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• Law lecturer cited in “the most important animal-rights case of the 21st century”

  Date: 24 Jun 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/elephant-law-case

  University of Leicester legal expert, Dr Joe Wills, has been cited in what The Atlantic described as “the most important animal-rights case of the...

• Leicester archaeologists expand excavations at Leicester Cathedral site

  Date: 24 May 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/leicester-cathedral-ulas

  The team behind the discovery of Richard III have resumed major archaeological excavations at Leicester Cathedral, close to where the King was found.

• Pioneering approach in family courts to support domestic abuse victims better

  Date: 11 Mar 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/family-court-support

  The UK Government has begun a pilot pioneering an approach in family courts to support victims of domestic abuse, informed by Leicester research.

• Digging for Britain: Leicester Archaeology projects to feature on BBC

  Date: 4 Jan 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/digging-for-britain

  Projects led by Leicester archaeologists are to be showcased on the new series of BBC TWO’s primetime TV series Digging for Britain in the New Year.

• New resource strips everyday Roman handwriting bare

  Date: 7 Dec 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/latinnow-manual

  A new open-access resource to help researchers study Roman handwriting has been released.

• Extraordinary Roman mosaic and villa discovered beneath farmer's field in Rutland

  Date: 25 Nov 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/rutland-mosaic

  Archaeologists have unearthed the first Roman mosaic of its kind in the UK.

• Family court process in child arrangement cases in line for major overhaul following ‘Harm Panel’ report

  Date: 21 Oct 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/harm-panel

  Research has found ‘deep-seated and systemic problems’ with the way that family courts in England and Wales respond to allegations of domestic...

• Leicester historians guest edit Centenary journal edition

  Date: 12 Oct 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/howard-journal

  Leading historians from the University of Leicester have guest edited a special Centenary issue of the prestigious Howard Journal of Crime and...

• Leicester to showcase humanities research at 2021 Being Human festival

  Date: 11 Oct 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/being-human

  University of Leicester experts from disciplines as diverse as English literature, archaeology and criminology – and a whole lot more – have...

• Thrown to the Lions? New evidence revealed for the use of lions during executions in Roman Britain

  Date: 8 Aug 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/roman-lion-handle

  Archaeologists in Leicester have discovered an elaborately-decorated Roman bronze key handle portraying the execution of captives in the arena by...