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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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Drylands: Landscapes, Ecosystems and People
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/gy3436
Module code: GY3436 This module concerns the contemporary and past environments of African Deserts. It is directly based on recent staff research and particularly focuses on landscapes, ecology and history of southern African deserts.
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Activist Practice: Methods of Empowerment
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/mu7563
Module code: MU7563 Museums increasing commitment to communities, audiences, and social purposes has led to rapidly changing approaches to practice and new perspectives on what the core work of cultural organisations should be.
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Abolition and Adventure: Narratives of the Atlantic World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/en7254
Module code: EN7254 Accounts of global travel and adventure were extremely popular with eighteenth-century British readers.
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Activist Practice: Methods of Empowerment
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/mu7563
Module code: MU7563 Museums increasing commitment to communities, audiences, and social purposes has led to rapidly changing approaches to practice and new perspectives on what the core work of cultural organisations should be.
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Drylands: Landscapes, Ecosystems and People
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/gy3436
Module code: GY3436 This module concerns the contemporary and past environments of African Deserts. It is directly based on recent staff research and particularly focuses on landscapes, ecology and history of southern African deserts.
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Abolition and Adventure: Narratives of the Atlantic World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/en7254
Module code: EN7254 Accounts of global travel and adventure were extremely popular with eighteenth-century British readers.
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Difficult Conversations
https://le.ac.uk/centenary/events/difficult-conversations
University of Leicester marks its centenary with a series of thought-provoking and informative talks by academics and guest speakers.
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Protecting children from war and violence
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/social-justice/protecting-children
In any society subjected to war or violence, children are the innocent victims. Even if they are not injured themselves, the experience is understandably traumatic.
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Fellowship
https://le.ac.uk/enterprise/global-partnerships/aiou/fellowship
The University of Leicester’s International Professional Development Unit has welcomed many visiting postdoctoral fellows from a range of countries, including China, Saudi Arabia, and Kazakhstan.