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14132 results for: ‘museum studies’

• Students discover Leicesters literary secrets on Joe Orton walking tour

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/students-discover-leicesters-literary-secrets-on-joe-orton-walking-tour

  This year the University of Leicester has been celebrating the work of Joe Orton. The Leicester-born playwright is one of our city’s most treasured cultural icons and 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of his tragic death.

• Rare chariot fittings from the Iron Age are among fascinating items in brand new exhibition

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/burrough-hill-exhibition

  University archaeologist curates an exhibition of finds from Breedon Hill and Burrough Hill, including objects excavated by University of Leicester Archaeological Services

• Spring seminar series 2005

  https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/events/spring-seminar-series/archive/2005

  Browse our 2005 spring seminar series in the Victorian Studies Centre.

• University of Leicester historian bestowed British Academy honour

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/clare-anderson

  A University of Leicester expert on imperial and global history has been recognised for their contribution to the humanities and social sciences.

• Study suggests corporations could be destroyed by psychopathic leadership

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/study-suggests-corporations-could-be-destroyed-by-psychopathic-leadership

  According to new research led by the Universities of Leicester and Coventry, investing in companies that have psychopaths in their higher echelons of power could be harmful to your wealth.

• Case Study - Axies Digital

  https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/working-with-business/executive-education-programmes/help-to-grow-management-programme/case-study---axies-digital

  Introduction Axies Digital, based in Leicester, are a digital marketing agency supporting SMEs to get the best results from their marketing through a precise, data-led approach with a particular focus on pay-per-click (PPC), search engine pptimisation (SEO) and social media.

• Insights into visual supersense provided by new study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-researcher-gains-new-insights-into-human-visual-abilities

  An experiment originally designed to test the visual abilities of octopuses and cuttlefish has provided researchers with new insights into a human supersense – the ability to perceive the polarisation of light.

• Breakthrough study uncovers origin of plant sperm

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/19-breakthrough-study-origin-plant-sperm

  A large international team of researchers has uncovered the origin of an ancient genetic mechanism needed for plant fertility

• Local research study contributes to global findings which pinpoint genes for depression across ethnicities

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/exceed

  A University of Leicester study has contributed to the world’s largest and most diverse genetic study ever into major depression, helping to reveal nearly 300 previously unknown genetic links to the condition

• Senate regulation 5: Regulations governing undergraduate programmes of study (2018/19 to 2024/25)

  https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/senate-regulations/senate-regulation-5/2018-2025-study

  Read Senate Regulation 5: Regulations governing undergraduate programmes of study (2018/19 to 2024/25).