Search
-
Study suggests millions of modern men are descendants of 11 dynastic leaders
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/genetic-study-suggests-millions-of-modern-are-descendants-of-11-asian-dynastic-leaders
A team of geneticists led by Professor Mark Jobling from the Department of Genetics has discovered that millions of modern Asian men are descended from 11 powerful dynastic leaders, including Mongolian warlord Genghis Khan, who lived up to 4,000 years ago.
-
Tree rings reveal increasing rainfall seasonality in the Amazon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/tree-rings-increasing-rainfall-seasonality-amazon
Study involving University of Leicester researcher shows intensified seasonal cycles, with wet seasons are getting wetter and dry seasons drier, increasing the dangers of flooding and drought
-
Education and Social Justice
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/sy3091
Module code: SY3091 This module is about fairness and social justice in education.
-
Managing Value Creation Processes from Idea to Market
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/mk7702
Module code: MK7702 Success increasingly demands the nurturing of a culture which can efficiently harness value creation processes across all areas of organisational life.
-
Education and Social Justice
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/sy3091
Module code: SY3091 This module is about fairness and social justice in education.
-
Managing Value Creation Processes from Idea to Market
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/mk7702
Module code: MN7702 Success increasingly demands the nurturing of a culture which can efficiently harness value creation processes across all areas of organisational life.
-
Inspirational women
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/inspirational-women
Olive Banks - the University's first female Professor Esuantsiwa Jane Goldsmith - the Students' Union's first female President Wendy Hickling - the University's first graduate These three portraits represent the realisation of a project long...
-
Spend a year abroad
https://le.ac.uk/politics/study/undergraduate/spend-a-year-abroad
Spend part of your degree studying abroad via the Study Abroad or the Erasmus scheme. We have links with universities across Europe - and beyond, in Australia.
-
Hilary Burgess
https://le.ac.uk/inspirational-women/hilary-burgess
Professor Hilary Burgess came to Leicester in 2010 from a position at the Open University, joining her husband Robert Burgess, who had been Vice-Chancellor since 1999.
-
Community projects
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/royal/visits/duke-and-duchess-of-cambridge/projects
As part of their visit to the University of Leicester, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were shown three community projects, all reflecting the close ties between the University and Leicester City FC.