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World’s largest tropical peatlands revealed to be more than 40,000 years old
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/largest-tropical-peatlands-40000-years-old
New research finds peatland complex in Congo Basin to be more than twice as old as previously thought, expertise from the University of Leicester supported the study
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Ocean temperature record unlocked from Fijian coral reveals highest warmth in over six centuries
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/coral-warming
Unique 627 year-long record of ocean temperatures in the Fijian archipelago published by international team co-led by University of Leicester
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Projects
https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/environmental-futures/projects
COVID-19 National Core Study - Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration, part of the Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing Core study 2020-2022 Medical Research Council: £430,000; University of Leicester: Project lead: Professor John Gulliver CuBES Copper Basin...
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Multi-million pound boost for University of Leicester’s ability to improve and save lives
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/brc-funding
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) has been funded for £26 million over the next five years.
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Eyres Monsell, Leicestershire
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes/dialect/leicestershire/eyres-monsell
Listen to speakers from Eyres Monsell, Leicestershire from a range of backgrounds as part of the dialect project between researchers from Nottingham Trent University and the University of Leicester.
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Lambley, Nottinghamshire
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes/dialect/nottinghamshire/lambley
Listen to speakers from Lambley, Nottinghamshire from a range of backgrounds as part of the dialect project between researchers from Nottingham Trent University and the University of Leicester.
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History and Memory in French Literature and Culture
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/fr2047
Module code: FR2047 How do people and nations deal with past events and catastrophes? How are these narrated and remembered? This module sets out to analyse how French literature represents key historical events and how these narratives relate to matters of identity and to...
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Troy and the Trojan War
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ah3073
Module code: AH3073 In this module we will take an interdisciplinary approach, considering Troy from a range of perspectives. We will look at the archaeology of the site, including not only the Bronze Age but also the Iron Age, the Hellenistic age and the Roman occupation.
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Equations of Mathematical Physics
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ma4002
Module code:MA4002 This module will develop your understanding of partial differential equations, their classifications, solutions and applications. We will take a more in-depth look at Fourier series and some special functions in solving partial differential equations.
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People
https://le.ac.uk/arts/people
Meet the School of Arts team at the University of Leicester. Find ways to get in touch with our staff working in the department of English, the department of Modern Languages, or the department of History of Art and Film.