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Law and Religion
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/lw3515
Module code: LW3515 Can religious beliefs justify breaking the law? Should religious dress codes be banned? How does the law balance secularism and religious freedom? What happens when religion clashes with LGBTQ+ rights? These are not just...
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Law and Religion
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/lw3515
Module code: LW3515 Can religious beliefs justify breaking the law? Should religious dress codes be banned? How does the law balance secularism and religious freedom? What happens when religion clashes with LGBTQ+ rights? These are not just...
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Food
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes/leicestershire-villages/food
Find a range of interviews with residents of Leicestershire villages discussing food, such as Jean Morris talking about how Stilton cheese was made locally and how production was halted during the Second World War.
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The Global Sex Trade
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/sy2082
Module code: SY2082 Please note that from 2016 this will be a third-year module.
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Approaching the Greek World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ar1702
Module code: AR1702 What, where, and when was ancient Greece? Unlike the Roman world, held together by common state structures, the ancient Greek world was far more fragmented and diverse: a world of hundreds of independent city-states, frequently at war with each other,...
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Approaching the Greek World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ar1702
Module code: AR1702 What, where, and when was ancient Greece? Unlike the Roman world, held together by common state structures, the ancient Greek world was far more fragmented and diverse: a world of hundreds of independent city-states, frequently at war with each other,...
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Screening of Type 2 diabetes needs reviewing research suggests
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/screening-of-type-2-diabetes-needs-reviewing-researchers-suggest
The process for screening for Type 2 diabetes or those at high risk of the condition needs “careful re-evaluation”, according to the first study on the effectiveness of testing methods which has been led by the Diabetes Research Centre.
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Focus on Medicine event to inspire tomorrows doctors
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/2018focus-on-medicine2019-event-to-inspire-tomorrow2019s-doctors
Students interested in studying medicine, and their families, are invited to the University's ‘Focus on Medicine Day’ on Saturday 20 June, which will provide the opportunity to learn more about the University’s unique medical facilities – including its new...
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Leicester astronomers observe star reborn in a flash
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-astronomers-observe-star-reborn-in-a-flash
An international team of astronomers using Hubble and led by our University has been able to study stellar evolution in real time. Over a period of 30 years dramatic increases in the temperature of the star SAO 244567 have been observed.
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Historic England to view work on preserving iconic Engineering Building
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/historic-england-to-view-work-on-preserving-iconic-engineering-building
Painstaking work to replace the iconic roof of our historic Engineering Building is to be examined by heritage experts this week.