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Academics contribute to major project celebrating 80 years of British TV
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/academics-contribute-to-major-project-celebrating-80-years-of-british-tv
Professor Helen Wood and Dr Jilly Boyce Kay from the School of Media, Communication and Sociology have contributed to BBC History’s new archive...
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Funny bones Richard III genealogist crowned winner of comedy challenge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/funny-bones-richard-iii-genealogist-crowned-winner-of-comedy-challenge
Our very own Professor Kevin Schürer (pictured) has been crowned the winner of the 2016 Stand Up Challenge, held at Leicester Racecourse on...
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Artisans and activists in the world of handmade crafts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/artisans-and-activists-in-the-world-of-handmade-crafts
Bake-off and sewing bee enthusiasts have fuelled a revival of traditional crafts, but a week of events at our University will explore whether they...
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Fallen soldier whose family founded local building society remembered by our University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/fallen-soldier-whose-family-founded-local-building-society-remembered-by-our-university
A local soldier who fought during the First World War is being remembered on the centenary of his death by our University on Friday 4 November.
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Expert opinions cover Boris Johnson Russia the ghoulish practice of gibbeting and offensive TV
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/expert-opinions-boris-johnson-and-the-ghoulish-practice-of-gibbeting
Dr Tara McCormack from the Department of History, Politics and International Relations has written an article for Spiked Online about Boris...
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Richard III geneticist to give Queens Lecture in Berlin
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/richard-iii-geneticist-to-give-queens-lecture-in-berlin
Dr Turi King from our Department of Genetics and School of Archaeology and Ancient History will give this year's Queen's Lecture in Berlin,...
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Ghoulish practice of gibbeting corpses haunted public of the eighteenth century
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/ghoulish-practice-of-gibbeting-corpses-haunted-public-of-the-eighteenth-century
Today, a typical Halloween night might include people dressing up as ghosts, ghouls and a creepy clown or two in order to frighten passers-by.
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Financial markets and the appliance of science
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/financial-markets-and-the-appliance-of-science
A new study that brings together the disparate fields of physics and finance to provide unique insights into financial markets has been...
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Leicester academic recognised with esteemed prize for promising future
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/leicester-academic-recognised-with-esteemed-prize-for-promising-future
An outstanding academic at our University has received a prestigious £100,000 Prize for Archaeology – the second award in two years from the...
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Study examines impact of slumming it and slum tourism
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/study-examines-impact-of-slumming-it-and-slum-tourism
The notion of ‘Slumming it’ is to be brought under sharp focus at a discussion being held at our University A new study by Dr Fabian Frenzel, of...