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• 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...

• Students present youth violence solutions to the Home Office

  Date: 6 Jun 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/07-students-home-office-youth-violence-challenge

  On Wednesday 29 May, four of our students visited the Home Office to present their proposed solution to the problem of youth violence following...

• Unique Iron Age shield found by Leicester archaeologists

  Date: 22 May 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/23-enderby-iron-age-bark-shield

  A unique bark shield from the Iron Age has been discovered by archaeologists from the University of Leicester, the only one of its kind ever found...

• World-renowned sociologist to deliver Anthropocene lecture

  Date: 16 May 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/17-bruno-latour-anthropocene-lecture

  Professor Bruno Latour, the award-winning and renowned sociologist, philosopher and anthropologist, will deliver a lecture on the Anthropocene at...

• Athena SWAN Award for Archaeology and Ancient History

  Date: 6 May 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/07-athena-swan-bronze-archaeology

  We are pleased to announce that the School of Archaeology and Ancient History (SAAH) has received an Athena SWAN Bronze award in recognition of...

• New battlefields: the reality of space warfare

  Date: 29 Apr 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/30-new-battlefields-reality-space-warfare

  Dr Bleddyn Bowen from the School of History, Politics and International Relations was interviewed by Forces Network for a special feature on the...

• Leicester academic selected by Commission for Countering Extremism for research on the Far Right

  Date: 8 Apr 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/09-commission-for-countering-extremism-papers

  The independent Commission for Countering Extremism has today (Tuesday 9 April) announced that Dr Chris Allen, Associate Professor in Hate Studies...

• Leicester academic appointed to first ever Government LGBT Advisory Panel

  Date: 21 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/21-government-lgbt-advisory-panel

  Dr Stevie-Jade Hardy, Associate Professor in Hate Studies within the Department of Criminology, has been appointed to the Government’s first ever...

• The Stansted 15 in conversation at Leicester

  Date: 19 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/19-stansted-15-round-table

  Join two members of the Stansted 15 for a round table discussion about the rights of asylum seekers and migrants.

• Professor Henrietta O'Connor appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Head of College

  Date: 15 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/15-henrietta-o-connor-new-pro-vc-head-of-college

  The University of Leicester is delighted to announce that Professor Henrietta O'Connor has been appointed to the role leading the College of...