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• Archaeology of Human Evolution

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ar2605

  Module code: AR2605 When did early humans start to walk on two legs? What were the earliest stone tools? What do 30,000 year old cave paintings mean? And how did brains, language and consciousness develop? These are just a few of the fascinating questions we will explore in...

• Computer Architecture

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/co1104

  Module code: CO1104 While modern computers and computer-controlled devices are complex, there are key components from which these are built. In particular they have a processor which might be thought of as the heart of a computer.

• University life in the 1920s revealed through historical interview

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/university-life-in-the-1920s-revealed-through-historical-interview

  A new project organised by our University is making a number of oral history interviews with people who lived during the 19th and 20th centuries available online.

• New heart attack genes discovered

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/new-heart-attack-genes-discovered

  Scientists have discovered two new genes which are associated with a person’s risk of coronary heart disease in an international collaboration involving BHF and NIHR-funded researchers. The findings could lead to new statin-like treatments to prevent heart attacks.

• Current view on origins of Parkinsons disease challenged by new findings

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/current-view-on-origins-of-parkinson2019s-disease-challenged-by-new-findings

  The neurodegeneration that occurs in Parkinson’s disease is a result of stress on the endoplasmic reticulum in the cell rather than failure of the mitochondria as previously thought, according to a study in fruit flies.

• Is there life on Mars?

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/15-is-there-life-on-mars

  BBC Life on Mars BBC Camera Crew filming University academic|The university of Leicester is working closely with NASA and the European Space Agency to determine the age-old question, is there life on Mars? Mars Sample Return is happening with the launch of NASA’s Mars 2020...

• Support

  https://le.ac.uk/study/postgraduates/accommodation/life-in-halls/support

  Student life is about being independent, but that doesn't mean you won't still need a little help sometimes. The Accommodation Team and Residential Advisers are always on hand to help you out.

• Countries where education is in English

  https://le.ac.uk/study/international-students/english-language-requirements/approved-countries

  An education in the countries listed here satisfies the University of Leicester’s English language requirements, so we won’t need further evidence of your English language ability.

• Resources

  https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/microbial-sciences/microbial-genomes/higher-education/resources

  Take a look at the resources available for students in higher education on mircobial genomes, all with descriptions and links.

• Academic year: 1998-1999

  https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/research/seminar-series/98-99

  Browse the speakers from the Centre for English Local History's seminar events, held in 1998-1999.