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Leicester scientists help to shed light on ancient Mars
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-scientists-help-to-shed-light-on-wet-ancient-mars
Pale "halos" around fractures in bedrock analysed by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover contain copious silica, indicating that ancient Mars had liquid water for a long time.
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Media features President and Vice-Chancellor speaking on gender equality campaign
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/media-features-president-and-vice-chancellor-speaking-on-gender-equality-campaign
President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has spoken about Leicester’s involvement in the UN Women’s HeForShe solidarity movement in the media, explaining how it is fitting that the University of Leicester should be chosen among only 10 universities in the world that...
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Deadline to name a planet is closing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/deadline-to-name-a-planet-is-closing
The deadline for you to show your support in naming a distant planet is fast approaching. Earlier this year, the University joined forces with the Leicester Mercury to give the people of Leicester the opportunity to name their own planet.
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Analysis and Design of Algorithms
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/co3002
Module code: CO3002 In this module you will study the design and analysis of algorithms – step-by-step procedures, such as those executed by computers, to solve problems.
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Financial Risk Management
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/af7097
Module code: EC7097 Some of the most spectacular losses in finance have been due to failures in risk management. Either failure to properly appreciate the risk of an investment or to manage the people taking them.
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Containment Level 3 Facility (C3)
https://le.ac.uk/cbs/facilities/cl3
Find out more information on the Containment Level 3 facility (CL3), housed in the Core Biotechnology Services.
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Spectroscopy and Physical Chemistry
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/nt3008
Module code: NT3008 This module will introduce you to the theory and practice behind spectroscopy and expand on the applications of physical chemistry. Spectroscopy is the study of the relationship between matter and electromagnetic radiation.
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Formulating start-up strategy
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ch2801
Module code: CH2801 This module will introduce you to the aspects required to start up a venture, such as identifying customers, considering who the stakeholders are and looking at the critical needs of a business before - and in the early stages of - creation.
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Research facility
https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/research/biomarker-facility/research
The van Geest grant will enable further interactions between scientists and clinicians in a dedicated cardiovascular research centre, where detailed studies of a patient’s protein and metabolite make-up will complement their clinical and demographic data, and in combination...
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Thinking Through Things
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ar1012
Module code: AR1012 This module challenges the stereotype of archaeology as the study of ancient, dusty and rather irrelevant things in the past.