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• 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...

• £1.7m awards announced for research spanning space and smoking

  Date: 23 Apr 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/fellowships

  Two academics have received prestigious fellowships, announced today, to pursue research in planet formation and the effects of tobacco over time.

• Events to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day

  Date: 23 Jan 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/23-holocaust-memorial-day

  The University of Leicester hosts a series of free public events this weekend to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day on Monday 27 January.

• Honorary Degree for Life Peer

  Date: 17 Jan 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/17-baroness-verma-honorary

  Baroness Sandip Verma has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by the University of Leicester.

• Businessman, bishop and life peer to receive Honorary Degrees

  Date: 6 Jan 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/06-honorands-announcement

  Three recipients of honorary degrees, to be awarded at this month’s Graduation Ceremonies, have been announced.

• University recognises leading lights in education

  Date: 13 Dec 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/13-leics-live-awards

  Last night saw leading lights in the education sector rewarded for their important contributions at the LeicestershireLive Education Awards,...

• Tor Clark joins BBC Radio Leicester panel on election night

  Date: 12 Dec 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/12-tor-on-radio

  Tor Clark, Associate Professor in Journalism in our School of Media, Communication and Sociology, will be part of the BBC Radio Leicester live...

• Africa Research Group launched

  Date: 11 Dec 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/11-africa-research-group

  The Africa Research Group is a new group which will bring together projects and research taking place across the University on Africa, Africans in...

• Trident and Triremes: funding for research into nuclear weapons and Ancient Greece

  Date: 10 Dec 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/10-erc-grants

  Two University of Leicester academics have received more than three and a half million euros from the European Research Council for major projects...