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• University involved in major audio preservation project

  Date: 11 Apr 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/university-involved-in-major-audio-preservation-project

  The British Library is today launching ‘Unlocking Our Sound Heritage’, a major £18.8 million preservation and access project, which has received a £9.

• Victorian games and 19th century school life showcased at new exhibition

  Date: 17 Mar 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/victorian-games-and-19th-century-school-life-showcased-at-new-exhibition

  A new exhibition exploring the lives of Victorian schoolchildren – including the games that they played and their classroom experiences – is on...

• 27000 project to preserve Leicesters postwar memories

  Date: 7 Nov 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/ps27-000-project-to-preserve-leicesters-post-war-memories

  The East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA), based in the Centre for Urban History at our University, has received £27,000 from the Heritage...

• Love letter to Leicester Inner Ring Road may sooth the pain of city traffic jams

  Date: 9 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/love-letter-to-leicester-inner-ring-road-may-sooth-the-pain-of-city-traffic-jams

  A video produced by our University has been featured by the Leicester Mercury in an article discussing historical Leicester.

• Leicestershires unusual historical habits revealed

  Date: 20 Jul 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/leicestershire2019s-unusual-historical-habits-revealed

  From fattening pigs to enjoying a nice slice of crow pie, unusual historical habits in villages throughout Leicestershire have been revealed...

• New play centres on Arch of Remembrance in Leicesters Victoria Park

  Date: 19 Jul 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/new-play-centres-on-arch-of-remembrance-in-leicester2019s-victoria-park

  A play written, produced and performed by Leicester students will premiere at the Y theatre in Leicester on Thursday 28 and Friday 29 July.

• Expert opinions cover Premier League success management tactics and cultures uniting across the city

  Date: 3 May 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/expert-opinions-cover-premier-league-success-management-tactics-and-cultures-uniting-across-the-city

  In an article for The Conversation this week John Williams from the Department of Sociology has discussed Leicester City Football Club's Premier...

• History of 19th century building on campus revealed

  Date: 16 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/history-of-19th-century-building-on-campus-revealed

  New information about the history of 1 Salisbury Road was revealed during a visit by Dr Sula Ellis to the East Midlands Oral History Archive...

• Christmas toys and festive joys Yuletide memories from the twentieth century

  Date: 18 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/christmas-toys-and-festive-joys-yuletide-memories-from-the-twentieth-century

  The East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA) has put together a number of recordings from the 1930s and 40s discussing Christmas time.

• Canadian Rugby World Cup visit coincides with World War One study into autograph books by servicemen

  Date: 6 Oct 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/canadian-rugby-world-cup-visit-coincides-with-world-war-one-study-into-2018autograph-books2019-by-servicemen

  As the Canadian rugby team takes on Romania in Leicester today, researchers have been examining new evidence about a very different group of...