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• Leicester to lead new project on Ancient Egyptian bird mummies

  Date: 13 Dec 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/raptors

  The University of Leicester will lead a study uncovering secrets of Ancient Egyptian bird mummies.

• Leicester archaeology student shares passion for local history with fellow firefighters

  Date: 8 Nov 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/dig-fire

  A watch manager in the Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) is helping other firefighters in the region to get involved with archaeology.

• First-ever University Challenge champs aim to bring trophy back to Leicester

  Date: 30 Oct 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/university-challenge

  A team of University of Leicester students will be bidding to bring the BBC University Challenge trophy back to the East Midlands for the first...

• New book explores innovative crime fiction by Caribbean writers

  Date: 21 Oct 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/crime-fiction

  Dr Lucy Evan's new book, Crime Fiction in the Caribbean will be published on 24th October 2024.

• America’s complicated relationship with healthcare explored in new book

  Date: 21 Oct 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/transformed-states

  The final book in Professor Martin Halliwell's series on healthcare in the United States will be published on 15 November 2024.

• Archaeologists identify changes to human bone following introduction of tobacco in Western Europe

  Date: 14 Oct 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/tobacco

  University of Leicester researchers hope to better understand how tobacco consumption has historically impacted human health.

• Memoir explores complexities of discipline and bullying in UK schooling

  Date: 5 Sep 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/a-physical-education

  Dr Jonathan Taylor is set to release a new book, A Physical Education: On Bullying, Discipline & Other Lessons

• Dartmoor dig uncovers 'stunning' Early Bronze Age burial cist

  Date: 19 Aug 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/dartmoor-cist

  University of Leicester's Dr Laura Basell is working with Dartmoor National Park to analyse a newly discovered Bronze Age cist.

• New Leicester media festival to launch this September

  Date: 12 Aug 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/festival-of-media-stories

  A new festival celebrating film and media in Leicester will launch at University of Leicester this Autumn

• Archaeology students from University of Leicester unearth very big Roman house in the country

  Date: 10 Jul 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/roman-villa

  Finds from latest excavation in Leicestershire may provide insight into the ‘rural charm’ of Britain to the Romans, while first-year archaeology...