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Modern Sociological Theory
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/sy3079
Module code: SY3079 This module examines a number of key works in contemporary sociological theory that have sought to understand major social phenomena, including the processes of change, such as climate change and the expansion of the human rights regime.
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Artwork showcases childrens cancer journeys
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/artwork-showcases-childrens-cancer-journeys
A University-based children’s cancer charity is staging a public exhibition of artworks by those affected by the disease.
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Career opportunities and events
https://le.ac.uk/media/study/undergraduate/careers/opportunities-events
Find out about careers events and opportunities available to you as a student within Media and Communication at Leicester, including work placements, mentoring and interview workshops.
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A Historical Long View of Posthumous Harm: Comparing organ snatching to body-snatching. By Floris To
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/05/16/organ-and-body-snatching/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on May 16, 2016 Improper Procurement and Retention Taking organs of dead children without parental permission at Alder Hey is a practice The Economist (2001) dubbed the ‘return of the body-snatchers’.
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Resources
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/genetics-and-ethics-and-law/higher-education/law/resources
We've supplied links to helpful resources for research and revision for students who are in higher education.
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World’s largest tropical peatlands revealed to be more than 40,000 years old
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/largest-tropical-peatlands-40000-years-old
New research finds peatland complex in Congo Basin to be more than twice as old as previously thought, expertise from the University of Leicester supported the study
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Foodborne disease
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/foodborne-disease
Food-borne infections are a direct cause of mortality, but can also increase susceptibility to other communicable and non-communicable diseases.
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Affective Digital Histories: An AHRC-funded research project
https://le.ac.uk/new-writing/projects/digital-histories
Learn more about the Centre for New Writing's eight commissioned pieces exploring the afterlife of industrial buildings in Leicester and Glossop, as well as relationships between people who might have used them.
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Annabelle Sreberny
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/annabelle-sreberny
The University has learned, with sadness, of the death of Professor Annabelle Sreberny, former Director of the Centre for Mass Communication Research. Annabelle Sreberny was born on 5 September 1949 to parents who had come to Britain as Jewish refugees.
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Professional and College Services
https://le.ac.uk/ggb/people/professional
See a list of our professional and college services staff. Find out how to contact them via telephone and email.