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• Professor Sally Kyd appointed first woman Head of Law

  Date: 1 Oct 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/professor-sally-kyd-appointed-first-woman-head-of-law

  Professor Sally Kyd, becomes the first woman to be appointed Head of Law at the University of Leicester.

• New theory claims pterodactyls did not have feathers

  Date: 28 Sep 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/pterosaurs

  The debate about when dinosaurs developed feathers has taken a new turn with a paper from the University of Leicester refuting claims that...

• 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.

• Documentary and discussion panel on women film directors

  Date: 15 Nov 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/18-half-the-picture

  A film screening and panel discussion at Phoenix on 26 November will explore the continuing under-representation of women among film directors.

• 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...

• Danielle Brown inducted into BUCS Hall of Fame

  Date: 17 Jun 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/18-danielle-brown-bucs-hall-of-fame

  On Wednesday 5 June, University of Leicester Law graduate Danielle Brown was inducted into the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Hall...

• 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...

• Leicester academic speaks at UCLA symposium on race and human rights

  Date: 13 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/13-symposium-ucla-race-human-rights

  The University of Leicester was represented by Dr Vidya Kumar, Associate Professor of Law at Leicester Law School, at a symposium titled ‘Critical...

• 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...