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Introduction to Italian Studies
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/it1028
Module code: IT1028 This introductory module explores the history and culture of Italy from the Unification to the Second World War.
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Consuming Authenticities
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/consuming-authenticities
Arts and Humanities Research Council (£54,753) November 2014 – November 2015 Cultural products often depend on ideas about authenticity for commercial success, drawing emotional responses from consumers and evoking a sense of local, ethnic or even national identity.
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Economics professor discusses research into what makes people vote in elections
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/economics-professor-discusses-research-into-what-makes-people-vote-in-elections
Professor Eyal Winter from the School of Business has been featured in a ScienceNews article discussing how voter turnout increases when polling numbers are close. Research conducted by Professor Winter and colleagues in 2006 looked at U.S. gubernatorial races from 1990 to 2005.
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Standing Together Against Hate
https://le.ac.uk/hate-studies/research/standing-together
In response to the growing problem of hate crime and harassment on campus, the University of Leicester launched 'Standing Together Against Hate' - a project co-funded by HEFCE.
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Anti Social Finance*
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2015/02/11/anti-social-finance/
Posted by dharvie in School of Business Blog on February 11, 2015 Senior Lecturer in Finance and Political Economy, David Harvie , suggests the UK’s nascent social investment market is more a matter of imposing market discipline and less a matter of ‘doing well by doing good’.
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Stephen Walker
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/author/sw344/
Stephen is an Educational Development Adviser with the Leicester Learning Institute and works closely with colleagues across the university to provide a range of support and training services.
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University of Leicester film wins landmark award from the British Society of Criminology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/harms-of-hate
A short film created by the Centre for Hate Studies (University of Leicester) has received the Sophie and Sylvia Lancaster Prize 2024 from the British Society of Criminology.
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Awards winning comedian, Francesca Martinez, reflects on her involvement in a Research Centre for Mu
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2017/02/24/awards-winning-comedian-francesca-martinez-reflects-on-her-involvement-in-a-research-centre-for-museums-and-galleries-project-exceptional-extraordinary/
Posted by Sarah Plumb in School of Museum Studies Blog on February 24, 2017 Exceptional & Extraordinary was a research project initiated by the Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) at the University of Leicester which set out to stimulate public and medical...
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David Cousins
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/david-cousins
A tribute to David Cousins, pioneering songwriter and radio innovator. Explore his legacy and lifelong connection to the University of Leicester.
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Discovering Collections Discovering Communities
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/10/15/discovering-collections-discovering-communities/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on October 15, 2015 This week I attended the Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities conference in the impressive Lowry Centre at Salford Quays.