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Imperialism and Decolonisation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs2314
Module code: HS2314 At the beginning of the 20th century the British Empire covered a fifth of the world’s land surface and contained almost a quarter of the world’s population. Less than sixty years later it was rapidly disintegrating.
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A World in Motion: The Rise of a Global Economy, 1783-1914
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs2318
Module code: HS2318 This module introduces you to the history of the global economy from the end of the American war of independence to the eve of the First World War, a time when economic change transformed the lives of millions of people.
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Patients and Practitioners: Responding to Illness in Early Modern Europe 1450-1750
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs7034
Module code: HS7034 In this module, you'll learn about the history of medicine and healing in early modern Europe - a time that saw major improvements in surgery, the beginning of toxicology, neurology and microbiology as scientific fields and advancements in our...
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People and Places
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs1100
Module code: HS1100 An individual’s environment is of the upmost importance in order to contextualise and understand their life, making it almost impossible to untangle people and places.
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Patients and Practitioners: Responding to Illness in Early Modern Europe 1450-1750
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/hs7034
Module code: HS7034 In this module, you'll learn about the history of medicine and healing in early modern Europe - a time that saw major improvements in surgery, the beginning of toxicology, neurology and microbiology as scientific fields and advancements in our...
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People and Places
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/hs1100
Module code: HS1100 An individual’s environment is of the upmost importance in order to contextualise and understand their life, making it almost impossible to untangle people and places.
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Patients and Practitioners: Responding to Illness in Early Modern Europe 1450-1750
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs7034
Module code: HS7034 In this module, you'll learn about the history of medicine and healing in early modern Europe - a time that saw major improvements in surgery, the beginning of toxicology, neurology and microbiology as scientific fields and advancements in our...
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People and Places
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs1100
Module code: HS1100 An individual’s environment is of the upmost importance in order to contextualise and understand their life, making it almost impossible to untangle people and places.
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Scientist to share lifetime of adventures in free talk
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/scientist-lifetime-adventures-free-talk
Leading scientist, author and University of Leicester alumnus speaks on his 50-year career
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Researcher publishes parliamentary report on the rise of fake news
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/researcher-publishes-parliamentary-report-on-the-rise-of-fake-news
Katie Raymer, who is studying for a PhD in our Department of Physics and Astronomy, has co-authored a report as part of her STFC internship with the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology examining how people access news and information and the rise of fake news.