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• Richard III gave battle in sand

  Date: 3 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/richard-iii-gave-battle-in-sand

  A time-lapse video showing the creation of a sand sculpture depicting the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 has been captured by the University of Leicester.

• The impact of diasporas within the UK and across the globe to be examined at conference

  Date: 2 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/the-impact-of-diasporas-within-the-uk-and-across-the-globe-to-be-examined-at-conference

  A one-day conference will be held at the Royal Geographical Society in London on 17 September, at which 18 papers will present five years of...

• Leicester reaches 15 million readers on The Conversation

  Date: 27 Aug 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/leicester-reaches-1-5-million-readers-on-the-conversation

  Academics from across the University have collectively captured the imagination of over 1.

• Heritage panels telling history of Leicester to be installed around city

  Date: 26 Aug 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/heritage-panels-telling-history-of-leicester-to-be-installed-around-city

  Colin Hyde at the East Midlands Oral History Archive has written the text for forty heritage panels that are being installed around Leicester.

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 20 26 August

  Date: 21 Aug 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-20-26-august

  Professor Martin Parker from the School of Management had written an article for The Conversation discussing the work practices of global company...

• Conference to explore the lasting scars of conflict

  Date: 6 Aug 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/conference-to-explore-the-lasting-scars-of-conflict

  Military welfare during the British Civil Wars and how the lasting scars of these conflicts influenced the nation for generations to come will be...

• Discover Medieval Leicestershire

  Date: 29 Jul 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/discover-medieval-leicestershire

  Archaeologists and historians from the University have contributed to a new book examining Leicester life in the Middle Ages.

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 15 22 July

  Date: 22 Jul 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-15-22-july

  This week Professor Panos Vostanis from the School of Psychology has written an article for The Conversation discussing how Greece's troubled...

• Success for Richard III team at prestigious event

  Date: 9 Jul 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/success-for-richard-iii-team-at-prestigious-event

  The team behind the scientific detective story of the decade, the discovery of King Richard III, proved to be a big hit at the Royal Society’s...

• University conference celebrates publication of The Selected Works of Margaret Oliphant

  Date: 3 Jul 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/university-conference-celebrates-publication-of-the-selected-works-of-margaret-oliphant

  A conference on the works of Victorian novelist Margaret Oliphant, featuring literary experts from the UK, US and New Zealand hosted by the...