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• Leicestershire Institute of Technology bid reaches final stages

  Date: 11 May 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/leicestershire-institute-of-technology

  Experts in cyber and space technology are bidding to create a £13m ‘skills factory’ in Leicestershire to revitalise the region’s economy.

• Booker Prize-winner to join Literary Leicester Festival

  Date: 5 Mar 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/literary-leicester

  Booker Prize-winner Marlon James will be headlining the revival of the Literary Leicester Festival.

• Researchers explore ‘crossroads of the sea’ in Mediterranean

  Date: 17 Feb 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/crossroads-of-the-sea

  New archaeological research led by the University of Leicester is revealing secrets of ancient Mediterranean coastal life and long-distance trade,...

• £1.8m AHRC funding awarded to Leicester’s School of Archaeology and Ancient History

  Date: 11 Jan 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/ahrc-grant

  Nearly two million pounds of funding from UK Research and Innovation’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has been awarded to the...

• Revealed, recorded and reported: 25 years of remarkable archaeological discoveries

  Date: 25 Nov 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/ulas-book

  Remarkable remains of Leicester’s ancient past are being celebrated by the University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) team with a new...

• New theory claims pterodactyls did not have feathers

  Date: 28 Sep 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/pterosaurs

  The debate about when dinosaurs developed feathers has taken a new turn with a paper from the University of Leicester refuting claims that...

• Animal mummies unwrapped: hi-res 3D X-rays reveal secrets of life and death in ancient Egypt

  Date: 19 Aug 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/animal-mummies

  Three mummified animals from ancient Egypt have been digitally unwrapped and dissected by researchers from the University of Leicester and...

• Ancient skeleton provides the earliest evidence of a pet cat in Kazakhstan

  Date: 8 Jul 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/cat-skull

  Uncovered in an urban settlement in Dzhankent, Kazakhstan, the analysis of the ancient animal skeleton shows this to be the first domesticated cat...

• Demand for free colonial history lessons spikes

  Date: 10 Jun 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/colonial-countryside

  Free home schooling packs about Britain’s colonial past have seen a surge in popularity.

• Cricket Country shortlisted for prestigious non-fiction prize

  Date: 3 May 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/cricket-country-shortlisted

  A book by a Leicester academic exploring the untold history of the first All India cricket team has been shortlisted as one of six entries for the...