Frank, the Double Duchesse
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/11/08/frank-the-double-duchesse/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on November 8, 2016 Amongst the contents of the Fairclough Collection of engraved portraits, relating to political and social history in 17 th century Britain, we have recently discovered this delicately executed...
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LEGO: The Anti-Corporate Corporation?*
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/03/05/lego-the-anti-corporate-corporation/
Posted by Martin Parker in School of Business Blog on March 5, 2014 Martin Parker, Professor and Culture and Organisation at the School, underlines the apparent paradox of the popularity of anti-corporate sentiment within contemporary culture.
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Upcoming events
https://le.ac.uk/sports/sport-programmes/upcoming-events
More information on the sports events we have coming up soon.
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Book Group: Black Mischief
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2015/11/20/blackmischief/
Summary of a Evelyn Waugh Book Group discussion about Black Mischief, held at Leicester Central Library on 08/11/2015.
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Charles Phythian-Adams
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/charles-phythian-adams
We have learned, with sadness, of the death of Emeritus Professor Charles Phythian-Adams, former Head of the Department of English Local History (now the Centre for Regional and Local History), who passed away on 13 May 2025.
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This is England, or did I inadvertently predict Brexit?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2017/03/03/this-is-england-or-did-i-inadvertently-predict-brexit/
Posted by Richard Courtney in School of Business Blog on March 3, 2017 Richard Courtney reflects on the decade since his PhD, and in the light of Brexit and Trump, asks whether the social sciences have forgotten the white English working class.
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Take a visual tour of womens influence throughout University history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/take-a-visual-tour-of-women2019s-influence-throughout-university-history
From the first female students in 1921, to the first black female president of the Students’ Union in 1975, to the present day, women have played a vital role in our University's history, an exhibition currently being held at the Library reveals.