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Stonewall names University of Leicester one of Britain's top 100 LGBT-inclusive employers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/22-stonewall-top-employer
Stonewall logo. Acceptance without exception.|University of Leicester ranks 72nd on LGBT charity's annual list of inclusive employers.
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Leicester academic selected by Commission for Countering Extremism for research on the Far Right
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/09-commission-for-countering-extremism-papers
The independent Commission for Countering Extremism has today (Tuesday 9 April) announced that Dr Chris Allen, Associate Professor in Hate Studies in the University of Leicester’s Centre for Hate Studies, as one of the leading academics it has commissioned to write a research...
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Explore our collections
https://le.ac.uk/library/special-collections/explore
Explore the collections of archives, manuscripts and printed rare books housed in Archives and Special Collections.
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Leicester celebrates Knowledge Exchange Framework success
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/knowledge-exchange-framework
The University of Leicester’s position as a leading research institution that drives innovation and growth in its local area has been recognised by Research England (RE), after the release of this year’s Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) results.
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University of Leicester academic recognised by National Teaching Fellowship Scheme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/paul-campbell
A University of Leicester academic has been recognised for his research and teaching on race and inclusion by the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme.
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Japan's earliest 'couple' identified
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/09-japan-fossils
Fossils of male and female shells of tiny bivalved crustaceans 700|Scientists have discovered fossils of tiny male and female crustaceans over 400 million years old in Japan An international team of scientists has discovered what is believed to be Japan’s earliest...
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Renaissance Drama
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en1050
Module code: EN1050 (double module) This module will enable you to build on existing knowledge and skills to develop a more independent and broad approach to the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries within their theatrical and cultural context.
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American Freedoms
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs7304
Module code: HS7304 "O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?" The final line of their national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner", shows the importance of freedom to American nationhood and...
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Renaissance Drama
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/en1050
Module code: EN1050 (double module) This module will enable you to build on existing knowledge and skills to develop a more independent and broad approach to the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries within their theatrical and cultural context.
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Identity Troubles: Nationalism, Jihadism and the Far Right
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/sy3099
Module code: SY3099 In this module, we explore theses ‘troubling’ identities – historical (ultra)nationalism, the contemporary extreme right and jihadism – and investigate how they have been theorised and understood as part of long-term social processes.