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• Drugs legislation requires review, says academic

  Date: 26 Aug 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/drugs-misuse-scarman-lecture

  The main piece of legislation used to combat illegal drug use in the UK is no longer fit for purpose, according to a leading criminologist at the...

• Thrown to the Lions? New evidence revealed for the use of lions during executions in Roman Britain

  Date: 8 Aug 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/roman-lion-handle

  Archaeologists in Leicester have discovered an elaborately-decorated Roman bronze key handle portraying the execution of captives in the arena by...

• Two new Heads of School announced

  Date: 2 Aug 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/new-cssah-heads

  Two new Heads of School have been appointed within the University of Leicester’s College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities (CSSAH).

• National award for Queer Heritage and Collections Network

  Date: 2 Jul 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/queer-heritage

  A partnership supporting museums and heritage bodies to reveal and publicly present LGBTQ+ histories – of which the University of Leicester is a...

• Inclusive curriculum will ensure “HE is fit for the 21st century”, says Leicester academic

  Date: 4 Jun 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/inclusive-education

  An inclusive curriculum will create a Higher Education system that is “fit for the 21st century”, a leading academic at the University of...

• 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.

• 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,...

• Leicester research into acid attacks presented in Home Office report

  Date: 4 Feb 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/acid-attacks

  Researchers at the University of Leicester have published the first report of its kind examining attacks with acid and other corrosive substances.

• £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...