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• 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...

• Queer Heritage and Collections Network awarded Arts Council England and National Lottery Project Funding

  Date: 1 Feb 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/queer-heritage

  Read more about the Research Centre for Museums and Galleries' latest project on queer heritage

• 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.

• Leicester welcomes its world-changing Future 50 researchers

  Date: 5 Dec 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/future-50-research-students

  The next generation of world-changing researchers was given a warm welcome by the University of Leicester this week.

• 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 and Birmingham Museums Trust join forces to tackle museum attendance and benefit

  Date: 26 Oct 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/birmingham-museums-trust

  The Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) will host a series of public workshops to address the museum attendance and benefit gap.

• 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...

• 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...