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Film highlights experiences of children in the Calais Jungle
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/leicester-hosts-film-highlighting-plight-of-children-in-the-calais-jungle
Calais Children: a Case to Answer, a film which highlights the plight of almost 2,000 lone children who were in the Calais ‘Jungle’ when it was burnt down at the end of 2016, will be screened in the Attenborough Film Theatre at the University of Leicester on Monday 21 May...
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Discovery of new fossil from half billion years ago sheds light on life on Earth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/discovery-of-new-fossil-from-half-billion-years-ago-sheds-light-on-life-on-earth
Scientists from the universities of Leicester and Cambridge have discovered a new species of fossil that will shed light on early animal ecosystems.
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British Schools and Universities Foundation
https://le.ac.uk/giving/ways-to-give/bsuf
Taxpayers in the USA can make tax-deductible gifts to the University of Leicester via The British Schools and Universities Foundation (BSUF) Inc.
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Obesity ‘accelerates’ COVID-19 mortality risk amongst ethnic minorities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/covid-19-obesity
A stronger association exists between deaths from COVID-19 and obesity in people of Black, South Asian and other ethnic minority groups than in White people, latest research published in the journal Nature Communications demonstrates.
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RNA studies advance holds out hope for cancer drug development
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/rna-studies-advance-holds-out-hope-for-cancer-drug-development
An international research team led by our University has made a breakthrough advance that could pave a new route for the development of anti-cancer drugs.
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Socio-legal Studies
https://le.ac.uk/law/research/research-themes/socio-legal-studies
The Socio-Legal research cluster at Leicester Law School provides a setting for colleagues to explore and discuss their research in the field of socio-legal studies, as broadly understood.
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Writing Prose Fiction
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/en3174
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Atmospheric Composition and Air Quality
https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/earth-observation-science/atmospheric-composition-and-air-quality
We make extensive use of Earth observations to address issues of pressing societal need.
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Writing Prose Fiction
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/en3174
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Central Italian Sculpture of the Sixteenth Century
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ha3409
Module code: HA3409 This module studies the sculpture of Michelangelo and his contemporaries; assumptions about sculpture in theory, the intellectual and social context, stylistic development and iconography will be addressed.