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Modern and Contemporary History BA
https://le.ac.uk/courses/contemporary-history-ba/2026
At Leicester you’ll explore modern and contemporary history, and learn about the political factors that shape historical events.
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English and American Studies BA
https://le.ac.uk/courses/english-and-american-studies-ba/2026
The English and American Studies degree at Leicester explores literature from the UK and the US, and American film and culture, with the option to spend a year in the USA or Canada.
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English and History BA
https://le.ac.uk/courses/english-and-history-ba/2026
Learn how history has influenced language and literature with a degree in English and History from the University of Leicester.
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A tulip bulb, the value of which would have fed ‘a whole ship’s crew for a twelvemonth’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/04/07/a-tulip-bulb-the-value-of-which-would-have-fed-a-whole-ships-crew-for-a-twelvemonth/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on April 7, 2017 The tulip, with its bold, eye-catching flowers in a wide variety of gorgeous colours, is in bloom, in many of our spring gardens, making one of their most striking features.
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The University of the West Indies and University of Leicester International Summer School
https://le.ac.uk/cssah/uwi-summer-school
The Summer School is an annual programme run by the University of the West Indies and the University of Leicester, aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers from the Caribbean, the UK and Canada with an interest in global studies and a background in any...
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Midlands commission highlights action to address health and care inequalities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/midlands-commission-healthcare-inequalities
Organisations across the Midlands and leading national health charities are collectively launching a policy commission which has the potential to transform the health and care of people across the region by addressing health and care inequalities
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History of Leicester Medical Society
https://le.ac.uk/medicine/about/leicester-medical-society/about/history
Learn about the fascinating 200-year history of the Leicester Medical Society, founded in 1800.
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University of Leicester joins ‘Forging Ahead’ initiative to transform innovation and entrepreneurship across the Midlands
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/forging-ahead-innovation-entrepreneurship-midlands
Leicester has played a significant role in designing the bold new initiative that will transform how research and innovation are translated into real-world impact across the region
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Evelyn Arthur St John Waugh (1903-1966)
https://le.ac.uk/evelyn-waugh/about/evelyn-waugh-biography
Read the biography of Evelyn Waugh, one of the twentieth century's most diverse and prolific writers. Find out more about the life of Evelyn Waugh and the complete works project at the University of Leicester.
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Novel approach identifies people at risk of developing TB
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/tb-study
A novel approach to studying the progression of tuberculosis (TB) from infection to disease has identified and treated people at increased risk of developing the disease that current methods of testing would not.