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• Student gospel choir to give pop-up concert at Leicester’s John Lewis for Black History Month

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/student-gospel-choir-concert-john-lewis-black-history-month

  A student gospel choir will entertain John Lewis shoppers as part of the University of Leicester’s Black History Month celebrations.

• Why Leicester?

  https://le.ac.uk/education/study/pgce/why-leicester

  Find out why Leicester is a unique, inspiring and supportive place to train to be a teacher. Our expert tutors, diverse school placements and choice of study routes are just a few reasons why the School of Education will provide you with the best start to your teaching career.

• Tequila: Pulque’s Friend, Cousin, Usurper?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/09/01/tequila-pulques-friend-cousin-usurper/

  Deborah Toner discusses the relationship and rivalry between pulque and tequila in Mexican history, and summarises a recently published book by Marie Sarita Gaytan, Tequila: Distilling the Spirit of Mexico (Stanford University Press, 2014)

• Staff projects

  https://le.ac.uk/stanley-burton/research/projects/staff-projects

  Take a look at projects being undertaken by staff at the University of Leicester's Stanley Burton Centre for Holocause and Genocide Studies.

• Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

  https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/sdgs/inclusivity

  The sixteenth Sustainable Development Goal is to promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.

• Biggest leap in identified lung health genes paves way for personalised risk score

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/lung-health-genes

  New Nature Genetics study led by Universities of Leicester and Nottingham finds over 500 genes linked to lung health, providing new targets for potential therapeutics

• Suggested research topics

  https://le.ac.uk/english/study/research-degrees/application-process/research-topics

  Take a look at the suggestions for PhD projects that staff in English at the University of Leicester would be interested in supervising.

• Postgraduate programmes

  https://le.ac.uk/history/study/postgraduate

  History at the University of Leicester has a thriving postgraduate community. We offer a variety of degrees, which reflect the expertise of our staff allowing us to offer a diverse teaching programme and support a large and vibrant research culture.

• Convicts and the Sea

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2018/07/25/convicts-and-the-sea-the-naval-influence-on-gibraltar-convict-establishment/

  Blog about the influence of naval practice on the punishment of convicts on the royal dockyard in Gibraltar in the nineteenth century.

• Quaternary Environmental Change

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/gy3352

  Module code: GY3352  This module will provide you with an advanced-level understanding of global climatic changes during the Quaternary Period (the last c. 2.6 Million years), with an emphasis on the practicalities of reconstructing palaeoenvironmental changes.