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• MedTech worth £1.6 billion to Midlands economy according to new report

  Date: 13 Nov 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/13-medtech

  A new report has been launched, which highlights the critical importance of the Medical Technologies (MedTech) sector to the Midlands economy.

• Public lecture puts Dickens’ marriage under the spotlight

  Date: 11 Nov 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/11-dickens-lecture

  Charles Dickens’ strained marriage is the subject of a free public lecture presented on Wednesday 20 November 2019 by our Victorian Studies Centre.

• 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 War exhibition draws on Leicester expertise

  Date: 10 Sep 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/11-civil-war-exhibition

  University of Leicester staff and students have contributed research expertise and advice to a new exhibition at the National Civil War Centre in...

• 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...

• 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...

• Leicester academic speaks at the CIPD Festival of Work

  Date: 10 Jun 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/11-phoebe-moore-festival-of-work

  Dr Phoebe V.

• Taking a systems-thinking approach can prevent disasters and save lives

  Date: 9 Jun 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/10-systems-thinking-disaster-prevention

  A new book series by well-known academic Dr Simon Bennett will explore the systems-thinking approach to incident and accident investigation.