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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.

• 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.

• Festive stories from Leicesters past

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/festive-christmas-stories-from-leicesters-past

  Christmas is coming and the geese are getting fat, so the popular rhyme goes - although for many it will be a plump turkey sitting upon the table during Christmas lunch.

• Congratulations to Dr. Henrik Melin: New Webb Fellow!

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/03/01/congratulations-to-dr-henrik-melin-new-webb-fellow/

  Dr Henrik Melin, of the University of Leicester, has been awarded a five-year Fellowship to study the giant planets using the James Webb Space Telescope, funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), with support from the University of Leicester.

• Resources

  https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/genetics/genetics-higher-education/resources

  WHO's Genomic Resource Centre (GRC) Educational resources and online tools for human genetics and genomics, including ethical, social and legal implications (ELSI).

• Policy for students under the age of 18 years

  https://le.ac.uk/policies/admissions/under-18/policy

  Occasionally we will admit students under the age of 18. Read more about the policy surrounding applicants under the age of 18.

• Why the universal age-happiness ‘U-shape’ is a myth

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/u-shape-happiness

  New research shows that happiness often does not increase as people get older.

• Six Leverhulme Early Career Fellows to join University of Leicester to conduct groundbreaking research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/leverhulme

  Six academics will join the University of Leicester in the 2023/24 academic year after being awarded Early Career Fellowships from the Leverhulme Trust.

• Publications

  https://le.ac.uk/lctu/publications

  Leicester Clinical Trials Unit publications - we aim to show outcome information from the end of the research cycle. Papers will be presented here when clinical trials complete.

• Why choose the University of Leicester?

  https://le.ac.uk/study/distance-learners/why-leicester

  Leicester is a leading UK university with over 25 years’ experience offering distance learning courses. We combine high quality courses with a vast choice of subjects.