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• Ever thought about donating your body?

  Date: 26 May 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/body-donation

  “Donating your body for medical education isn’t everyone’s cup of tea but you’d be surprised how many people consider it."

• Podcast brings East Midlanders’ memories of last century’s coronations to life

  Date: 5 May 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/oral-history

  East Midlanders talking about their experiences of last century’s royal coronations feature in a new podcast from the University of Leicester.

• Academics pipe up with a new interpretation of history

  Date: 28 Apr 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/pipes

  The historic misuse of the humble smoker’s pipe has led to two University of Leicester academics’ realisation that we might be missing a trick...

• University of Leicester calls for young to lead City Classroom partnership’s direction

  Date: 21 Mar 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/classroom

  The University of Leicester is asking young people to lead the way in the next phase of The City Classroom, Leicestershire’s local cultural...

• University of Leicester academic helps to solve mystery of ‘golf-ball’ structures on Norfolk air base

  Date: 14 Mar 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/feltwell

  An academic from the University of Leicester has been featured on the latest episode of The Patch on BBC Radio 4.

• 86-year-old PhD graduate amongst University of Leicester’s Class of 2023

  Date: 2 Feb 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/stan-hardie

  An 86-year-old was amongst the thousands of students who graduated from the University of Leicester last week.

• University of Leicester marks Holocaust Memorial Day

  Date: 27 Jan 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/hmd

  The University of Leicester will mark Holocaust Memorial Day on Friday, 27 January with a number of events organised by the Stanley Burton Centre...

• National Trust and University of Leicester launch pioneering film to explore fascinating stories of disability from the Trust’s sites and collections for the first time

  Date: 16 Jan 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/everywhere-nowhere

  Everywhere and Nowhere is a collaboration between the National Trust and the University of Leicester’s Research Centre for Museums and...

• Hidden inscriptions hint at mystery medieval woman’s identity

  Date: 29 Nov 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/insular-manuscript-medieval-inscriptions

  Drawings and the name ‘Eadburg’ found scratched into early medieval manuscript by University of Leicester PhD student.

• University of Leicester politics expert to be embedded in UK Parliament

  Date: 28 Nov 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/rick-whitaker

  Dr Rick Whitaker, Associate Professor in European Politics, is one of three UK academics to be seconded to Parliament as a Thematic Research Lead.