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What do grasshoppers eat? It’s not just grass! New Leicester research shows similarities with mammal teeth like never before
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/grasshopper-mandibles
But analysis of the ecological importance of grasshoppers is not straightforward, and finding out what they eat requires detailed study of the contents of their guts or painstaking and time-consuming observations of how they feed in the wild. There is, however, a better way.
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University of Leicester announces collaboration with Leicestershire-based gin company Burleighs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/distillers-in-the-making
University of Leicester Chemistry students make their own gin Twelve of the University’s talented science students worked alongside Burleighs Gin Head Distiller, Edward Gibson, to experiment with how they could create new and innovative flavours of gin.
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Heartwize charity inspires Foxes’ first teamers to buy life-saving equipment for the community
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/leicester-city-players-buy-defibrillators-heartwize
Leicester City’s first-team players have purchased life-saving equipment to support the work of a charity established by two cardiologists from the University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) NHS Trust.
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Celebrating 100 years
https://le.ac.uk/centenary
11 November 2018 marks 100 years since the end of the First World War, as well as the beginning our university as a living memorial to honour those sacrificed during the Great War.
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Oral history
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/what-is-oral-history
Learn more about the origins of oral history, its value in academia and how you could find out more about it.
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Science at Jupiter
https://le.ac.uk/juno/science-at-jupiter
Find out more about the science at Jupiter at the University of Leicester.
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About
https://le.ac.uk/engineering/about
Learn more about the Department of Engineering at the University of Leicester - our history and our world-famous Grade II* listed Engineering Building.
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Consumers, Brands and Communications
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mn7011
Module code: MN7011 Focusing on marketing and its relation to consumers, this module will introduce you to the field of consumer research, addressing psychological, cultural, sustainable and socio-political approaches to the subject.
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Qualitative Research
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/md7462
Module code: MD7462 In this module you will examine the basic features of a range of qualitative methods and identify those commonly used.
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Advanced Synthetic Methods
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ch7002
Module code: CH7002 In this module, you'll develop your knowledge of synthetic methods of obtaining products, examining more advanced techniques than you may have previously encountered.