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Like father like son most European men descend from a handful of Bronze Age forefathers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/like-father-like-son-most-european-men-descend-from-a-handful-of-bronze-age-forefathers
A team of researchers from the Department of Genetics led by Professor Mark Jobling and Dr Chiara Batini have discovered that most European men descend from just a handful of Bronze Age forefathers, due to a ‘population explosion’ that took place several...
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The death penalty and international anti-drug operations
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/the-death-penalty-and-international-anti-drug-operations
A human rights campaigner is to speak at our University on how European Union support for anti-drug operations internationally should change in light of the increased use of the death penalty for drug offences.
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Education and Social Justice
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/sy3091
Module code: SY3091 This module is about fairness and social justice in education.
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Agile Cloud Automation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/co7217
Module code: CO7217 Cloud-based software system development involves a wide range of languages and notations, from high-level business modelling languages to low-level scripting languages, with many different abstraction facilities.
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Palaeobiology and the Stratigraphic Record
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/gl1103
Module code: GL1103 Without life, Earth would be a very different place: since organisms first appeared, more than 3 billion years ago, they have fundamentally changed the nature of the Earth's oceans and atmosphere.
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Bioinorganic Chemistry
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ch4208
Module code: CH4208 The field of bioorganic chemistry is the fusion of biochemistry and inorganic chemistry. It has a large number of real-world applications in areas such as medical science and environmental chemistry.
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Technology and Type 1 Diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/md7527
Module code: MD7527 This exciting new module ‘Technology and Type 1 Diabetes’ led by Professor Pratik Choudhury brings together the most current thinking on technology and how it is used to support people living with Type 1 diabetes.
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Science, Society and Responsible Research
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/md7438
Module code: MD7438 The module is designed for you to develop an understanding of research in the context of society, to appreciate the ethical issues associated with the various domains of medical research (including animal research), and to consider and engage with the...
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Advice on guardians for International/EU applicants
https://le.ac.uk/policies/admissions/under-18/international
If you are due to start a course, are under the age of 18 and your parents live abroad, learn more about the consent needed in order to apply to Leicester.
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Giving
https://le.ac.uk/giving
Learn more about how giving has impacted the University of Leicester. From the University's beginnings from a philanthropic gift, to the support we receive now, which makes a difference to our staff, students and all aspects of university life.