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• Leicester’s global and colonial history explored through a basketry collection

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/dryad-baskets

  An exhibition showcasing the basket collection of Leicester entrepreneur Harry Peach has gone on display at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery

• Age at prediabetes diagnosis a key factor for risk of type 2 diabetes and cancer, study indicates

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/diabetes-cancer-diagnosis-leicester

  Academics from the University of Leicester have found that the risk of developing cancer following a prediabetes diagnosis is greater in those aged between 55 and 75 years than any other age group.

• Senate regulation 1: Regulations governing minimum entry qualifications and language requirements for taught programmes of study

  https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/senate-regulations/senate-regulation-1

  Downloadable version of Senate Regulation 1 (PDF, 231KB) General entrance requirements for undergraduate programmes of study 1.

• Leicester to showcase humanities research at 2021 Being Human festival

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/being-human

  University of Leicester experts from disciplines as diverse as English literature, archaeology and criminology – and a whole lot more – have joined the programme for the UK’s largest national festival of the humanities.

• Royal Thai Government's programme to boost digital workforce sees 50 students study overseas with Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/thai-prime-minister-boost-digital-workforce-students-university-leicester

  Thai students spent six weeks studying in the United Kingdom as part of the Thailand government’s plan to equip young people with the skills to thrive in a digital economy.

• Ancient History and Classical Archaeology MA, PGDip, PGCert, by distance learning

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/ancient-history-and-classical-archaeology-ma-dl/2026

  Combine the study of ancient history with archaeology to explore the societies of Greece and Rome, those that surrounded them, and their influence both on the past and the modern world

• Leicester Criminologist presents evidence to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/leicester-criminologist-presents-evidence-to-the-all-party-parliamentary-group-on-british-muslims

  Neil Chakraborti, Professor of Criminology and Director of the Leicester Centre for Hate Studies, has been asked to provide expert evidence to an All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on British Muslims.

• Awards and collaborations

  https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/material-worlds-past-present/awards-collaborations

  Find out about recent and current collaborations undertaken by the Centre for Material Worlds Past and Present

• Leicester City Council

  https://le.ac.uk/emoha/about/partners/leicester-city-council

  Leicester City Council provides support to the East Midlands Oral History Archive with access to edited material through their museums and library services. Learn more.

• Thinking Through Things

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ar1012

  Module code: AR1012 This module challenges the stereotype of archaeology as the study of ancient, dusty and rather irrelevant things in the past.