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Unique event starts countywide conversation about Leicesters literary scene
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/unique-event-starts-countywide-conversation-about-leicesters-literary-scene
On Wednesday 13 December literary enthusiasts from across the county came together to look at the literary activity that takes place in...
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Project examining poverty throughout England and Wales in Victorian times awarded over 800000
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...
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Showcasing talent free public event to discuss raising the profile of Leicester and Leicestershires literary scene
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/showcasing-talent-free-public-event-to-discuss-raising-the-profile-of-leicester-and-leicestershire2019s-literary-scene
Raising the roof on Leicester’s literary talent will be a subject up for discussion between members of the public and key figures from the city...
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Academics highlight how University research is helping to shape policing practice in the UK and beyond
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/academics-highlight-how-university-research-is-helping-to-shape-policing-practice-in-the-uk-and-beyond
Recently Dr Matt Tonkin and Richard Ilett from our Department of Criminology were invited to visit the Zhejiang Police College in Hangzhou China.
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Leicester academic contributes to report launched in Parliament on the status of Irish citizens after Brexit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/leicester-academic-contributes-to-report-launched-in-parliament-on-the-status-of-irish-citizens-after-brexit
Bernard Ryan, Professor of Migration Law in Leicester Law School has contributed to a report concerning the status of Irish citizens who are...
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Festival event turns spotlight on Diversity in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/festival-event-turns-spotlight-on-diversity-in-leicester
A range of influential speakers will present their views on what diversity and multiculturalism mean to the city of Leicester in an upcoming event...
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Seminar to explore research into images taken by Jewish photographers during the Holocaust
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...
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Leicester event to explore human rights issues through film and the Arts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester-event-to-explore-human-rights-issues-through-film-and-the-arts
As part of the 2017 Leicester Human Rights Arts and Film Festival, an event will be taking place to address the ‘migration crisis’ through the...
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Bestselling author Kate Summerscale to give lecture on Detecting Victorian Crime at Leicester
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...
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Joe Orton on the BBC
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/joe-orton-on-the-bbc
Material from the University of Leicester has played a key role in the making of a new documentary on the celebrated Leicester playwright Joe Orton.