Citizen Shorts
Research
From talking heads with our researchers to mobile phone footage of cyclones in India, our shorts provide an eye-opening view of our world-changing research. Watch anytime, anywhere.
100 years of changing the world
8 February 2022
For 100 years, our researchers have significantly improved lives and societies through the power and impact of their research. Watch...
60 years in Space
9 May 2021
Did you know that the past 60 years has seen a University of Leicester built instrument operating in Space? In 1960 the space research team was founded at the...
Bepi Colombo: MIXS – Space
9 May 2021
Professor Emma Bunce, President of the Royal Astronomy Society (May 2020 and May 2022) and Head of the School of...
Harms of Hate: Social Justice and Inclusion
9 May 2021
We all want to live in world where we are kind to one another. The Centre for Hate Studies, led...
BHF partnership: Cardiovascular – Human Health
9 May 2021
Professor Gavin Murphy talks about the partnership with the British Heart Foundation and cardiovascular research and how it improves the lives...
Bacteriophages: Social Justice and Inclusion
9 May 2021
Martha Clokie, Professor of Microbiology explains bacteriophages and how her research leads the fight on the war on superbugs.
Prejudice and Pride: Cultural and Natural Heritage
9 May 2021
Professor Richard Sandell, Research Centre for Museums and Galleries, discusses the Prejudice and Pride project which explores LGBTQ stories across National Trust sites throughout...
Diabetes: Human Health
9 May 2021
3.5m people in the UK have diabetes, with a further 600,000 who don’t know they have it. How do you go...
Joe Orton: Cultural and Natural Heritage
9 May 2021
Dr Emma Parker interviews Alec Baldwin on his discovery of Joe Orton and playing roles such as Dennis in ‘Loot’ and...
Joe Orton: Cultural and Natural Heritage
9 May 2021
Leonie Orton, sister of the playwright, author and diarist Joe Orton discusses which pieces of her brother’s work are her favourites...
Museums: Cultural and Natural Heritage
9 May 2021
Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) CineMuseSpace: A Cinematic Musée Imaginaire of Spatial Cultural Differences was led by François Penz, School of...
Sex Workers: Social Justice and Inclusion
9 May 2021
A series of interviews by Professor Teela Sanders explores online sex work in the 21st century and how it affects...