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• Leicester geneticist awarded prestigious Fellowship

  Date: 9 Sep 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-geneticist-awarded-prestigious-fellowship

  Dr Turi King (pictured), Reader in Genetics and Archaeology at the University has been awarded a prestigious British Science Association (BSA)...

• Expert opinions cover border controls Helen of Troy and Jupiters auroras

  Date: 6 Sep 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/expert-opinions-cover-border-controls-helen-of-troy-and-jupiters-auroras

  Professor Bernard Ryan from the School of Law has written an article for The Conversation discussing the admission of migrants from the Calais...

• Dig to explore story of Castle Hill

  Date: 1 Sep 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/dig-to-explore-story-of-castle-hill

  An ancient monument at the heart of Leicester’s Castle Hill Country Park is due to be investigated later this month as part of a community...

• Role models Why allwhite isnt alright

  Date: 1 Sep 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/role-models-why-all-white-isnt-alright

  A new research project involving the University of Leicester will explore the importance of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) role models...

• University students work with injured soldiers in unique archaeological project

  Date: 31 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/university-students-work-with-injured-soldiers-in-unique-archaeological-project

  A unique collaboration between archaeologists and injured Service personnel sees them pitted in a race against time to discover the secrets of an...

• As China opens the worlds longest glassbottomed bridge researcher highlights how glass was a symbol of power to ancient cultures

  Date: 24 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/as-china-opens-the-worlds-longest-glass-bottomed-bridge-researcher-highlights-how-glass-was-a-2018symbol-of-power2019-to-ancient-cultures

  Last weekend, the world's highest and longest glass-bottomed bridge opened to visitors in central China, connecting two mountain cliffs in...

• Obamas nuclear policy wishlist appears neither politically viable nor diplomatically wise

  Date: 19 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/2018obama2019s-nuclear-policy-wish-list-appears-neither-politically-viable-nor-diplomatically-wise2019

  Without broad approval at home or abroad Obama’s nuclear policy wish-list appears neither politically viable nor diplomatically wise in the longer...

• 2015 was best ever year for tourism in Leicestershire

  Date: 12 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/2015-best-ever-year-for-tourism-for-leicestershire

  Leicester City's Premier League success and the ongoing 'Richard III effect' made 2015 the best year ever for tourism in Leicestershire.

• The Bulletin Leicester satellite experts to help farmers fertilise

  Date: 11 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/the-bulletin-2013-leicester-satellite-experts-to-help-farmers-fertilise

  In this episode of The Bulletin from the University of Leicester News Centre: Leicester satellite experts to help farmers improve fertiliser...

• Second successful season of fieldwork for archaeology students concludes

  Date: 10 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/second-successful-season-of-fieldwork-for-archaeology-students-concludes

  An archaeological project aimed at giving students hands-on experience of excavating and uncovering real historical sites has turned up a host of...