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Research degrees
https://le.ac.uk/english/study/research-degrees
English at the University of Leicester is a major centre for research. We offer expert supervision, by nationally and internationally known scholars and critics, across the full range of literature from the medieval period to the present day.
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Creative Writing
https://le.ac.uk/english/study/creative-writing
Creative Writing at the University of Leicester offers a broad range of exciting and challenging options in a dynamic environment of practising writers. Find out about the undergraduate modules and postgraduate programmes we offer in creative writing.
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Textiles, Dress and Identity in the Roman World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ah3079
Module code: AH3079 A lot of evidence survives for the study of Roman dress: fragmentary textiles, texts and iconography in a variety of media.
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Kenya: Environment, Gender and Development
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/gy3316
Module code: GY3316 This module offers students the opportunity for fieldwork-based critical engagement with contemporary theories, issues and debates in environment and development geographies.
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New University film, 'Revisiting the Harms of Hate', available now
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/revisiting-harms-hate-film
The sequel to a celebrated short film, produced by the University of Leicester, exploring the impact of hate crime is now available to watch.
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New guidance for filmmakers on how to represent people with disabilities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/disabilities-in-media
A recent PhD from the University of Leicester has called on the film industry to better represent people with disabilities on the big screen.
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Tiny fossils unlock clues to Earths climate half a billion years ago
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/tiny-fossils-unlock-clues-to-earth2019s-climate-half-a-billion-years-ago
An international collaboration of scientists, led by the University of Leicester, has investigated Earth’s climate over half a billion years ago by combining climate models and chemical analyses of fossil shells about 1mm long.
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New views of Jupiter showcases swirling clouds on giant planet
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/new-views-of-jupiter-showcases-swirling-clouds-on-giant-planet
Members of NASA’s Juno mission team, some of the world’s leading observers of Jupiter, and citizen scientists from across the globe attended a workshop co-organised by Leicester academic entiteld ‘New Views of Jupiter: Pro-Am Collaborations during and beyond the NASA Juno...
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Major European grant for research into rare diseases
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/major-european-grant-for-research-into-rare-diseases
Our University has joined an international programme of research to improve the diagnosis of rare diseases.
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Leicester scientists help to drive technological revolution in developing electric vehicles
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/leicester-scientists-help-to-drive-technological-revolution-in-developing-electric-vehicles
Two academics from our University are part of a consortium that has received over £9 million for a project that will determine the ways in which spent lithium batteries can be recycled.