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Dr Robert Owen ‘Toby’ Law
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2020/toby-law
The University regrets to report the death of Dr Toby Law, who was for more than 30 years a member of academic staff. Toby was appointed to a University Lectureship in 1971 in the then new Department of Physiology (formed in 1968) and in 1987 was promoted to Senior Lecturer.
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MBiolSci Research Project (Cancer Molecular Pathology and Therapeutics)
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/bs4404
Module code: BS4404 This module comprises of an independent laboratory research under the guidance of a project supervisor.
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Researchers create novel compound targeting melanoma cells
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/researchers-create-novel-compound-targeting-melanoma-cells
An international team of researchers, including a Professor from the University of Leicester, has developed a novel compound that successfully inhibits growth of melanoma cells by targeting specific epigenetic modifying proteins in these cells.
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Leicester academic honoured by the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-academic-honoured-by-the-society-for-the-history-of-alchemy-and-chemistry
A former Leicester academic will be celebrated at the anniversary meeting of the Society of the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (SHAC) on 20 May.
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Archaeology: The Essentials
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ar1007
Module code: AR1007 What is an archaeologist? Where does the discipline of Archaeology come from and how is it organised? What techniques do we use to identify traces of past social life? How do we recover those traces through survey and excavation? How...
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Xin Li
https://le.ac.uk/people/xin-li
The academic profile of Dr Xin Li, Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering at University of Leicester
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Policy for students under the age of 18 years
https://le.ac.uk/policies/admissions/under-18/policy
Occasionally we will admit students under the age of 18. Read more about the policy surrounding applicants under the age of 18.
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Topology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ma3144
Module code: MA3144 When presented with a geometric object such as a ball, a wheel, a polyhedron (say a cube or dodecahedron), a knotted loop of string, or more exotic objects like Klein bottles and Möbius bands, there are several natural questions about them that...
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New Years Honours Professor Paul Boyle and Professor Melanie Davies awarded CBEs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/years-honours-professor-paul-boyle-and-professor-melanie-davies-awarded-cbes
Our President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul Boyle, has been appointed a CBE in the New Year’s Honours.
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Assassins Creed may give gamers a gripping sense of vertigo but its leaping calculations are optimistic at best
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/the-science-of-assassins-creed
The popular video game franchise 'Assassin’s Creed' often depicts characters leaping off tall buildings into piles of loose hay or straw lying on the ground or in a cart, by diving head first then executing a half-summersault to land on their back.