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Archaeology and Ancient History
https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/supervision/archaeology-and-ancient-history
Find your research degree supervisor in Archaeology and Ancient History at Leicester.
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Treatment for frail heart patients improves survival rates
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/revascularisation
A new study, led by the University of Leicester, shows that heart patients treated with revascularisation have better survival rates, even with a high risk of frailty.
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Why Leicester?
https://le.ac.uk/geology/study/undergraduate/why-leicester
Find out how you can benefit from a geology degree at the University of Leicester.
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Leicester research is cover story of science journal
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/leicester-research-is-cover-story-of-science-journal
A study led by scientists at our University is featured on the cover of an online science journal.
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Old Haunts: The Ghost Story in Medieval and Early Modern Culture
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en7242
Module code: EN7242 Following the Reformation, the boundary between living and dead was abruptly redrawn. With the simplification of funerary rites, and the abolition of purgatory as ‘a fonde thing’, the old medieval channels of communication were swiftly severed.
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Old Haunts: The Ghost Story in Medieval and Early Modern Culture
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/en7242
Module code: EN7242 Following the Reformation, the boundary between living and dead was abruptly redrawn. With the simplification of funerary rites, and the abolition of purgatory as ‘a fonde thing’, the old medieval channels of communication were swiftly severed.
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Old Haunts: The Ghost Story in Medieval and Early Modern Culture
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/en7242
Module code: EN7242 Following the Reformation, the boundary between living and dead was abruptly redrawn. With the simplification of funerary rites, and the abolition of purgatory as ‘a fonde thing’, the old medieval channels of communication were swiftly severed.
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Like father like son most European men descend from a handful of Bronze Age forefathers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/like-father-like-son-most-european-men-descend-from-a-handful-of-bronze-age-forefathers
A team of researchers from the Department of Genetics led by Professor Mark Jobling and Dr Chiara Batini have discovered that most European men descend from just a handful of Bronze Age forefathers, due to a ‘population explosion’ that took place several...
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Type 2 diabetes people let down over delayed treatment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/type-2-diabetes-people-2018let-down2019-over-delayed-treatment
People with Type 2 diabetes are being ‘let down’ because they are being forced to wait for further treatment when needed, according to new research. Research has shown the average waiting time for increased treatment from the start of insulin is 3.
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History MRes
https://le.ac.uk/courses/history-mres/2025
This is for you if... you want to develop advanced skills in historical research methods and apply these to an extended piece of independent research.