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Work opportunities
https://le.ac.uk/physics/study/undergraduate/work-opportunities
The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester offers a number of opportunities for students to experience work in the Department.
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University of Leicester student engineer ‘excels’ to score top awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/sam-raviraja-award
Third-year University of Leicester student Samiksha Raviraja wins ‘Engineering Student of the Year’ – and is recognised for ‘Overall Excellence in Engineering’
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Student profiles
https://le.ac.uk/modern-languages/study/undergraduate/student-profiles
Hear from former students about their experiences of studying Modern Languages at the University of Leicester
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Peatland protection
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/sustaining-world/peatland-protection
Peatlands around the world are being destroyed to make way for plantation development, logging and mining.
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Expert comments on Theresa Mays General Election announcement
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/experts-comment-on-theresa-mays-calling-of-a-general-election-in-june
Dr Rob Dover from the School of History, Politics and International Relations has written an article for Think: Leicester discussing Theresa May's surprise announcement to hold a General Election in June of this year.
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Regional awards recognise Leicester’s education heroes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/education-awards
Natasha Boyce is a teacher at The Winstanley School in Braunstone and picked up the evening’s top award. The citation described Natasha as ‘a true inspiration, mentor and role model for so many in the community.
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University of Leicester commended for Global Challenges Research Fund strategy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/29-international-research
Research England 2293|Research England has commended the University of Leicester Global Challenges Research Fund strategy for best practice.
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Immigration and indigenism in popular historical discourses
https://le.ac.uk/impact-of-diasporas/projects/immigration-and-indigenism
Research Associate: Dr Marc Scully The relationship between a sense of national or regional identity and collective memory has been a matter of longstanding concern across a range of disciplines, including social psychology, sociology, history and politics.
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British Cinema and Society 1930-1950
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ha3472
Module code: HA3472 This module explores the relationship between cinema and society in Britain during the period when cinema-going was ‘the essential social habit of the age’ (A.J.P. Taylor).
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Space Plasmas and Planetary Atmospheres
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/pa4603
Module code: PA4603 This module builds upon your knowledge of electromagnetism and the motion of charged particles in electric and magnetic fields to derive the laws determining the behaviour of plasmas and magnetised fluids – magnetohydrodynamics (MHD).