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Natural Heroes
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/all/natural-heroes
The Natural Heroes is a collection of interviews with Natural Historians in regards to their work and their lives. Get more information about the project.
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Academic year: 2000-2001
https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/research/seminar-series/00-01
Browse the speakers from the Centre for English Local History's seminar events, held in 2000-2001.
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The television: an electronic babysitter for the incarcerated?
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/television
Read the article "The television: an electronic babysitter for the incarcerated?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.
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Antibiotic resistance
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/microbial-sciences/antibiotic-resistance
For decades, we have used antibiotics to treat bacterial infections. Now, we are threatened by bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics. Learn more about why this happens and how it can be prevented.
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Better peatland management could cut half a billion tonnes of carbon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/peatland-emissions-nature
However, because large populations rely on these peatlands for their livelihoods, it may not be realistic to expect all agricultural peatlands to be fully returned to their natural condition in the near future.
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The Oxford Group
https://le.ac.uk/politics/research/research-projects/previous-research-projects/the-oxford-group
Our two-year Leverhulme-funded research project examines the contribution made to the emergence (or rather re-emergence) of the idea of animal rights made by a group of young people - mainly postgraduate philosophy students - who congregated in Oxford for a few short years -...
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Early Prehistory
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ar1552
Module code: AR1552 What were the first human technologies? When did humans start making art? How did people in the deep past care for their dead? What can monuments tell us about the communities who built them? Prehistory – the study of humans before the...
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World War II
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes/leicestershire-villages/world-war-two
Hear interviews with residents of Leicestershire villages during World War II, such as Gertrude Moore who recalls the factory she worked in making munitions for the war effort.
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Richard Jones
https://le.ac.uk/people/richard-jones
The academic profile of Dr Richard Jones, Associate Professor of Landscape History at University of Leicester
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The start of the War
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes/first-world-war/the-start-of-the-war
Find interviews with residents of Leicestershire who discuss the start of the First World War, including memories of encouragement to sign up to the army.