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• Plutarch’s domestic life explored in public lecture by expert in ancient history

  Date: 20 Nov 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/20-plutarch-talk

  Ancient Greek writer Plutarch is the subject of a free public lecture at the University of Leicester on 26 November.

• Leicester Start-Up Week offers new opportunities for young businesses

  Date: 18 Nov 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/18-start-up-week

  From 18-24 November 2019 the University of Leicester and De Montfort University along with businesses and organisations across the city will unite...

• Fantastic Beasts and Where I Found Them

  Date: 15 Nov 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/15-fantastic-beasts-and-where-i-found-them

  Join us for the first in a revamped series of Professorial Inaugural Lectures as Professor Richard Thomas discusses his research into human-animal...

• Staff recognised at the Discovering Excellence Awards

  Date: 15 Nov 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/15-discovering-excellence-staff-awards

  Last night staff from across the University of Leicester celebrated the innovation, creativity and dedication of our fantastic colleagues at the...

• 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.

• 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...

• Thought piece: The sociological story of space travel

  Date: 16 Jul 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/17-cosmic-sociology

  Professor John Goodwin, Professor of Sociology and Sociological Practice, of our School of Media, Communication and Sociology, provides a...

• 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...