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University of Leicester strikes health and education agreements with Ghana to work on shared goals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/university-leicester-health-education-agreements-ghana
The University of Leicester has strengthened its West African ties after entering a partnership with the University of Ghana and launching major health research into diabetes in Ghana.
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Martyrdom, Memory and the Marquis of Montrose. By Rachel Bennett
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/03/22/martyrdom-memory-and-the-marquis/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on March 22, 2016 During the past three years a key part of my research as part of the Criminal Corpse project has been to trace the people who suffered the last punishment of the law from their capital...
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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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Unique NHS autopsy service wins healthcare innovation award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/unique-nhs-autopsy-service-wins-prestigious-healthcare-innovation-award
The implementation of the first true NHS located Post-Mortem Computed Tomography service by Leicester forensic pathologists and radiologists has received an award for its innovative approach to improving healthcare.
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Student calculates which colour lightsaber would be most powerful
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/student-calculates-which-colour-lightsaber-would-be-most-powerful
Aspiring Jedi Knights will be happy to learn that the red lightsabers used by their enemies, the Sith, are likely the weakest type available on the futuristic arms market, while a purple lightsaber would be the strongest, based on calculations made by a student from our...
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Yeast two-hybrid
https://le.ac.uk/mcb/facilities-and-technologies/protex/available-vectors/yeast-two-hydbrid
vectors for yeast two hybrid use
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Earth Day: National Space Centre launches Home Planet gallery
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/home-planet
The new Home Planet gallery features an interactive projection floor with ice, water, and sea creatures that respond to visitor movements, while an art installation by local artist Michelle Reader based on the ‘Great Wave off Kanagawa’ but made entirely from recycled...
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People
https://le.ac.uk/country-house-technology/people
Professor Marilyn Palmer Marilyn Palmer read History at St Anne’s College, Oxford, and then worked in teacher training at Loughborough College of Education before joining the History Department of the University of Loughborough and becoming its Head in 1983.
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James Reason
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/james-reason
obituary of james reason
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The video game: a legitimate art form?
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/video-game
Read the article "The video game: a legitimate art form?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.