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• 2016 A Year in Review Film

  Date: 15 Dec 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/2016-a-year-in-review

  With the year coming to a close, the University's News Centre has produced a short video showcasing a selection of key research projects, events...

• Expert opinions cover changing culture tackling inequality the Casey Review and saffron the worlds most expensive spice

  Date: 13 Dec 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/expert-opinions-cover-changing-culture-tackling-inequality-the-casey-review-and-saffron-the-worlds-most-expensive-spice

  Dr Elizabeth Anderson from the Department of Medical and Social Care Education and Dr Simon Bennett from the School of Business have co-authored...

• Literary Leicester proves popular once again

  Date: 7 Dec 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/literary-leicester-proves-popular-once-again

  Over 3000 people attended an event at the University’s Literary Leicester Festival this year, with great feedback from audiences that travelled...

• Philip Larkin memorial to join literary greats in Westminster Abbey on 31st anniversary of his death

  Date: 2 Dec 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/philip-larkin-memorial-to-join-literary-greats-in-westminster-abbey-on-31st-anniversary-of-his-death

  A memorial stone to the poet Philip Larkin, inscribed with lines from one of his most famous works An Arundel Tomb – “our almost instinct almost...

• Academic publishes one of the best books of the year

  Date: 30 Nov 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/academic-publishes-one-of-the-best-books-of-the-year

  A book by University of Leicester academic Dr Kate Loveman has been cited among the best books of the year.

• Literary Leicester Festival 2016 returns this week

  Date: 14 Nov 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/literary-leicester-festival-2016-returns-this-week

  The city's diverse celebration of the written and spoken word is returns this month with a prestigious line-up of speakers and contributors who...

• Orton memoir to have Leicester launch at literary festival

  Date: 10 Nov 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/orton-memoir-to-have-leicester-launch-at-literary-festival

  Our University is to host the Leicester launch of a new memoir by Leonie Orton, the sister of playwright Joe Orton whose archive is housed at the...

• Literary Leicester commemorates Evelyn Waugh with day of events

  Date: 9 Nov 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/literary-leicester-commemorates-evelyn-waugh-with-day-of-events

  The University's Literary Leicester festival will commemorate fifty years since the death of one of the English language’s most revered novelists,...

• Jacqueline Wilson describes her prolific writing career as part of Literary Leicester

  Date: 8 Nov 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/jacqueline-wilson-describes-her-prolific-writing-career-as-part-of-literary-leicester

  All public tickets have been allocated for this event Former Children's Laureate and Tracy Beaker creator Jacqueline Wilson will visit Leicester's...

• Academics contribute to major project celebrating 80 years of British TV

  Date: 4 Nov 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/academics-contribute-to-major-project-celebrating-80-years-of-british-tv

  Professor Helen Wood and Dr Jilly Boyce Kay from the School  of Media, Communication and Sociology have contributed to BBC History’s new archive...