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Events
https://le.ac.uk/arts/news/events
Upcoming and past events from the School of Arts, Media and Communication
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Practice
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/mu7009
Module code: MU7009 Practice is an eight-week full-time professional placement (July-August) which is supported by a Career Development Programme running concurrently with the taught curriculum.
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Practice
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/mu7009
Module code: MU7009 Practice is an eight-week full-time professional placement (July-August) which is supported by a Career Development Programme running concurrently with the taught curriculum.
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South Asian collections
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/south-asian
Browse collections of oral histories that feature the memories of South Asians who have settled in Leicestershire. It includes East African Asians, particularly those who came from Uganda during the 1970s and onwards.
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University of Leicester historian helps bring untold story of British Asian cricket to Lord’s
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/cricket-south-asian-exhibition-lords
The untold story of British Asian cricket takes centre stage at Lord’s in a new exhibition co-curated by University of Leicester historian Dr Prashant Kidambi.
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The hunt for the Christmas meteorite
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/the-hunt-for-the-christmas-meteorite
An article by the BBC discussing a 4.5bn-year 'Christmas meteorite' - the biggest to hit the UK - which crashed on Christmas Eve, 1965, in the village of Barwell in Leicestershire has quoted Dr Leigh Fletcher from the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
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Alex Keller
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2020/alex-keller
The University has learned, with regret, of the death of Professor Alex Keller who taught history of science and technology at Leicester 1963-1997.
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BACS Annual Conference
https://le.ac.uk/arts/news/events/bacs-annual-conference
Information about the British Association for Chinese Studies' annual conference, taking place at the University of Leicester from 3 - 5 September
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New distance learning MA in English Language and Linguistics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2013/10/28/new-distance-learning-ma-in-english-language-and-linguistics/
Posted by in School of English Blog on October 28, 2013 Our new MA in English Language and Linguistics by Distance Learning got underway about a month ago.
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Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys to be guest speaker at unique fundraising event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/professor-sir-alec-jeffreys-to-be-guest-speaker-at-unique-fundraising-event
Students and academics are invited to attend the Science Museum’s IMAX Theatre in London on Monday 16 May 2016 and spend an evening with the inventor of forensic DNA fingerprinting and emeritus professor, Sir Alec Jeffreys. The event, starting at 7.