Student events
November
Mariner 9 Exhibition
Wednesday 11 November, from 10.00am
Mariner 9 (2012) presents a video of panoramic view of the Mars landscape hundreds of years in the future, littered with the rusting remains of various missions to the planet. Held at the Attenborough Arts Centre.
Zumba: Let's Do Leicester
Wednesday 11 November, 5.30pm-6.15pm
Get moving to fun, and upbeat music from home, together with Let's Do Leicester
Join in on the fun by heading over to Let's Do Leicester's Facebook page.
Global Café
Thursday 12 November and Thursday 26 November
Travel the world without leaving campus at our fortnightly Global Café. Make friends, celebrate different cultures, and improve your language skills. Although the university is closed, we are continuing our events online.
To book a place for this event, visit our Global Café webpage.
Mindfulness Workshop
Wednesday 18 November,11.00am-12.00pm
Understand the basic definitions and foundations of wellness with this workshop
Art Now: Trends in 21st Century Art
Wednesday 18 November, 1.00pm-2.00pm
Learn more about art history and its impact on generations of future artists
Film Night with the Asian Film Society
Wednesday 18 November, 6.00pm-9.00pm
Tune in to a film screening with the Asian Film Society.
16 Days of Activism
Sunday 25 November
More information to be added soon, so please keep your eyes peeled!
Daily online activities
- 6.30pm - Learn how to bake, from Friday 16 October
Weekly online activities
- Tuesdays, 7.30pm and Fridays, 11.00am - The Sofa Singers rehearsals
- Thursdays, 7.00pm - Leicester Swing Dance Society
Anytime online activities
Get University study support
- Academic Skills Centre online appointments and resources
- Students' Union - study skills toolkit
- Search the library catalogue for online resources
- Watch previous sessions of our Careers Q&As in collaboration with the Students' Union
Discover University careers support
- Career Development Service resources, appointments and workshops - available virtually
Indulge in arts and culture
- Listen to free audio books from Audible
- At Home with Penguin Books
- Virtual tour of the British Museum, London
- Virtual tour of the Natural History Museum, London
- Virtual tour of Blarney Castle, Ireland
- Get singing with the Rock choir
- Listen in to the Living Room Live for concerts streamed from around the world
- Harry Potter: A Brief History of Magic - A British Library exhibition
- Watch for free 10 Years With Hayao Miyazaki, a four-part documentary of one of Japan's greatest animation filmmakers
- Meditate with PeaceBeam
- Get interactive with the British Museum and dive in to history
Keep active
- Les Mills free at home workouts
- Yoga workouts
- Various - daily workouts, challenges, and motivation from our Sport and Active Life team
- 10 minute dance with DDMIX, a dance programme created by Darcy Bussell
- Walk with Leslie Sansone
- Get moving with The Body Coach
Be restored by nature
- Watch Edinburgh Zoo's animals on their webcams
- Jellyfish meditation
- Visit 32 American national parks from the comfort of your sofa
Learn something new
- Learn a language or brush up on the skills you already have with Duolingo
- Take a look at our Alumni Benjamina Ebuehi and learn to bake
- Learn at home with The Open University and their free courses
- View presentations from the world's best photographers with Nikon
- Quar Eye: Cooking “Lessons” in Quarantine with chef Antoni Porowski
- Sign up to TED-Ed@Home, for engaging lesson plans straight to your inbox
- Learn British sign language
- Myleene Klass' music class
- Learn how to stay relaxed and present with guided meditation
- New recipes with the Lunch Box Doctor
- Learn about Space and attend virtual tours for free by Downloading the Space Center Houston app
- Learn to Code with CodeAcademy and freecodecamp
- Tune in to University of Leicester Students' Union Podcast: LeicsChat
- Instagram cook-a-long's with The Good Egg
