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Memory, Society, and Self
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/sy3077
Module code: SY3077 In this module we will examine current research in the rapidly expanding field of 'social remembering'. We will look at how the process of remembering has been (and is being) conceptualised by locating it in the broader field of social science.
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Classical and Hellenistic Greek States
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ah2022
Module code: AH2022 In this module we will use literary, archaeological, and epigraphic sources to examine the spectrum of Greek political communities before and after Alexander the Great, breaking down both unipolar (Athenocentric) and bipolar (‘Athens vs.
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Leicester scientist wins prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-scientist-wins-prestigious-royal-society-of-chemistry-award
A researcher from the University's College of Medicine has been announced as the winner of the prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Toxicology Award for 2017.
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Students Union helps students bounce back from exam stress
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/students2019-union-helping-students-bounce-back-from-exam-stress
An inflatable assault course, back massages and cute fluffy animals are just some of the ways in which the Students' Union is helping students combat their exam stress this summer between 11 May and 5 June.
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Kazakh students celebrate independence
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/kazakh-students-celebrate-independence
Kazakh students from the University of Leicester have taken part in a charity football tournament at Wembley. Wearing University of Leicester and Leicester City emblems, the students were marking the 25th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s Independence.
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New publication uncovers hidden histories of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/new-publication-uncovers-hidden-histories-of-leicester
Hidden histories of Leicester and Leicestershire have been published in a journal providing fascinating insights into our local past – including the role played by Mary Attenborough, mother of Richard, David and John Attenborough, in housing refugee Basque children escaping...
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Leicester among worlds most international universities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/leicester-among-worlds-most-international-universities
Our University has been ranked amongst the leading international universities in the world on the Times Higher Education top 200 list - placing at number 72. A spokesperson for the THE said: “All institutions in the top 800 of the ranking have been considered.
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Leicester retains the HR Excellence in Research Award after four-year audit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/leicester-retains-the-hr-excellence-in-research-award-after-four-year-audit
Leicester signed up to the Concordat for the Career Development of Researchers in 2011.
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Building healthier well-connected communities
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/building-healthier-communities
Demonstrating the capacity for cultural organisations to contribute towards more equitable, fair and inclusive societies.
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Corpus Linguistics and Language Learning
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ed7574
Module code: ED7574 This module provides an introduction to corpus-based approaches to exploring language. A corpus (plural form: corpora) is a computerized collection of texts, sampled so as to represent one or more varieties of a language – e.g.