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New cell treatment could combat ageing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/senescent-cell-clearance
An international team of researchers have identified a new method for clearing senescent cells, which could transform treatments for ageing and related conditions.
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Video essays tell womens compelling stories
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/video-essays-tell-womens-compelling-stories
The powerful testimonies of women’s lived experience in challenging environments is being captured in a series of compelling ‘video essays’ as part of a project to re-envision nature writing.
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Animals’ ‘sixth sense’ more widespread than previously thought
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/animal-magnetic
A study using fruit flies, led by researchers at The Universities of Leicester and Manchester, suggests the animal world’s ability to sense a magnetic field may be more widespread than previously thought.
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News archive 2022
https://le.ac.uk/law/news/law-news/news-archive-2022
Read news stories from Leicester Law School in 2022.
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Visiting PhD students
https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/visiting
If you are a PhD student at another university you can apply to study for a period of up to 1 year at Leicester to undertake research which supports your PhD.
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Shadows of Empire
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ar7075
Module code: AR7075 The fifth century CE is often neglected in historical and archaeological studies of the Mediterranean and its surrounding territories, either as a bleak endnote to the classical world, or as a poorly-sketched out prologue to the histories of medieval...
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Living in Towns: Archaeological Approaches to Medieval Urbanism
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ar2034
Module: AR2034 What did towns look like after Roman decline? When do we see a ‘rebirth’ of towns? Were medieval towns heavily fortified? How clean were medieval towns and households? Were medieval towns dominated by religious structures? These are...
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The Politics of Violent Conflict and its Legacies in Northern Ireland
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/pl7534
Module code: PL7534 With the Belfast Agreement of 1998, the thirty-year long violent conflict in Northern Ireland appeared to be drawing to a close, although there has been sporadic political violence, and problems with the implementation of the Agreement in the subsequent...
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Leicester remembers campaigner for interfaith understanding
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/leicester-remembers-campaigner-for-interfaith-understanding
One family’s efforts to highlight the horrors of the holocaust will be honoured at a series of events at the University in honour of Leicester campaigner Sara Elkes.
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Hurdling medallist seeks crowdfunding on road to Rio
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/hurdling-medallist-seeks-crowdfunding-on-road-to-rio
European indoor 60m hurdles silver medallist Lucy Hatton is raising money to help cover costs as she bids to reach the Rio 2016 Olympics. Lucy, who studies Criminology, achieved the 100m hurdles qualifying time for Rio this summer but then struggled with injuries.