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• Bake a 19th century mince pie with this old-time Christmas recipe

  Date: 16 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/bake-a-19th-century-mince-pie-with-this-old-time-christmas-recipe

  ‘Shred pies’, or mince pies as they are more commonly known, are a popular festive treat at Christmas time, having been consumed for centuries...

• Leicester forges partnership with university in Egypt

  Date: 4 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/leicester-forges-partnership-with-university-in-egypt

  Our University is to build closer links with a university in Egypt following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two...

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 26 November 2 December

  Date: 30 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-26-november-2-december

  Dr David Clark from the School of English has written an article for The Conversation discussing medieval attitudes towards sex.

• Primary teacher education at Leicester receives outstanding grade

  Date: 25 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/primary-school-teaching-education-at-leicester-receives-outstanding-grade

  A teacher education programme at our University has received the highest possible rating from Ofsted for its education of tomorrow's teachers.

• Origins of Pepyss famous diary unravelled

  Date: 23 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/origins-of-pepys2019s-famous-diary-unravelled

  The diary of the seventeenth-century cultural icon Samuel Pepys - which contains references to bribery, illicit sex, and criticisms of powerful...

• Local children enjoy making money for number project

  Date: 19 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/local-children-enjoy-2018making-money2019-for-number-project

  Hundreds of local children have been drawing their own £100 notes - and thousands of these designs are on display from Saturday in the Victorian...

• Does it make a difference if a writer is male or female

  Date: 12 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/does-it-make-a-difference-if-a-writer-is-male-or-female

  A spirited debate about whether gender plays a part in literature is due to take place this week as part of the eighth Literary Leicester...

• Extraordinary artist to be celebrated at literary festival

  Date: 11 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/extraordinary-artist-to-be-celebrated-at-literary-festival

  The eighth Literary Leicester festival is to celebrate the ‘extraordinary contribution to British art’ of a Leicester artist and writer at an...

• Oxford Professor to explore the mystery of Alices Adventures in Wonderland on the 150th anniversary of its publication

  Date: 10 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/oxford-professor-explores-the-mystery-of-alices-adventures-in-wonderland-on-the-150th-anniversary-of-its-publication

  On the 150th anniversary of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland award-winning biographer Professor Robert Douglas-Fairhurst examines the lure and...

• Performance trio explores the true beauty of the feminine form with a collection of poems

  Date: 5 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/performance-trio-explores-the-true-beauty-of-the-feminine-form-with-a-collection-of-poems

  An empowering performance of poetry about women and the real-life relationship they have with their bodies will re-examine the way the female form...