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Viking figurines were ‘more than just jewellery’, and were used and handled in a variety of ways, including long-term curation, 'decapitation', and attached to Christian artefacts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/viking-jewellery-mythology-silver-bronze
In Viking archaeology, the study of miniature metal figurines -- possibly depicting Norse gods and mythological beings -- have been central to...
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Leicester explores ‘our working lives’ as Festival of Social Science returns
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/festival-of-social-science-working-lives-leicester
Explore free events at the University of Leicester’s Festival of Social Science 2025, themed around ‘our working lives’.
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Blog: New Political Order? The strange demise of red and blue
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/new-political-order-strange-demise-labour-conservatives-blog
In this expert blog, Paul Baines, Professor of Political Marketing, explains what’s happened to the Tories and Labour.
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Leicester’s free legal advice clinic receives Home Office funding to help Windrush victims
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/windrush-compensation-scheme-free-legal-advice-clinic
The University of Leicester's free Legal Advice Clinic has been awarded £40,000 by the Home Office as part of the Windrush Compensation Advocacy...
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Evidence of 2,000 years of human activity found on market site in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/evidence-2000-years-human-activity-market
University of Leicester Archaeological Services carrying out excavations at the site of the city’s new market square, with discoveries including a...
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Strasbourg Mayoral visit marks quarter century Anglo-French law partnership
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/mayor-strasbourg-law-partnership-leicester-visit
The University of Leicester was honoured to welcome the Mayor of Strasbourg, Jeanne Barseghian and distinguished delegates from the City of...
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Europe’s security at risk unless its leaders learn lessons of Russia-Ukraine war, expert warns
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/europe-security-risk-leaders-learn-lessons-russia-ukraine-war
An expert in the Russia-Ukraine war has warned Europe’s leaders to heed the lessons of the conflict or risk war spreading across the continent.
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Law graduate Ella’s journey from Clearing to national champion
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/law-graduate-ella-journey-from-clearing-national-champion
When Ella Bailey came to the University of Leicester through Clearing, she never dreamed that she would graduate as a national law competition...
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University of Leicester archaeologists explore city’s Roman past
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/university-leicester-archaeologists-explore-city-roman-past
The stories behind Leicester’s rich Roman heritage have been compiled into a book by University of Leicester archaeologists to mark the reopening...
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Secrets of rare Iron Age cauldrons revealed through archaeological investigation and replica creation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/iron-age-cauldrons-archaeological-replica
Detailed laboratory examination and analysis of the fragile 2,400 year old cauldrons has revealed new information of their manufacture and...