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Early Prehistory
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ar1552
Module code: AR1552 What were the first human technologies? When did humans start making art? How did people in the deep past care for their dead? What can monuments tell us about the communities who built them? Prehistory – the study of humans before the...
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The Ancient Near East
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ah2037
Module code: AH2037 The Ancient Near East stretched from the shores of the Mediterranean to the mountains of modern-day Afghanistan, and included a dazzling array of different peoples, states, empires and communities.
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Swift action taken in conservation project
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/swift-action-taken-in-conservation-project
Ten specialist bird boxes have been installed as part of a conservation project to create habitat for swifts by our Environment team working with our Development Team in the Division of Estates and Facilities Management.
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Leicester professor judges space travel competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/leicester-professor-judges-space-travel-competition
Professor Alan Wells, Emeritus Professor and Founding Director of the University’s Space Research Centre is playing a lead role in a global multi-million pound prize competition - Google Lunar XPRIZE - to land a robot on the moon.
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17m invested in Leicester to turn lab discoveries into new cancer drugs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/ps1-7m-invested-in-leicester-to-turn-lab-discoveries-into-new-cancer-drugs
Cancer Research UK has awarded the University £1.7 million through a new Centres Network Accelerator Award for research to crack the structure of molecules involved in cancer and to develop new drugs.
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Oxford Professor to explore the mystery of Alices Adventures in Wonderland on the 150th anniversary of its publication
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/oxford-professor-explores-the-mystery-of-alices-adventures-in-wonderland-on-the-150th-anniversary-of-its-publication
On the 150th anniversary of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland award-winning biographer Professor Robert Douglas-Fairhurst examines the lure and lunacy of one of the most iconic children's stories of all time.
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Award-winning graduate gives insights into the experiences of care leavers at university
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/award-winning-graduate-gives-insights-into-the-experiences-of-care-leavers-at-university
A former student, recognised earlier this year for his work to support care leavers, has spoken at the annual conference of the National Educational Opportunities Network this week.
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Student study investigates how lasers can control lightning
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/student-study-investigates-how-lasers-can-control-lightning
Physics students from the Department of Physics and Astronomy have investigated the possibility of inducing, directing and controlling lightning strikes using lasers.
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Children learn money skills in new project
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/children-learn-money-using-skills-in-new-project
Children as young as two-years-old are being encouraged to learn about maths through a project led by the University and involving local schools and nurseries.
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Accolade for Leicester Conference venue
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/accolade-for-leicester-conference-venue
Our University's conference and training venue College Court has taken pride of place in a prestigious regional awards dinner. The £17.5million facility has already won a clutch of awards - the latest coming from the East Midlands Chamber of Commerce Awards dinner.