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• New research reveals the man behind Samuel Pepys’s love for portraits

  Date: 27 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/27-samuel-pepys-portraits

  Samuel Pepys, the Restoration diarist who meticulously documented his life in 1660s London, also documented himself in other ways – through portraits.

• Immersive exhibition sheds new light on Calke Abbey’s ‘isolated’ family and gets people talking about loneliness and isolation

  Date: 1 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/01-calke-abbey

  ©National Trust / Rod Kirkpatrick Researchers from the University’s Research Centre for Museums and Galleries, working with the National Trust to...

• ‘Back to the Future’ study informs new Government report

  Date: 31 Jan 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/31-gov-office-science-foresight-future-mobility-report

  A University of Leicester professor has made a major contribution to a new Government report – The Foresight Future of Mobility – being launched...

• University student benefits from new student finance package

  Date: 14 Jan 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/14-student-benefits-from-new-finance-package

  First-year English student becomes one of the first to benefit from generous financial support.

• Digging for Britain

  Date: 17 Dec 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/17-digging-for-britain

  A University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) excavation, will feature on BBC4’s Digging for Britain on Wednesday 19 December at 9.00pm.

• New Roman Leicester children’s book and art competition launch

  Date: 13 Dec 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/13-roman-childrens-book-and-art-competition

  University of Leicester book and competition to teach children about Roman Britain A new book, Life in the Roman World: Roman Leicester, has been...

• Chickens to be marker of Anthropocene

  Date: 12 Dec 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/12-chickens-to-mark-anthropocene

  Consumption of chickens signals new geological epoch according to research led by the University of Leicester Modern meat chickens are a defining...

• Students embark on RAF Stories mission

  Date: 6 Dec 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/06-students-embark-raf-stories-mission

  History students at the University of Leicester have teamed up with the RAF Museum, Cosford and students at De Montfort University for a community...

• Richard III’s discovery takes to the stage at the Royal Institution

  Date: 23 Nov 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/23-richard-iii-royal-institution-haldene-lecture

  Richard III geneticist Professor Turi King to give prestigious JBS Haldane Lecture on Monday 26 November 2018.

• University of Leicester takes part in Being Human Festival

  Date: 14 Nov 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/14-being-human-festival

  The University of Leicester will join universities throughout the UK and open its doors to share its innovative humanities research with the public.