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• Richard III landmarks ranked in Smithsonians 25 Great New Places to See list

  Date: 17 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/richard-iii-landmarks-ranked-in-smithsonians-25-great-new-places-to-see-list

  Richard III landmarks around Leicester, including Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre, the King Richard III Visitor Centre and Leicester...

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 10 16 September

  Date: 16 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-10-16-september

  President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has written an article with researchers Lucy Smith, Nicola Cooper, Kate Williams and Henrietta...

• Scanning technology helps bring answers to Shoreham tragedy

  Date: 15 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/scanning-technology-helps-bring-answers-to-shoreham-tragedy

  Cutting-edge scanning technology was used to help identify victims of the crash at the Shoreham Air Show.

• Women are more fairly funded in the social sciences

  Date: 8 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/women-are-more-fairly-funded-in-the-social-sciences

  Accounting for academic position, women are as successful as men at winning grants from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and they...

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 3 9 September

  Date: 4 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-3-9-september

  Dr Maria Rovisco from the Department of Media and Communication has written an article for The Conversation examining the changing tone of media...

• Cast of ancient skull of Bede the Father of English history rediscovered

  Date: 4 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/cast-of-ancient-skull-of-bede-the-father-of-english-history-rediscovered

  A cast of the skull of Bede – the ‘Father of English History’ – has been rediscovered by Professor Jo Story from the School of History within the...

• Richard III gave battle in sand

  Date: 3 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/richard-iii-gave-battle-in-sand

  A time-lapse video showing the creation of a sand sculpture depicting the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 has been captured by the University of Leicester.

• The impact of diasporas within the UK and across the globe to be examined at conference

  Date: 2 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/the-impact-of-diasporas-within-the-uk-and-across-the-globe-to-be-examined-at-conference

  A one-day conference will be held at the Royal Geographical Society in London on 17 September, at which 18 papers will present five years of...

• Leicester reaches 15 million readers on The Conversation

  Date: 27 Aug 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/leicester-reaches-1-5-million-readers-on-the-conversation

  Academics from across the University have collectively captured the imagination of over 1.

• Heritage panels telling history of Leicester to be installed around city

  Date: 26 Aug 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/heritage-panels-telling-history-of-leicester-to-be-installed-around-city

  Colin Hyde at the East Midlands Oral History Archive has written the text for forty heritage panels that are being installed around Leicester.