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• Leicester spearheads development of new urban studies centre in India

  Date: 15 Oct 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/leicester-spearheads-development-of-new-urban-studies-centre-in-india

  Leicester academics will be involved in the launch of the new Centre for Urban Studies at Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) Baroda, Gujarat.

• Events to explore the fight for equality power politics and inspirational figures

  Date: 9 Oct 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/the-fight-for-equality-power-politics-and-inspirational-figures

  The University is celebrating Black History Month 2015 by hosting a number of free public events throughout October.

• The fight for minority rights in the United States to be explored at event

  Date: 8 Oct 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/the-fight-for-minority-rights-forms-2018a-continuous-thread-of-american-history2019-1

  Issues of racism - from the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s up until today - and how the ongoing fight for minority rights has formed...

• Canadian Rugby World Cup visit coincides with World War One study into autograph books by servicemen

  Date: 6 Oct 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/canadian-rugby-world-cup-visit-coincides-with-world-war-one-study-into-2018autograph-books2019-by-servicemen

  As the Canadian rugby team takes on Romania in Leicester today, researchers have been examining new evidence about a very different group of...

• Over 150 academics sign up as University experts

  Date: 1 Oct 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/over-150-academics-sign-up-as-university-experts

  More than 150 Leicester academics have signed up as experts to the University's Experts Guide, helping to highlight research taking place at the...

• Richard III rediscovered in unique Yornight event

  Date: 25 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/richard-iii-rediscovered-in-unique-yornight-event

  A panel event featuring experts directly involved with the discovery of Richard III in Leicester will take place today between 7:00pm - 8:30pm at...

• Historian helps to develop 54 million National Civil War Centre

  Date: 24 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/historian-helps-to-develop-ps5-4-million-national-civil-war-centre

  Dr Andrew Hopper (pictured) from the Centre for English Local History has helped to develop a £5.

• Transformative plan to pioneer a distinctive elite in higher education

  Date: 22 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/transformative-plan-to-pioneer-a-distinctive-elite-in-higher-education

  President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has unveiled a transformative plan to create a university that represents a ‘distinctive elite’...

• Richard III landmarks ranked in Smithsonians 25 Great New Places to See list

  Date: 17 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/richard-iii-landmarks-ranked-in-smithsonians-25-great-new-places-to-see-list

  Richard III landmarks around Leicester, including Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre, the King Richard III Visitor Centre and Leicester...

• Cast of ancient skull of Bede the Father of English history rediscovered

  Date: 4 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/cast-of-ancient-skull-of-bede-the-father-of-english-history-rediscovered

  A cast of the skull of Bede – the ‘Father of English History’ – has been rediscovered by Professor Jo Story from the School of History within the...