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• Gigantic Jurassic pterosaur fossil unearthed in Oxfordshire

  Date: 3 Jun 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/gigantic-pterosaur

  University of Leicester researcher involved in study of one of the largest pterosaurs of the Jurassic era

• Research Centre for Museums and Galleries receives special recognition at Museums + Heritage Awards 2024

  Date: 16 May 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/rcmg

  University of Leicester’s groundbreaking Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) was recognised at the Museums + Heritage Awards 2024.

• University Head of School to hold public lecture on trust in museums

  Date: 6 Mar 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/tilly-blyth

  Professor Tilly Blyth, Head of School of Museum Studies will hold a public lecture on trust in museums at Keele University.

• Queer Heritage and Collections Network awarded Arts Council England and National Lottery Project Funding

  Date: 1 Feb 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/queer-heritage

  Read more about the Research Centre for Museums and Galleries' latest project on queer heritage

• Leicester welcomes its world-changing Future 50 researchers

  Date: 5 Dec 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/future-50-research-students

  The next generation of world-changing researchers was given a warm welcome by the University of Leicester this week.

• University of Leicester and Birmingham Museums Trust join forces to tackle museum attendance and benefit

  Date: 26 Oct 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/birmingham-museums-trust

  The Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) will host a series of public workshops to address the museum attendance and benefit gap.

• Two University of Leicester projects shortlisted for Museum and Heritage Awards 2023

  Date: 17 Mar 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/museum-heritage-awards

  Two projects from University of Leicester's School of Museum Studies have been shortlisted for the prestigious Museum and Heritage Awards.

• University of Leicester appoints Science Museum Principal Curator for key leadership post

  Date: 3 Oct 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/tilly-blyth

  The Science Museum’s Head of Collections and Principal Curator will join the University of Leicester as its new Head of the School of Museum Studies.

• Leicester to showcase humanities research at 2021 Being Human festival

  Date: 11 Oct 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/being-human

  University of Leicester experts from disciplines as diverse as English literature, archaeology and criminology – and a whole lot more – have...

• National award for Queer Heritage and Collections Network

  Date: 2 Jul 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/queer-heritage

  A partnership supporting museums and heritage bodies to reveal and publicly present LGBTQ+ histories – of which the University of Leicester is a...