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Social, Political and Economic Event Database (SPEED) Project Data.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/12/social-political-and-economic-event-database-speed-project-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 12, 2014 … comprises data on de-stabilising events such as coups, revolutions and political and economic upheaval. Analysis has been made from a global news archive.
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Researching Media and Public Communication
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ms7025
Module code: MS7025 This module will equip you with the key skills necessary for researching media and public communication, and will allow you to distinguish the relationship between theory and method in the social sciences.
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Researching Media and Public Communication
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ms7025
Module code: MS7025 This module will equip you with the key skills necessary for researching media and public communication, and will allow you to distinguish the relationship between theory and method in the social sciences.
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Modern Languages PGCE
https://le.ac.uk/education/study/pgce/courses/modern-languages
The Modern Languages PGCE at Leicester aims to enable you to be a confident, competent and reflective teacher of Modern Languages, capable of making a full contribution to language teaching in a British secondary school.
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Research Skills Training | Spring Term 2026
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2026/01/09/research-skills-training-spring-term-2026/
Posted by William Farrell in Library and Learning Services on January 9, 2026 Another term begins, and so too does our research skills training program.
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Social events and activities
https://le.ac.uk/cite/eltu/presessional/why-leicester/social
Find out more about the social events and activities which take place around the Presessional English Programme at Leicester.
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Exciting placebo research to be unveiled at literary event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/placebo
Ground-breaking research into the study of placebos will be discussed at an event at the University of Leicester's Attenborough Film Theatre celebrating some of the UK’s most exciting writers
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Internationally renowned novelist joins Leicester’s top academics to discuss why climate change has been banished from fiction books
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/dr-amitav-ghosh
Distinguished author and Booker prize nominee, Dr Amitav Ghosh, will join top scientists and a world-leading historian to explore how the arts and humanities, social sciences, and sciences have shaped, and can shape, our thinking about the climate emergency.
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Expert comment Terror attack in France
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/expert-comment-terror-attack-in-france
Dr Simon Bennett (pictured) from the University of Leicester Civil Safety and Security Unit has commented on the recent terror attack in Nice, France. He said: “In recent months there have been several attacks against aviation interests, including airports.
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History and Politics BA
https://le.ac.uk/courses/history-and-politics-ba/2026
Leicester’s History and Politics course will help you to develop an advanced understanding of the modern world, whilst practical modules will develop your career skills.