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Giant storms cause palpitations in Saturns atmospheric heartbeat
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/giant-storms-cause-palpitations-in-saturn2019s-atmospheric-heartbeat
Immense northern storms on Saturn can disturb atmospheric patterns at the planet’s equator, finds the international Cassini mission in a study led by Dr Leigh Fletcher from our Department of Physics and Astronomy and published in Nature Astronomy.
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Governments more likely to be responsive when strong public opposition is voiced
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/governments-more-likely-to-be-responsive-when-strong-public-opposition-is-voiced
Governments often ignore public opposition to their policies but they are far less likely to do so when public opinion is strongly and consistently expressed through surveys and on the streets, says a University of Leicester Politics expert.
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WikiLeaks lawyer Dinah Rose QC assumes presidency of Leicester University Law Society
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/wikileaks-lawyer-dinah-rose-qc-assumes-presidency-of-leicester-university-law-society
High-profile barrister Dinah Rose QC (pictured), who has represented WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in the UK Supreme Court, has taken upon the role of President of the Leicester University Law Society (LULS).
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Global Justice and Human Rights
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/pl3118
Module code: PL3118 The concept of human rights has been around since the times of Ancient Egypt, but the horrors of the Second World War and the Holocaust saw it codified into a movement.
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Global Justice and Human Rights
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/pl3118
Module code: PL3118 The concept of human rights has been around since the times of Ancient Egypt, but the horrors of the Second World War and the Holocaust saw it codified into a movement.
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Global Justice and Human Rights
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/pl3118
Module code: PL3118 The concept of human rights has been around since the times of Ancient Egypt, but the horrors of the Second World War and the Holocaust saw it codified into a movement.
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Social science
https://le.ac.uk/enterprise/expertise/social-science
Our world-leading social science research includes work on subjects like health, policing, intelligence and security, and urban and rural transformation.
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Whats in a name
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/whats-in-a-name
A senior lecturer from the University of Leicester has discussed ‘the politics of naming’ in a debate with the editor of The Independent over the city name: Mumbai or Bombay.
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Landscapes and Identities in Medieval and Early Modern England
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/hs7135
Module code: HS7135 This module enables you to read landscapes and explore how landscapes shaped the experiences of the peoples of medieval and early modern England, and the impact of those peoples on the landscape.
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Landscapes and Identities in Medieval and Early Modern England
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs7135
Module code: HS7135 This module enables you to read landscapes and explore how landscapes shaped the experiences of the peoples of medieval and early modern England, and the impact of those peoples on the landscape.