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• University of Leicester academic takes leading role in major new exhibition on Anglo-Saxon England

  Date: 18 Oct 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/anglo-saxon-exhibition

  A renowned University of Leicester expert in Early Medieval History has taken a leading role in a new exhibition, Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word,...

• Telling the story of Leicestershire’s first university

  Date: 16 Oct 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/17-gordon-campbell-lecture

  Professor Gordon Campbell is delivering a lecture on the history of the University of Leicester.

• £1.2 million funding to investigate mental health legacy of colonialism in Guyana’s jails

  Date: 13 Oct 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/15-mental-health-legacy-of-colonialism-in-guyanas-jails

  Funding for University of Leicester project announced under the ESRC-AHRC GCRF Mental Health 2017 Call

• University of Leicester researcher is finalist for prestigious heritage award

  Date: 9 Oct 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/10-researcher-is-finalist-for-prestigious-heritage-award

  PhD researcher from the School of Archaeology and Ancient History Mark Webb shortlisted for 2018 Historic England Angel Award

• Diverse range of events taking place at the University of Leicester to celebrate Black History Month 2018

  Date: 27 Sep 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/28-black-history-month

  Mental health discussions, student-led initiatives and Leicester’s hidden Black history among events marking Black History Month in the UK

• New report finds nuclear weapons and related systems are increasingly vulnerable to cyberattack

  Date: 27 Sep 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/28-nuclear-report

  Report involving Dr Andrew Futter finds nuclear weapon increasingly vulnerable to cyberattack

• Newborns, migrants and the idea of home explored at University of Leicester lectures

  Date: 25 Sep 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/26-doctoral-inaugural-lectures

  Doctoral Inaugural Lectures on 3 October discuss length of stay in neonatal care and home-making practices of migrants

• Principal texts set out principles of intelligence

  Date: 16 Sep 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/17-new-spying-publications

  Leicester academic publishes two new key books on espionage and intelligence.

• Leicester research is using valuable manuscripts saved from destruction in conflict zones

  Date: 10 Sep 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/leicester-research-is-using-valuable-manuscripts-saved-from-destruction-in-conflict-zones

  Dr Jan Vandeburie is working with the Hill Manuscript Museum and Library, where significant historical documents are preserved and...

• Scholars discuss the formalisation and implications of the Anthropocene

  Date: 4 Sep 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/scholars-discuss-the-formalisation-and-implications-of-the-anthropocene

  The Anthropocene Working Group holds meeting at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry. Humans have had a large impact on Earth.