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• Project examining poverty throughout England and Wales in Victorian times awarded over 800000

  Date: 14 Dec 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/joint-project-examining-poverty-throughout-england-and-wales-in-victorian-times-award-over-ps800-000

  The National Archives and our University have been awarded a grant of £820,000 by the Arts and Humanities Research Council to undertake a three...

• School of Business Professor features in FT on impact of trauma

  Date: 8 Dec 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/school-of-business-professor-features-in-ft-on-impact-of-trauma

  The impact of trauma on working life, and how it can even affect political and economic decisions, is the subject of a FT article featuring the...

• New insights into life and death of Jumbo the elephant revealed in BBC One documentary

  Date: 6 Dec 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/new-insights-into-life-and-death-of-jumbo-the-elephant-revealed-in-bbc-one-documentary

  New insights into the life and mysterious death of Jumbo the elephant – a celebrity animal superstar whose story is said to have inspired the film...

• Sanctuary Awards recognition for project involving University of Leicester

  Date: 5 Dec 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/sanctuary-awards-recognition-for-project-involving-university-of-leicester

  An archaeological project involving our University has been recognised at a national awards ceremony.

• Leicester receives two nominations for 2018 Current Archaeology Awards

  Date: 5 Dec 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/leicester-receives-two-nominations-for-2018-current-archaeology-awards

  Two projects led by archaeologists from our University have been nominated in the Current Archaeology Awards for 2018.

• Seminar to explore research into images taken by Jewish photographers during the Holocaust

  Date: 1 Dec 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/seminar-to-explore-research-into-images-taken-by-jewish-photographers-during-the-holocaust

  The University of Leicester’s Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies invites you to attend the research seminar ‘Photographs...

• Bestselling author Kate Summerscale to give lecture on Detecting Victorian Crime at Leicester

  Date: 28 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/bestselling-author-kate-summerscale-to-give-lecture-on-2018detecting-victorian-crime2019-at-leicester

  Author of the bestselling The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Kate Summerscale will give the annual Victorian Studies Centre lecture at the University...

• First evidence for Julius Caesars invasion of Britain discovered by Leicester team

  Date: 27 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/first-evidence-for-julius-caesars-invasion-of-britain-discovered-by-leicester-team

  The first evidence for Julius Caesar’s invasion of Britain has been discovered by a team from our School of Archaeology and Ancient History.

• Unique collection of metal artefacts from Iron Age settlement sheds new light on prehistoric feasting rituals

  Date: 24 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/unique-collection-of-metal-artefacts-from-iron-age-settlement-sheds-new-light-on-prehistoric-feasting-rituals

  A unique collection of Iron Age metal artefacts which sheds new light on feasting rituals among prehistoric communities has been discovered by...

• Expert opinions cover President Macron Zimbabwe China and Brexit

  Date: 23 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/expert-opinions-cover-macron-zimbabwe-china-and-brexit

  Heather Connolly, Associate Professor of Employment Relations at ULSB, has written an article discussing why President Macron’s labour reforms are...