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• Leicester reaches one million readers on The Conversation

  Date: 22 May 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/leicester-reaches-1-million-readers-on-the-conversation

  Academics from across the University have collectively captured the imagination of over one million readers through more than 100 articles on The...

• Make yourself at gnome the fashionable hermit in the garden

  Date: 11 May 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/gnome-man2019s-land-the-fashionable-hermit-in-the-garden

  The curious story of garden hermits - from their distant ancestors in imperial Rome to their humble modern counterpart, the dapper garden gnome -...

• Media features President and Vice-Chancellor speaking on gender equality campaign

  Date: 8 May 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/media-features-president-and-vice-chancellor-speaking-on-gender-equality-campaign

  President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has spoken about Leicester’s involvement in the UN Women’s HeForShe solidarity movement in the...

• Staff and students to climb Everest in Leicester

  Date: 30 Apr 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/staff-and-students-to-climb-everest-in-leicester

  The Attenborough Tower, the tallest building on the University of Leicester’s campus, stands at 52 metres high.

• Author Edna OBrien to explore the writers craft

  Date: 30 Apr 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/author-edna-obrien-to-explore-the-writers-craft

  Award-winning author and playwright Edna O’Brien will be discussing the craft of writing at the free public 4th Annual Creative Writing Lecture on...

• University celebrates milestone 100 articles on The Conversation

  Date: 29 Apr 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/university-reaches-100-articles-milestone-on-the-conversation

  Academics from across the University have collectively published 100 articles on The Conversation, setting a new milestone for Leicester in...

• English Language Teaching Unit hosts prestigious conference

  Date: 27 Apr 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/english-language-teaching-unit-hosts-prestigious-conference

  The English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) hosted the 2015 Biennial BALEAP conference from 17-19 April at the Manor Road conference centre in Oadby.

• Acclaimed writers to speak at biggest ever Evelyn Waugh conference

  Date: 22 Apr 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/acclaimed-writers-to-speak-at-evelyn-waugh-conference

  Acclaimed writers Selina Hastings, William Boyd and Paula Byrne are set to speak at a major conference on the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh...

• Runic charms and boat burials to be discussed at Viking symposium

  Date: 16 Apr 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/runic-charms-and-boat-burials-to-be-discussed-at-upcoming-symposium

  From burials in boats to the perceived magical properties of runic charms, members of the public are invited to come together at the University to...

• Was Richard IIIs scoliosis kept a secret until his death

  Date: 13 Apr 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/was-richard-iiis-scoliosis-kept-a-secret-until-his-death

  Last month saw the mortal remains of King Richard III reinterred at Leicester Cathedral, more than two years after University archaeologists...