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• Discovery reveals remains of first aquatic dinosaur 'river-monster'

  Date: 28 Apr 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/spinosaurus

  An historic discovery of fossils by an international team, including Dr David Unwin at the University of Leicester, has revealed the remains of...

• Public lecture on Myanmar and museums

  Date: 6 Feb 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/06-myanmar-lecture

  The effect of displacement in Myanmar on material objects is the subject of a public lecture at the University of Leicester on Tuesday 18 February.

• Trident and Triremes: funding for research into nuclear weapons and Ancient Greece

  Date: 10 Dec 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/10-erc-grants

  Two University of Leicester academics have received more than three and a half million euros from the European Research Council for major projects...

• Plutarch’s domestic life explored in public lecture by expert in ancient history

  Date: 20 Nov 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/20-plutarch-talk

  Ancient Greek writer Plutarch is the subject of a free public lecture at the University of Leicester on 26 November.

• Civil War exhibition draws on Leicester expertise

  Date: 10 Sep 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/11-civil-war-exhibition

  University of Leicester staff and students have contributed research expertise and advice to a new exhibition at the National Civil War Centre in...

• Baby pterodactyls could fly from birth

  Date: 11 Jun 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/12-baby-pterodactyls-flying-from-birth

  A breakthrough discovery has found that pterodactyls, extinct flying reptiles also known as pterosaurs, had a remarkable ability – they could fly...

• Athena SWAN Award for Archaeology and Ancient History

  Date: 6 May 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/07-athena-swan-bronze-archaeology

  We are pleased to announce that the School of Archaeology and Ancient History (SAAH) has received an Athena SWAN Bronze award in recognition of...

• Immersive exhibition sheds new light on Calke Abbey’s ‘isolated’ family and gets people talking about loneliness and isolation

  Date: 1 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/01-calke-abbey

  ©National Trust / Rod Kirkpatrick Researchers from the University’s Research Centre for Museums and Galleries, working with the National Trust to...

• Digging for Britain

  Date: 17 Dec 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/17-digging-for-britain

  A University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) excavation, will feature on BBC4’s Digging for Britain on Wednesday 19 December at 9.00pm.

• New Roman Leicester children’s book and art competition launch

  Date: 13 Dec 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/13-roman-childrens-book-and-art-competition

  University of Leicester book and competition to teach children about Roman Britain A new book, Life in the Roman World: Roman Leicester, has been...