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Leicester expert discusses the rise of bingewatching through new digital platforms
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/leicester-expert-discusses-the-rise-of-2018binge-watching2019-through-new-digital-platforms
Fans of popular TV programmes such as Game of Thrones, the Walking Dead or Orange is the New Black may be familiar with the idea of binge-watching – sitting back and watching through multiple episodes of shows which carry an almost addictive quality.
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EXILE installation marks fifty years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/fifty-years-since-the-partial-decriminalisation-of-homosexuality-to-coincide-with-bold-new-installation-at-the-national-trust2019s-kingston-lacy-in-dorset
A bold new installation at the National Trust’s Kingston Lacy in Dorset and involving researchers from our School of Museum Studies marks fifty years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality.
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Leicester leads report into stillbirth and neonatal death rates in the UK
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-leads-report-into-stillbirth-and-neonatal-death-rates-in-the-uk
A research team led from the University of Leicester has identified large differences across the UK in the numbers and rates of babies who die, even after taking account of known factors that influence the rate of death such as poverty, mother’s age and ethnicity.
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Flood and Flow: Place-Names and the Changing Hydrology of River-Systems
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/flood-and-flow
Flood and Flow is two-year interdisciplinary research project, funded by The Leverhulme Trust.
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BBC Book of the Week author set to inspire our English students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/kit-de-waal-english-leicester
The author of this week’s BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week will be inspiring students on the University of Leicester’s English course, from September.
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Leicester Professors named in the top 10 diabetes experts globally
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-professors-named-in-the-top-10-diabetes-experts-globally
Professor Kamlesh Khunti and Professor Melanie Davies (pictured) have been named in the top 10 diabetes experts globally on a list published at the American Diabetes Association meeting in Boston, USA this week.
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Women in American Society from the Civil War to First World War
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs3680
Module code: HS3680 This module starts with the examination of women's contribution to the civil war effort on both sides, and women's place in the economy, education and social reform.
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Women in American Society from the Civil War to First World War
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/hs3680
Module code: HS3680 This module starts with the examination of women's contribution to the civil war effort on both sides, and women's place in the economy, education and social reform.
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Women in American Society from the Civil War to First World War
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs3680
Module code: HS3680 This module starts with the examination of women's contribution to the civil war effort on both sides, and women's place in the economy, education and social reform.
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Insights into the language of dubbing: naturalness and spontaneity vs. standardisation and artificiality
https://le.ac.uk/translation-interpreting-studies/events/dubbing
Find out more about our event: Insights into the language of dubbing: naturalness and spontaneity vs. standardisation and artificiality, with speaker Dr Rocío Baños-Piñero.