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Medical Biosciences (Microbiology) MBiolSci
https://le.ac.uk/courses/medical-biosciences-microbiology-mbiolsci/2026
Infectious diseases are responsible for a third of all deaths and are a major cause of death in infants and young children. The sheer diversity of pathogens and the exotic mechanisms they have evolved to escape the human immune system make them a fascinating topic to study.
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PGCE Primary (Lead Partners)
https://le.ac.uk/courses/school-direct-primary-education-pgce/2026
This is for you if... you have an undergraduate degree and you would like to train to teach 3-7 or 5-11 year-olds as part of the Lead Partners scheme.
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The Giant Bible of Mainz
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/10/07/the-giant-bible-of-mainz/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2022 The Giant Bible of Mainz Digitized by the Library of Congress Famous for being one of the last handwritten by a scribe in 1450s.
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English Language Teaching Unit establishes link with Kettering Hospital
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/english-language-teaching-unit-establishes-link-with-kettering-hospital
On April 15th, the English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) started a 12-week programme delivering English for Nurses classes to international nurses working at Kettering General Hospital.
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Integrated Masters and Presessional Programme
https://le.ac.uk/cite/eltu/presessional/integrated-masters
You can now study towards an Integrated Master's programme alongside a 6-week Presessional Programme. Learn more.
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Conflict in Ukraine: A message from the President and Vice-Chancellor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/conflict-in-ukraine
Leicester University statement on Russia and Ukraine
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Section 6 - The Senate
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/documents/statutes/senate
Read Section 6 of our Statutes, entitled The Senate. This section outlines the organisational structure of the Senate and the Senate’s powers.
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Research funding and partners
https://le.ac.uk/brexit/research
The EU has been an important source of funding for our research at the University of Leicester. We have seen in the past year the largest percentage increase in EU grant funding of any UK institution: up 72% to £6.7 million.
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Research reveals air pollution can alter the effectiveness of antibiotics and increases the potential of disease
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/study-reveals-air-pollution-can-alter-the-effectiveness-of-antibiotics-and-increases-the-potential-of-disease
Researchers from the University have for the first time discovered that bacteria that cause respiratory infections are directly affected by air pollution - increasing the potential for infection and changing the effectiveness of antibiotic treatment.
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Scientists hail final flyby for Mercury mission with Leicester technology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/mercury-flyby
Scientists who led instrument for the BepiColombo spacecraft comment as it makes final flyby at Mercury