Search
-
Evidence of 2,000 years of human activity found on market site in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/evidence-2000-years-human-activity-market
University of Leicester Archaeological Services carrying out excavations at the site of the city’s new market square, with discoveries including a Roman infant burial and remains of a dungeon believed to be from the 16th century
-
Colonial Countryside
https://le.ac.uk/colonial-countryside
Colonial Countryside: National Trust Houses Reinterpreted is a national writing and history project in partnership with Peepal Tree Press, Renaissance and the National Trust.
-
Leicester research supports European Parliament legislation on aggressive corporate tax planning
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/leicester-research-supports-european-parliament-legislation-on-aggressive-corporate-tax-planning
A Leicester academic has been at the heart of the European Parliament's attempts to introduce reforms to curb aggressive tax planning and avoidance by multinational enterprises.
-
Our History
https://le.ac.uk/library/special-collections/our-history
Plans were announced in 1917 for a new college of higher education in Leicester, as a memorial to the sacrifices made by local people during the First World War.
-
Early edition of Frankenstein in University archives gives rise to chilling story around its creation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/early-edition-of-frankenstein-in-university-archives-gives-rise-to-chilling-story-around-its-creation
A popular character during Halloween is the shambling mass of assorted body parts known as Frankenstein’s Monster from Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein – a creature who has remained a harrowing vision of what can happen when people try and create unnatural life since its...
-
National award for Josh’s out of this world bakes with National Space Centre
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/national-award-josh-bakes-space-centre
Instagram series Mission Bake, a collaboration between Dr Josh Smalley and the National Space Centre, has won first place at the Sir Arthur Clarke Awards
-
University of Leicester backs performances marking 50 years since Ugandan Asian exodus
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/curve-uganda
The University of Leicester has backed a series of performances which mark the 50th anniversary of the Ugandan Asian exodus.
-
Financial Accounting
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/af1016
Module code: AF1016 We've all heard news stories about the work of financial accountants. Whether a business is reporting enormous profits, huge losses or is barely scraping by, the impact of the release of their accounts can be huge on their future viability.
-
Financial Accounting
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/af1016
Module code: AF1016 We've all heard news stories about the work of financial accountants. Whether a business is reporting enormous profits, huge losses or is barely scraping by, the impact of the release of their accounts can be huge on their future viability.
-
Creating circular economies for technology metals
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/sustaining-world/recycling-metal
Professor Andrew Abbott explores the cutting-edge science making recycling metals eco-compatible.