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• Students awaken the science of Star Wars

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/students-awaken-the-science-of-star-wars

  Could a lightsaber really work? What would hyperspace travel look like? And how strong would a deflector shield need to be to fend off interstellar attacks? These are all questions that Star Wars fans have been asking for decades, and now that The Force Awakens has been...

• Research shows centuryold culture of blame still prominent today

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/research-shows-a-century-old-2018culture-of-blame2019-is-still-prominent-today

  Representatives from over 20 different healthcare organisations will be convening at the University on 11 June to discuss how old patterns of patient safety and historical complaints against doctors are still being replicated in the modern welfare system – and what lessons...

• Leicester to be part of regional hub for postgraduate training

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/leicester-to-be-part-of-regional-hub-for-postgraduate-training

  Our University is working with a consortium of Midlands universities to open up a range of new opportunities for postgraduate study in the region.

• Ancient chimpanzee Adam lived over one million years ago

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/ancient-chimpanzee-2018adam2019-lived-over-one-million-years-ago

  Chimpanzees have an ancient common ancestor – or genetic ‘Adam’ - that lived over one million years ago, according to a research team led by Professor Mark Jobling from the Department of Genetics.

• Culture on the Fringe

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/culture-on-the-fringe

  An upcoming event organised and hosted by Leicester’s CAMEo Research Institute for Cultural and Media Economies will be exploring the concept of ‘fringe’ culture- how it might be defined, what separates it from the ‘mainstream’, and the opportunities that fringe festivals can...

• Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities Foundation Year

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/social-sciences-arts-and-humanities-foundation-year/2026

  During this full-time Integrated Foundation Year, you’ll build the academic skills to confidently step into one of our Social Sciences, Arts, or Humanities degrees—while exploring a variety of subjects along the way.

• Partners

  https://le.ac.uk/engagement/partners

  Taking a partnership approach with key organisations in the region, we can be more effective in making a transformative impact in communities and on society.

• Leap in modelling human impact on climate may lead to early warning of climate disasters

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/tipping-points

  Mathematicians led by the University of Leicester have applied statistical mechanics to climate change detection and attribution for first time, showing how to separate the ‘signal’ of human-made climate change from the ‘noise’ of natural climate fluctuations

• Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/eg4063

  Module code: EG4063 Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine focuses on the combination of engineered structures, biological cells and the human body’s unique capabilities for regeneration in order to heal complex injuries and cure disease.

• Politics, Technology, and Ecology in Francophone Culture

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/fr2030

  Module code: FR2030 This module explores how French-speaking writers, filmmakers, and artists have imagined alternative worlds in order to reflect critically on our present and imagine the future.