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News archive 2021
https://le.ac.uk/law/news/law-news/news-archive-2021
Read news stories from Leicester Law School in 2021.
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Dont try this at home How to make fireworks 17thcentury style
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/dont-try-this-at-home-how-to-make-fireworks-17th-century-style
With Guy Fawkes night (5 November) and Diwali (11 November) on the horizon, the skies of Leicester will be lit up over the next few weeks by firework displays - and a rare book held within the University's Library sheds light on how 17th century fireworks were made.
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Archaeological fieldschool launched at Bradgate Park
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/archaeological-fieldschool-launched-at-bradgate-park
The many mysteries of Leicestershire’s 850-acre deer park are set to be explored by University archaeologists over the next five years with the launch of a fieldschool at Bradgate Park.
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How medieval people named their animals is explored in new book
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/medieval-animal-names-books
The relationship between medieval people and their pets is the topic of the latest book by the University of Leicester’s Dr Ben Parsons. Introducing Medieval Animal Names explores what names medieval people gave to the animals with which they lived and worked.
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Britishness and diverse communities in a post-Brexit world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/26-britishness-and-diverse-communities-in-a-post-brexit-world
Lord Parekh to discuss the crisis of British identity for University of Leicester public lecture on 1 November
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KIT - Japanese Language Programme
https://le.ac.uk/languages-at-leicester/events/kit---japanese
Learn more about the KIT, Japanese Language Programme hosted between The University of Leicester and the Kanazawa Institute of Technology.
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Functional Programming
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/co2008
Module code: CO2008 Many of the ideas used in imperative programming arose through necessity in the early days of computing when machines were much slower and had far less memory than they do today. Languages such as C(++) and Pascal carry a substantial legacy from the past.
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Leicester geologist to present rock-licking trick for Hallowe’en treat at Royal Institution
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/geologist-rock-licking-halloween-royal-institution
Professor Jan Zalasiewicz joins panel at the Royal Institution on 31 October with other winners of Ig Nobel Prizes to explain their winning work for a public audience
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Conference explores challenges facing journalism and politics in the wake of rising global populism
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/conference-explores-challenges-facing-journalism-and-politics-in-the-wake-of-rising-global-populism
The future of journalism and politics was discussed by experts at a ground-breaking conference on Brexit, Trump and the Media at Leicester.
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Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching: Academic and staff blogs from the Uni
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/page/3/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester