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First study examining pregnancy in the Viking Age: Pregnant women wearing martial helmets, fetuses set to avenge their fathers, but also a harsh world where not all newborns were given burial or born free
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/first-study-into-pregnancy-in-viking-age
A new, interdisciplinary study is the first focused examination of pregnancy in the Viking Age.
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Leicester academics receive cash boost for pioneering international space partnership
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/bahrain-bilateral-fund
The University of Leicester and Geospatial Insight will receive up to £75,000 to support work on carbon mapping sensors for monitoring greenhouse gas emission management programmes in Bahrain and the wider Gulf region.
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JWST peers into the heart of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/red-spot-jwst
Observations by University of Leicester scientists reveal the interior of Solar System’s largest anticyclone like never before and its three-dimensional structure of temperatures, winds, and clouds in the vortex
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Academic encounters? International Relations Studies and the “Carceral Archipelago” project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2017/03/02/academic-encounters-international-relations-studies-and-the-carceral-archipelago-project/
Posted by Christian De Vito in Carceral Archipelago on March 2, 2017 My recent appointment as lecturer at the History Department of the Utrecht University has brought me in close contact with the bourgeoning field of International Relations (IR) studies.
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Events
https://le.ac.uk/new-writing/events
Find more information on the events hosted by the Centre for New Writing. Events are usually open to the public and free of charge.
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The Ancient Near East
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/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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The Ancient Near East
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/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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The Ancient Near East
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/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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Study
https://le.ac.uk/english/study
Find out more about studying English at the University of Leicester. Undergraduates can focus on English, or studying English alongside Creative Writing, American Studies, History, Journalism, Film Studies, or Modern Languages.
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Multi-million pound investment in UK space industry agreed in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/cgi-meteor-agreement
IT and business consulting firm CGI has pledged £2.6 million to the University of Leicester’s Manufacturing, Engineering, Technology and Earth Observation Research Centre (METEOR) over the next five years.