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University of Leicester grows partnership with An Indian Summer festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/may/university-leicester-partnership-indian-summer-festival
The fifteenth edition of one of the UK’s longest-running South Asian arts festivals will be supported by the University of Leicester.
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Phenomenal space explosion astonishes Leicester researchers and shines a light on our own galaxy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/gamma-ray-burst-swift
University of Leicester researchers have played crucial roles in discovering and analysing a gamma-ray burst at least 10 times brighter than anything NASA’s Swift mission has seen before.
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Undergraduate Courses
https://le.ac.uk/chemistry/study/undergraduate
Find out about the undergraduate Chemistry degrees on offer at the University of Leicester.
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World’s largest tropical peatlands revealed to be more than 40,000 years old
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/largest-tropical-peatlands-40000-years-old
New research finds peatland complex in Congo Basin to be more than twice as old as previously thought, expertise from the University of Leicester supported the study
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Continuing Professional Development (CPD) short courses
https://le.ac.uk/geology/study/short-courses
Find out about our one year Postgraduate Certificate in Quarry Management and Operations part-time course.
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Henrietta O'Connor
https://le.ac.uk/people/henrietta-o-connor
The academic profile of Professor Henrietta O'Connor, Professor of Sociology, also Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor
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PhD scholarships
https://le.ac.uk/law/study/research-degrees/phd-scholarships
Research degree funding and scholarships for PhD applicants from Leicester Law School and the University of of Leicester.
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Diabetes MSc, PGDip, PGCert, by distance learning
https://le.ac.uk/courses/diabetes-msc-dl/2026
This is for you if... you want to specialise in Diabetes Care through flexible, world-class learning in order to improve outcomes in patient care and progress your career.
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The rise of horse power ~ 4,200 years ago
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/horses
1. An international research team sequenced the genomes of hundreds of horse archaeological remains to track the historical rise of horse-based mobility around 4200 years ago in the Pontic-Caspian steppes. 2.
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Research degrees
https://le.ac.uk/geology/study/research-degrees
Geology at Leicester is a great place to be a research student - we are a vibrant community of researchers who are supported by excellent analytical and computing research facilities.