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• Super rare and venomous centipede found in University of Leicester academic’s home

  Date: 22 Jan 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/centipede

  Explore the intriguing discovery of Scutigera coleoptrata, the fastest-moving centipede in the world, in Nottinghamshire, UK.

• 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.

• Leicestershire and Rutland’s finest archaeological finds to be showcased at University of Leicester conference

  Date: 1 Nov 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/ulas

  University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) will showcase some of its most internationally significant finds from Leicestershire and...

• University of Leicester media students join forces with NHS to produce a film for local mental health services

  Date: 6 Jul 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/nhs-media

  Students from University of Leicester have teamed up with Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) to produce a film that introduces local...

• Six Leverhulme Early Career Fellows to join University of Leicester to conduct groundbreaking research

  Date: 4 Jul 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/leverhulme

  Six academics will join the University of Leicester in the 2023/24 academic year after being awarded Early Career Fellowships from the Leverhulme...

• New guidance for filmmakers on how to represent people with disabilities 

  Date: 13 Jun 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/disabilities-in-media

  A recent PhD from the University of Leicester has called on the film industry to better represent people with disabilities on the big screen.

• Earliest evidence of wine consumption in the Americas found in Caribbean

  Date: 25 May 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/wine-caribbean

  Earliest evidence of wine drinking in the Americas found in Caribbean pottery vessels by team involving the University of Leicester

• Academics pipe up with a new interpretation of history

  Date: 28 Apr 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/pipes

  The historic misuse of the humble smoker’s pipe has led to two University of Leicester academics’ realisation that we might be missing a trick...