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• Bestselling author Kate Summerscale to give lecture on Detecting Victorian Crime at Leicester

  Date: 28 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/bestselling-author-kate-summerscale-to-give-lecture-on-2018detecting-victorian-crime2019-at-leicester

  Author of the bestselling The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Kate Summerscale will give the annual Victorian Studies Centre lecture at the University...

• First evidence for Julius Caesars invasion of Britain discovered by Leicester team

  Date: 27 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/first-evidence-for-julius-caesars-invasion-of-britain-discovered-by-leicester-team

  The first evidence for Julius Caesar’s invasion of Britain has been discovered by a team from our School of Archaeology and Ancient History.

• Unique collection of metal artefacts from Iron Age settlement sheds new light on prehistoric feasting rituals

  Date: 24 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/unique-collection-of-metal-artefacts-from-iron-age-settlement-sheds-new-light-on-prehistoric-feasting-rituals

  A unique collection of Iron Age metal artefacts which sheds new light on feasting rituals among prehistoric communities has been discovered by...

• Expert opinions cover President Macron Zimbabwe China and Brexit

  Date: 23 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/expert-opinions-cover-macron-zimbabwe-china-and-brexit

  Heather Connolly, Associate Professor of Employment Relations at ULSB, has written an article discussing why President Macron’s labour reforms are...

• Expert panel examines changing attitudes towards the European Union

  Date: 22 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/expert-panel-examines-changing-attitudes-towards-the-european-union

  Dr Simona Guerra from our School of History, Politics and International Relations recently helped to organise an event as part of her current...

• Richard III exhibition to appear for first time in Ireland

  Date: 22 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/richard-iii-exhibition-to-appear-for-first-time-in-ireland

  The ‘Richard III Discovered’ exhibition, led by Professor Turi King from our Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, is arriving next week for...

• Victorian Studies Centre marks 50th anniversary with convivial evening celebrating the works of Charles Dickens

  Date: 15 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/victorian-studies-centre-marks-50th-anniversary-with-convivial-evening-celebrating-the-works-of-charles-dickens

  The University of Leicester’s Victorian Studies Centre is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a convivial Dickensian evening on 22 November,...

• Radio Leicester and the University of Leicester 50 Years of Collaboration

  Date: 15 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/radio-leicester-and-the-university-of-leicester-2013-50-years-of-collaboration2019

  The recent 50th anniversary of the start of the country’s first BBC local radio station, BBC Radio Leicester, which launched on 8 November 1967,...

• National honour for community work by Leicester archaeologist

  Date: 14 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/national-honour-for-community-work-by-leicester-archaeologist

  An archaeologist at our University has received a national accolade for her community work.

• Expert opinions cover James Bond sexual harassment in the media kindness science diplomacy and the beautiful game

  Date: 13 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/expert-opinions-cover-james-bond-sexual-harassment-in-the-media-kindness-science-diplomacy-and-the-beautiful-game

  In an article for The Conversation, Professor Martin Parker from our School of Business has discussed how over the years James Bond has gradually...