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• Teaching resources cast new light on The Great Fire of London

  Date: 18 May 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/fire-of-london

  The University of Leicester and the Museum of London have today launched new learning resources for primary schools about the Great Fire of London...

• Podcast brings East Midlanders’ memories of last century’s coronations to life

  Date: 5 May 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/oral-history

  East Midlanders talking about their experiences of last century’s royal coronations feature in a new podcast from the University of Leicester.

• Leicester scholar’s Bible ushers in new royal chapter (and verse)

  Date: 5 May 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/coronation-bible-king-james

  The Quatercentenary Edition of the King James Bible, prepared by University of Leicester academic Professor Gordon Campbell in 2011, will be used...

• Academics pipe up with a new interpretation of history

  Date: 28 Apr 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/pipes

  The historic misuse of the humble smoker’s pipe has led to two University of Leicester academics’ realisation that we might be missing a trick...

• University of Leicester commissioned to undertake pioneering research into rural racism by Leverhulme Trust

  Date: 29 Mar 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/rural-racism

  University of Leicester experts have been commissioned by The Leverhulme Trust to develop a ground-breaking study on racism in rural England.

• Ukrainian students find sanctuary at University of Leicester

  Date: 7 Mar 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/ukraine-students

  Four Ukrainian students have travelled one-and-a-half thousand miles to find sanctuary – and continue their studies – at the University of Leicester.

• University of Leicester research into Joe Orton’s relationship with Kenneth Halliwell to feature in LGBTQ+ mental health exhibition

  Date: 7 Mar 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/poetic-licence

  A play about the Leicester-born playwright, Joe Orton, informed by research from the University of Leicester, will feature in The Netherlands’...

• Mick Herron, Bernadine Evaristo, Nina Stibbe and Kit de Waal headline 2023 Literary Leicester festival

  Date: 1 Mar 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/literary-leicester

  The programme for Literary Leicester, the University of Leicester's annual free literary festival, has been announced today.

• Ukrainian mum finds sanctuary and a career lifeline at the University of Leicester

  Date: 24 Feb 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/inesa

  A Ukrainian mum-of-two has found sanctuary from war – and been able to resurrect her career – at the University of Leicester.

• University of Leicester launches exhibition celebrating 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio

  Date: 15 Feb 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/shakespeare

  The University of Leicester is celebrating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s First Folio with an exhibition at the David Wilson Library.