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Film screening to explore post-prison lives of wrongly convicted individuals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/film-screening-to-explore-post-prison-lives-of-wrongly-convicted-individuals
For its inaugural screening Reel Law, Leicester Law School’s film club, is holding a free public screening of BBC documentary ‘Fallout’ and a panel discussion with the film’s director and two of the featured exonerated prisoners.
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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.
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Doctors, Disease and Pandemics: Patients and Practitioners
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs7312
Module code: HS7312 This module examines disease and the varieties of human response to it in society, from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries, taking a focused ‘case study’ approach.
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Doctors, Disease and Pandemics: Patients and Practitioners
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/hs7312
Module code: HS7312 This module examines disease and the varieties of human response to it in society, from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries, taking a focused ‘case study’ approach.
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Doctors, Disease and Pandemics: Patients and Practitioners
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/hs7312
Module code: HS7312 This module examines disease and the varieties of human response to it in society, from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries, taking a focused ‘case study’ approach.
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Leicester is founding signatory for new pledge to support technicians
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-is-founding-signatory-for-new-pledge-to-support-technicians
Today, more than 35 universities and research institutions from across the UK – including the University of Leicester - have backed a pledge to support their technicians.
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Serious asthma attacks reduced by temporary quadrupling of steroid inhaler
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/serious-asthma-attacks-reduced-by-temporary-quadrupling-of-steroid-inhaler
Serious asthma attacks in adults can be reduced by a temporary but significant increase in the dose of inhaled steroids during asthma worsenings, according to a new national study led by the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre.
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New framework for mental ill health launched
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/new-framework-for-mental-ill-health-launched
On Friday 12 January 2018, Dr John Cromby from the School of Business spoke at the conference which officially launched a new framework of mental ill health.
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Leicester expert in top 50 list of innovators driving transition to net zero
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/heiko-balzter-net-zero-50
An Earth observation expert from the University of Leicester has been named one of the UK’s top 50 innovators who are driving the transition to net zero.
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Kasabian frontman takes centre stage at University of Leicester graduation ceremony
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/kasabian-frontman-centre-stage-university-leicester-graduation-ceremony
It was a home-coming gig like no other for Kasabian singer, songwriter and record producer, Sergio ‘Serge’ Pizzorno when he stepped up to receive an honorary degree from the University of Leicester.