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• The short skirt: a symbol of victim blaming culture?

  https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/short-skirt

  Read the article "The short skirt: a symbol of victim blaming culture?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.

• Astronomys wonderful tool the telescope to be explored at upcoming lecture

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/astronomys-wonderful-tool-the-telescope-to-be-examined-at-upcoming-lecture

  The telescope - ‘astronomy’s wonderful tool’ - will be the focus of a free public lecture on Thursday 8 October as part of the International Year of Light 2015.

• New digital map remembers Vanished Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/new-digital-map-remembers-2018vanished-leicester2019

  Leicester researchers have developed a new digital map of ‘Vanished Leicester’ which shows the transformation of the city in recent decades.

• Leicester Criminologist invited to provide expert evidence on the intimidation of Parliamentary candidates and on combatting religious intolerance

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-criminologist-invited-to-provide-expert-evidence-on-the-intimidation-of-parliamentary-candidates-and-on-combatting-religious-intolerance

  Professor Neil Chakraborti (pictured), Head of the Department of Criminology and Director of the Centre for Hate Studies, was invited to give expert evidence at two key events in London on the 12th and 13th September.

• Leicester innovation front and centre at regional awards

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/innovation-awards

  The best innovators, inventors and developers from across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland were celebrated at the 2021 LeicestershireLive Innovation Awards on Tuesday evening, jointly sponsored by the University of Leicester, De Montfort University and Morningside...

• From the past to the future of work

  https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/news/news/from-the-past-to-the-future-of-work

  By Stephen Wood, Professor of Management, University of Leicester School of Business. My two edited books, The Transformation of Work? and The Degradation of work?, have been selected for Routledge’s ‘Routledge Revivals’ Series.

• Optics

  https://le.ac.uk/bepicolombo/mixs/optics

  The MIXS optics were designed with inspiration from a lobster’s eye. This is because instead of using lenses, like how our eyes work, it uses mirrors to reflect the light. There are lots of small channels that allow the X-rays to be reflected and focused onto the detector.

• Talking points a range of topics tackled by academics this week

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/wolf-hall-thomas-more-and-the-turks

  Professor Norman Housley from the School of History has written an article about the BBC drama 'Wolf Hall', which portrays aspects of Tudor life, including diction, with what he describes as 'outstanding' historical accuracy.

• James Reason

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/james-reason

  obituary of james reason

• Leicester receives major award for leading role in new space science mission SMILE

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-receives-major-award-for-leading-role-in-new-space-science-mission-smile

  UK academic institutions including our University will lead an international solar-terrestrial and space weather mission, taking on the development of a major science instrument thanks to funding from the UK Space Agency.