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• Pioneering African mental health study receives millions in funding from Wellcome

  Date: 26 Feb 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/neet

  A Wellcome-funded study led by the University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the University of Leicester and others, aims to identify...

• Medieval prayer guide written by woman to be published for the first time

  Date: 29 Jan 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/medieval-women

  Read more about Dr Ben Parson's new book, Two Middle English Prayer Cycles: Holkham Prayers and Meditations and Simon Appulby’s Fruyte of Redempcyon

• Sold-out true crime themed wine tasting evening returns to Cardiff this Valentine’s Day

  Date: 23 Jan 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/wine-and-crime

  Read more about the new true crime event hosted by Dr Angela Muir, Director of the Centre for Regional and Local History

• 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.

• Challenge of climate justice highlighted by new book on Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution

  Date: 5 Dec 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/climate-justice

  The demand for a just and ethical transition to a decarbonised world faces major barriers in countries like Venezuela according to a new book by a...

• 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 champions role of humanities in space sector

  Date: 12 Oct 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/humanising-space

  A pioneering series of seminars showcasing humanities, social science and arts research within the space sector will be hosted by the University...

• New book imagines society based on animal rights

  Date: 12 Oct 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/animal-rights-book

  What are Animal Rights For? has been published by University of Leicester politics expert Dr Steve Cooke, explaining the nature, function,...

• First witness to the Great Fire of London uncovered by University of Leicester academic

  Date: 1 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/fire-of-london

  Professor Kate Loveman of the University of Leicester for the Museum of London has identified the first witness of the Great Fire of London.