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• Joe Orton artworks to be auctioned for appeal

  Date: 8 Nov 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/08-joe-orton-artworks-to-be-auctioned-for-appeal

  To support a campaign to crowdfund a statue of the iconic British playwright Joe Orton in his hometown of Leicester the Estate of Joe Orton is...

• Civil rights expert to deliver annual American Studies lecture

  Date: 13 Oct 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/14-american-studies-lecture

  An expert on the history of the Black Power movement will deliver a free public lecture at the University of Leicester on Monday 21 October.

• New Vice-Chancellor named

  Date: 18 Aug 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/20-new-vice-chancellor-named

  The University of Leicester is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Nishan Canagarajah as its next President and Vice-Chancellor with...

• University backs campaign for statue of iconic Leicester playwright Joe Orton

  Date: 24 Jul 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/25-joe-orton-statue

  The University of Leicester’s involvement with, and celebration of, the legacy of Leicester playwright Joe Orton continues with the announcement...

• Literary experts and historians from around the world gather in Leicester to celebrate George Eliot’s bicentenary

  Date: 16 Jul 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/17-george-eliot

  The University of Leicester will this week (Wednesday 17 – Friday 19 July) play host to an international conference marking the 200th anniversary...

• Archaeological excavations at Bradgate Park uncover the home of Lady Jane Grey

  Date: 24 Jun 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/25-archaeological-excavations-bradgate-park-fieldschool-lady-jane-grey

  Archaeologists from the University of Leicester have returned to Bradgate Park for their fifth season of excavations.

• Schoolchildren from Leicester to send messages of hope to refugee camp

  Date: 13 Jun 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/14-refugee-camp

  Appeal for more schools to become ‘Schools of Sanctuary’. Children from a Leicester school are to send messages of hope to a refugee camp in Greece.

• Baby pterodactyls could fly from birth

  Date: 11 Jun 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/12-baby-pterodactyls-flying-from-birth

  A breakthrough discovery has found that pterodactyls, extinct flying reptiles also known as pterosaurs, had a remarkable ability – they could fly...

• Unique Iron Age shield found by Leicester archaeologists

  Date: 22 May 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/23-enderby-iron-age-bark-shield

  A unique bark shield from the Iron Age has been discovered by archaeologists from the University of Leicester, the only one of its kind ever found...

• Athena SWAN Award for Archaeology and Ancient History

  Date: 6 May 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/07-athena-swan-bronze-archaeology

  We are pleased to announce that the School of Archaeology and Ancient History (SAAH) has received an Athena SWAN Bronze award in recognition of...