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Social and Cultural Theory
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/sy7037
Module code: SY7037 This module offers you an opportunity to gain an appreciation and deeper understanding of the topics that are prominent in the fields of sociological research and the social, political, cultural and economic issues that underpin them.
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Cognitive Horizons: Exploring brain and cognition
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ps3107
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Social and Cultural Theory
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/sy7037
Module code: SY7037 This module offers you an opportunity to gain an appreciation and deeper understanding of the topics that are prominent in the fields of sociological research and the social, political, cultural and economic issues that underpin them.
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Sociology of Health and Illness
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/sy3095
Module code: SY3095 How many issues surrounding health could be prevented or improved by considering the sociological context of the patient? What sociological factors are most likely to bring about illness? You’ll be looking at the research surrounding this topic, and...
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Alumna takes presenter role on BBC current affairs programme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/alumna-takes-presenter-role-on-bbc-current-affairs-programme
A Leicester geography graduate is to helm the BBC’s Inside Out East Midlands current affairs programme. Lukwesa Burak presented her first edition of the programme on Monday 5 September, which was a Brexit special focusing on the impact on the East Midlands.
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A birds eye view
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/a-bird2019s-eye-view
A PhD student at our University has taken his passion for photography to new heights with awe-inspiring pictures of our city’s landmarks.
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Professor Ryder and the Materials Group awarded European Commission H2020 research grant
https://le.ac.uk/sustainable-materials-processing/news/professor-ryder-and-the-materials-group-awarded-european-commission-h2020-research-grant
The University of Leicester Materials and Interfaces group has been awarded a new European Commission Horizon 2020 research grant for the project ‘A Marketable Polymer based Al-S battery’ (AMAPOLA).
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The History of Alcohol in North America, 1650-1950
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs2359
Module code: HS2359 This module surveys the social and cultural history of drinking in modern American society, and considers how the historical and cross-cultural study of drinking can add to contemporary debates surrounding alcohol consumption.
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Women in American Society from the Civil War to First World War
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs3680
Module code: HS3680 This module starts with the examination of women's contribution to the civil war effort on both sides, and women's place in the economy, education and social reform.
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Sociology of Health and Illness
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/sy3095
Module code: SY3095 How many issues surrounding health could be prevented or improved by considering the sociological context of the patient? What sociological factors are most likely to bring about illness? You’ll be looking at the research surrounding this topic, and...