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Carceral Archipelago: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Sociology BA
https://le.ac.uk/courses/sociology-ba/2026
Leicester is one of the best cities to study Sociology. On this degree you’ll gain a thorough grounding in research methods and theory, across a wide range of modules.
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Boards of examiners for assessed components excluding the Thesis
https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/senate-regulations/senate-regulation-9/appendix-3/boards-of-examiners
(3)9.84 A Board of Examiners shall be convened for each professional doctorate programme. The Board of Examiners shall be directly responsible to the Senate for the conduct of its business. (3)9.
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Self-certification
https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/mitigating-circumstances/self-certification
Self-certification is a new element of the mitigating circumstances policy for the 2022/23 academic year (Section 4) (PDF, 636kb). This page summarises the scheme and more detailed information is available in the policy.
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Opening up the University archives for Heritage Open Days on 19/20 September
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/18-heritage-open-days
As part of Heritage Open Days, England’s largest festival of history and culture, the University of Leicester is opening its archives up to the public with a series of free events on Thursday 19 September and Friday 20 September.
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Breakthrough molecular movie reveals DNA’s unzipping mechanism with implications for viral and cancer treatments
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/dna-helix-microscopy-cancer
Scientists at the University of Leicester have captured the first detailed “molecular movie” showing DNA being unzipped at the atomic level
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Ptero Firma: footprints pinpoint when ancient flying reptiles conquered the ground
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/ptero-firma-footprints-ancient-flying-reptiles
Study led by the University of Leicester links fossilised flying reptile tracks to animals that made them, revealing a 160-million-year-old invasion as pterosaurs came down from the trees and onto the ground.
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First study examining pregnancy in the Viking Age: Pregnant women wearing martial helmets, fetuses set to avenge their fathers, but also a harsh world where not all newborns were given burial or born free
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/first-study-into-pregnancy-in-viking-age
A new, interdisciplinary study is the first focused examination of pregnancy in the Viking Age.
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Events
https://le.ac.uk/history/events
Find out about the upcoming events in the School of History.
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Minister meets life science and space businesses
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/18-minister-visit
Minister meets life science and space businesses Cabinet Minister Brandon Lewis meets students and staff from the University 600|Cabinet Minister Brandon Lewis, was in Leicester today (Thursday 18 October) visiting the University of Leicester and the National Space Centre,...