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Using DNA fingerprinting to catch a killer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/using-dna-fingerprinting-to-catch-a-killer
This summer marks 30 years since DNA fingerprinting - discovered by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys right here in the University's Department of Genetics in 1984 - was first used in a criminal investigation.
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Archaeology BA, DipHE, CertHE, by distance learning
https://le.ac.uk/courses/archaeology-ba-dl/2025
Can’t make it to campus? In this distance learning degree, you can still learn about the theory and practice of archaeology, and how it can be used to make sense of millions of years of human history.
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Archaeology BA, DipHE, CertHE, by distance learning
https://le.ac.uk/courses/archaeology-ba-dl/2024
Can’t make it to campus? In this distance learning degree, you can still learn about the theory and practice of archaeology, and how it can be used to make sense of millions of years of human history.
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Molecular Genetics MSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/molecular-genetics-msc/2025
This is for you if... you want to study the molecular genetics at an advanced level and develop a dynamic career in biological research.
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Journalism BA
https://le.ac.uk/courses/journalism-ba/2025
Develop professional multi-platform skills and investigate why journalism is so relevant to society, culture and democracy in Leicester’s Journalism degree.
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As China opens the worlds longest glassbottomed bridge researcher highlights how glass was a symbol of power to ancient cultures
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/as-china-opens-the-worlds-longest-glass-bottomed-bridge-researcher-highlights-how-glass-was-a-2018symbol-of-power2019-to-ancient-cultures
Last weekend, the world's highest and longest glass-bottomed bridge opened to visitors in central China, connecting two mountain cliffs in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province.
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‘Urgent help’ is required to drive down COVID-19 death rates among ethnic minority communities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/covid-19-among-ethnic-minorities
The disproportionate rates of COVID-19 related deaths among people from ethnic minorities is ‘alarming’ and requires ‘urgent attention’ researchers have said.
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University awards and programmes (5.6 - 5.17)
https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/senate-regulations/senate-regulation-5/2025-26-study/programmes
Learn more about awards and programmes in Senate Regulation 5.
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People
https://le.ac.uk/medieval/people
Find out more about the people who work and research within the Medieval Research Centre at the University of Leicester and view their contact details.
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Computer Science with Foundation Year BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/computer-science-with-foundation-year-bsc/2025
In an industry as progressive as this one, there’s more than one way to succeed. If you don’t quite have the entry requirements to study computing at Leicester, this STEM Foundation Year degree is your starting point.