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• Dartmoor dig uncovers 'stunning' Early Bronze Age burial cist

  Date: 19 Aug 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/dartmoor-cist

  University of Leicester's Dr Laura Basell is working with Dartmoor National Park to analyse a newly discovered Bronze Age cist.

• New Leicester media festival to launch this September

  Date: 12 Aug 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/festival-of-media-stories

  A new festival celebrating film and media in Leicester will launch at University of Leicester this Autumn

• Archaeology students from University of Leicester unearth very big Roman house in the country

  Date: 10 Jul 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/roman-villa

  Finds from latest excavation in Leicestershire may provide insight into the ‘rural charm’ of Britain to the Romans, while first-year archaeology...

• Six Roman pots unearthed by University of Leicester student at Roman town site

  Date: 21 Jun 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/ulas

  A University of Leicester student has found six complete Roman pots during a community dig at the Chester House Estate, near Irchester,...

• Leicester PhD student to play Glastonbury Festival

  Date: 19 Jun 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/jessie-reid

  Jessie Reid will take to the Acoustic Stage at Glastonbury 2024

• The rise of horse power ~ 4,200 years ago

  Date: 7 Jun 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/horses

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• Monkey to Man: The Evolution of the March of Progress Image out now

  Date: 14 May 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/monkey-to-man

  One of the most iconic depictions of evolution, the “march of progress”, will be explored for the first time in a new book by a University of...

• Conference highlighting cultural significance of the night sky held at National Space Centre

  Date: 8 May 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/stonehenge

  University of Leicester is hosting a conference today (Wednesday, 8 May) at the National Space Centre focusing on the cultural and ecological...

• University of Leicester provides outstanding teacher training, says Ofsted

  Date: 17 Apr 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/teacher-training

  Ofsted, the government inspector of educational institutions has concluded that University of Leicester's initial teacher training courses are of...

• Moon may have influenced Stonehenge builders says English Heritage

  Date: 15 Apr 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/moon-stonehenge

  Lunar standstill in 2024 offers rare opportunity to investigate.