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Politicians and media fuel hate crime in Britain say experts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/2018politicians-and-media-fuel-hate-crime-in-britain-2019-say-experts
Professor Neil Chakraborti and Dr Stevie-Jade Hardy, from our Centre for Hate Studies, say the ‘toxic climate’ surrounding the EU referendum debate has helped to ‘embolden’ people to target those they regard as ‘different’ or ‘foreign’.
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AI’s role in healthcare to be debated at international empathy conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/ai-empathy-stoneygate-centre
The impact of artificial intelligence on healthcare will come under the spotlight at a major international conference led by experts from the University of Leicester
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Why are we all so fascinated by language
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/why-are-we-all-so-fascinated-by-language
Have you ever wondered why some people learn a language more easily than others? Why Donald Trump sounds different to other politicians? Whether we’ll all be speaking English, Chinese or Martian in the future? A brand new free online course provided by the University will be...
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About the Institute
https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/policy/people
Learn more about the Institute for Policy and the people who work within it.
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Business Ethics
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/mn3109
Module code: MN3109 From cutthroat Wall Street traders to corruption, sweatshops to environmental damage, false claims to pyramid schemes; there are endless stories about shady business practices.
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Business Ethics
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/mn3109
Module code: MN3109 From cutthroat Wall Street traders to corruption, sweatshops to environmental damage, false claims to pyramid schemes; there are endless stories about shady business practices.
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Business Ethics
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/mn3109
Module code: MN3109 From cutthroat Wall Street traders to corruption, sweatshops to environmental damage, false claims to pyramid schemes; there are endless stories about shady business practices.
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Undergraduate courses
https://le.ac.uk/american-studies/study/undergraduate
American Studies degrees at the University of Leicester offer an exciting multidisciplinary approach to the study of the history, literature, politics and culture of the United States.
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Leicester’s Roman and Medieval past explored at Festival of Archaeology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/john-lewis
University of Leicester teams are involved in events and displays across the region for the national Festival of Archaeology.
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New species of rare ancient worm discovered in fossil hotspot
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/new-species-of-rare-ancient-worm-discovered-in-fossil-hotspot
A team of researchers including Leicester’s Professor David Siveter have discovered a new species of lobopodian, an ancient relative of modern-day velvet worms, in 430 million-years-old Silurian rocks in Herefordshire, UK.