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• Parliamentary debates cite Leicesters research

  Date: 7 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/parliamentary-debates-cite-leicesters-research

  The work of our University has been cited in two separate debates in Parliament.

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 26 November 2 December

  Date: 30 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-26-november-2-december

  Dr David Clark from the School of English has written an article for The Conversation discussing medieval attitudes towards sex.

• Unlocking the past from conflict to reform in the Northern Ireland Prison Service

  Date: 27 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/unlocking-the-past-from-conflict-to-reform-in-the-northern-ireland-prison-service

  An experienced prison governor and head of the Northern Ireland Prison Service is to speak on prison reform for the University of Leicester’s...

• Our cancer researchers feature in new publication

  Date: 25 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/our-cancer-researchers-feature-in-new-publication

  The work of our University’s cancer researchers features in a new special issue of ecancermedicalscience It provides a special focus on three...

• Origins of Pepyss famous diary unravelled

  Date: 23 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/origins-of-pepys2019s-famous-diary-unravelled

  The diary of the seventeenth-century cultural icon Samuel Pepys - which contains references to bribery, illicit sex, and criticisms of powerful...

• Famous fossil collectors childhood memento discovered on UK coastline

  Date: 18 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/ffamous-fossil-collector-childhood-momento-discovered-on-uk-coastline

  Researchers have been studying a recently discovered childhood token - believed to have belonged to the pioneering palaeontologist Mary Anning -...

• What will the museums of tomorrow look like

  Date: 13 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/what-will-the-museums-of-tomorrow-look-like

  Leading figures from some of the world’s foremost cultural organisations will discuss the leading-edge approaches that will shape the design of...

• Does it make a difference if a writer is male or female

  Date: 12 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/does-it-make-a-difference-if-a-writer-is-male-or-female

  A spirited debate about whether gender plays a part in literature is due to take place this week as part of the eighth Literary Leicester...

• Extraordinary artist to be celebrated at literary festival

  Date: 11 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/extraordinary-artist-to-be-celebrated-at-literary-festival

  The eighth Literary Leicester festival is to celebrate the ‘extraordinary contribution to British art’ of a Leicester artist and writer at an...

• Oxford Professor to explore the mystery of Alices Adventures in Wonderland on the 150th anniversary of its publication

  Date: 10 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/oxford-professor-explores-the-mystery-of-alices-adventures-in-wonderland-on-the-150th-anniversary-of-its-publication

  On the 150th anniversary of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland award-winning biographer Professor Robert Douglas-Fairhurst examines the lure and...