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Topics in Applied Econometrics
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ec2011
Module code: EC2011 Moving on from the statistical techniques you have completed during first year and your Introduction to Econometrics, this module will dive into the wider uses of mathematical models in real world situations, and their relevance to polices that have been...
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Actuarial Communications Project
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ma7422
Module code: MA7422 The aim of the 15 credit Actuarial Communications Practice campus-based module is to ensure students can identify appropriate forms of written communication; select appropriate language for a non-specialised audience; and identify the key issues that...
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Media and Communication Research Methods 1
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ms7004
Module code: MS7004 Module Outline Starting with an overview of key trends and debates in approaches to communication research, this module offers an introduction to central methods and approaches for the study of media and communications content.
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Advertising: Industry, Contexts, Impacts
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ms7519
Module code: MS7519 Module co-ordinator: Dr Vincent Campbell Module Outline This module introduces advertising as a social and cultural phenomenon and explores the general theoretical perspectives and debates concerning the principles and conventions followed in the creation...
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Film Text/Film Context
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ms3006
Module code: MS3006 Module Outline This module examines some of the main critical and theoretical approaches to the study of film as mass communication, looking at a number of key debates and issues that have emerged in film studies over the past hundred years.
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Sociology Through Literature and Film
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/sy2098
Module code: SY2098 This module offers an exploration of key sociological themes and debates via film and literature.
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Actuarial Communications Project
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ma7422
Module code: MA7422 The aim of the 15 credit Actuarial Communications Practice campus-based module is to ensure students can identify appropriate forms of written communication; select appropriate language for a non-specialised audience; and identify the key issues that...
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Five reasons why we need to look at childbirth and the media
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/five-reasons-why-we-need-to-look-at-childbirth-and-the-media
An academic from our University has discussed ways in which the media shapes society’s perceptions, anxieties and emotions arising out of birth.
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UK first heart operations using novel system at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/uk-first-heart-operations-using-novel-system-at-leicester
The UK’s first heart operations using a novel software platform to pinpoint the source of the heart condition have been carried out in Leicester thanks to research at the University.
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£5 million grant for health science PhD students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/16-wellcome-grant
The University of Leicester has been awarded a Wellcome Trust grant of over £5 million. The grant will enable the University to support 40 genomic epidemiology and public health genomics PhD students beginning in the 2020/21 academic year.