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• University of Leicester gets major funding for project on early medieval manuscripts

  Date: 12 Apr 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/insular-project

  The University of Leicester led INSULAR Project has been awarded €2.5m by the European Research Council

• Archaeological findings in Leicestershire provide further understanding of Dark Ages life

  Date: 21 Mar 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/eye-dig

  The excavation of one of the largest-known early Anglo-Saxon settlements in the country has been published by University of Leicester...

• Public can celebrate Leicester’s heritage this weekend

  Date: 19 Mar 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/heritage-hub

  A free event which puts the spotlight on Leicester’s rich heritage takes place this weekend at the University of Leicester.

• Lost tombs and quarries rediscovered on British military base in Cyprus

  Date: 6 Mar 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/cyprus-archaeology

  University of Leicester Archaeological Services rediscovers 46 sites at the Eastern Sovereign Base Area at Dhekelia, Cyprus, working on behalf of...

• Adam Kay, Russell Kane and Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock headline 2024 Literary Leicester festival

  Date: 20 Feb 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/literary-leicester

  Literary Leicester, the University of Leicester’s annual free literature festival, will return next month.

• Leicester graduate talks journalism success at national daily newspaper

  Date: 29 Jan 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/kelis-cassia-edwards

  Read more about Kelis' time at University of Leicester and what it is like working for one of the UK's largest newspapers.

• Medieval prayer guide written by woman to be published for the first time

  Date: 29 Jan 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/medieval-women

  Read more about Dr Ben Parson's new book, Two Middle English Prayer Cycles: Holkham Prayers and Meditations and Simon Appulby’s Fruyte of Redempcyon

• Professor Alice Roberts digs University of Leicester’s fascinating finds

  Date: 19 Jan 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/honorand-alice-roberts

  One of Britain’s best-known broadcasters, Professor Alice Roberts, has endorsed the University of Leicester’s exemplary track record for...

• BBC’s Digging for Britain to showcase Leicester Cathedral discoveries

  Date: 20 Dec 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/digging-for-britain

  A University of Leicester-led archaeological dig at Leicester Cathedral is to be featured on BBC Two’s Digging for Britain.

• COP28 redux: Where are we in the climate fight?

  Date: 19 Dec 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/tim-neff-cop28

  Lecturer in Journalism, Timothy Neff, attended COP28 to cover the conference’s side events.