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Contemporary Italian Fiction
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/it3136
Module code: IT3136 This module explores contemporary Italian fiction, focusing in particular on the interface between literature, place/landscape and photography.
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Italy Since 1945
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/it1029
Module code: IT1029 This module explores Italian postwar history, politics and society from the Second World War to the present day. We will examine a variety of periods and contexts, from the postwar settlement to the Berlusconi era.
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Corruption, Informality and Scandals
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/pl3146
Module code: PL3146 This module examines different aspects of corruption – defined as ‘the abuse of power for the purpose of illicit gain’, informality - defined as ‘ways of getting things done,’ ie.
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Intelligence: Key Concepts and Debates
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/pl7540
Module code: PL7540 Since the end of the Cold War, and particularly after the 9/11 attacks, intelligence has become increasingly important to governments and other entities trying to deal with a growing number of traditional and non-traditional threats: terrorism,...
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Policing and Diversity
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/cr2030
Module code: CR2030 The representativeness of the police service, and the relationship between the public and the police, is fundamental to police legitimacy. This module examines policing and diversity in two ways.
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Expert opinions cover primate archaeology and the science of Jupiter
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/expert-opinions-cover-primate-archaeology-and-the-science-of-jupiter
Dr Huw Barton from the School of Archaeology and Ancient History has written an article for Think: Leicester discussing how both Capuchins and Chimpanzees are showing evidence of using tools, problem solving and more, lifting the lid on a new field of archaeology.
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The Bulletin - Leicester research reveals hit and run motives
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/the-bulletin-leicester-research-reveals-hit-and-run-motives
In this episode of The Bulletin from the University of Leicester News Centre: Hear about the new University of Leicester research revealing why drivers 'hit and run'.
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Expert opinions cover ants Russian cyber techniques and the UK sex industry
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/expert-opinions-cover-ants-russian-cyber-techniques-and-the-uk-sex-industry
In an article for The Conversation, Dr Rob Hammond and PhD candidate Charlie Durant from our Department of Genetics and Genome Biology have discussed how scientists are on the hunt for new ways to attack harmful microbes.
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Beginnings of English Literature
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en2030
Module code: EN2030 English Literature begins with Beowulf and the 400 or so other texts written by the Anglo-Saxons, including poems and saints’ lives, chronicles, histories, translations and laws.
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English and Education
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en2196
Module code: EN2196 The module is based around a 10-week school placement during the Spring term, usually visiting one half-day or full-day per week (the exact dates and times to be agreed directly between yourself and the student).