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Dr Paul Campbell appointed Director of Leicester’s new Institute for Inclusivity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/liihe-director
Dr Paul Campbell has been appointed as the Director of the Leicester Institute for Inclusivity in Higher Education (LIIHE), an interdisciplinary research institute that will seek to lead a transformation in higher education through innovative research new.
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Leicester named as one of the world’s best universities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/leicester-named-as-one-of-the-worlds-best-universities
University of Leicester retains its spot as one of the top 25 UK universities featured in the prestigious list, after being ranked 23rd in the list of UK universities featured in the top 200.
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Before Highcross: Vote now for research teams that solved Leicester’s shopping centre history mysteries
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/highcross-dig
Archaeologists who examined the ground beneath Leicester’s shopping mall district are up for a research award – and they need your vote.
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International award recognises researcher’s contribution to development of AI
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/international-award-development-ai-huiyu-zhou
Professor Huiyu Zhou from the University of Leicester School of Computing and Mathematical Science to receive award from National Academy of Artificial Intelligence acknowledging longstanding work in AI technology development
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Tiago Paggi de Almeida
https://le.ac.uk/bhf-accelerator/people/previous-researchers/tiago-paggi-de-almeida
previous researcher linked to BHF Accelerator Award
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University of Leicester specialist is recognised for a lifetime’s devotion to cancer research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/dean-fennell
A University of Leicester cancer specialist who has devoted his life to researching an aggressive fatal lung disease has been recognised for his work by the Academy of Medical Sciences.
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New robot to detect Parkinson’s disease could be used on humans in the next 5 years
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/parkinsons-robot
Parkinson’s disease is caused by a loss of nerve cells in part of the brain called the substantia nigra. As a result, dopamine – a chemical that helps to regulate movement of the body – drops.
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University of Leicester named as one of the world’s most sustainable universities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/17-worlds-most-sustainable-university-ui-greenmetric
UI GreenMetric World University Rankings 2018 places the University of Leicester 35th in the world and 9th in the UK for sustainability.
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Multi-million pound investment in UK space industry agreed in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/cgi-meteor-agreement
IT and business consulting firm CGI has pledged £2.6 million to the University of Leicester’s Manufacturing, Engineering, Technology and Earth Observation Research Centre (METEOR) over the next five years.
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User Interfaces Design and Evaluation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/co2104
Module code: CO2104 User interfaces are how users interact with computer systems. In this module we will explore and critique HCI (human-computer interaction) concepts and GUIs (graphical user interfaces) in particular.