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• 2015 in news - a selection of key stories from across the year

  Date: 21 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/2015-in-review-key-stories-from-across-the-year

  Now that 2015 has come to a close, catch up with some of the key University news stories from the past year.

• Christmas toys and festive joys Yuletide memories from the twentieth century

  Date: 18 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/christmas-toys-and-festive-joys-yuletide-memories-from-the-twentieth-century

  The East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA) has put together a number of recordings from the 1930s and 40s discussing Christmas time.

• Bake a 19th century mince pie with this old-time Christmas recipe

  Date: 16 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/bake-a-19th-century-mince-pie-with-this-old-time-christmas-recipe

  ‘Shred pies’, or mince pies as they are more commonly known, are a popular festive treat at Christmas time, having been consumed for centuries...

• Maintaining and preserving changing churches

  Date: 15 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/maintaining-and-preserving-changing-churches

  As Christmas Day draws nearer and churches across the country welcome worshipers to their Advent services, a timely University of Leicester...

• Archaeologists run for hat-trick of awards

  Date: 11 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/archaeologists-run-for-hat-trick-of-awards

  Leicester archaeologists are in the running for a hat-trick of awards, having been nominated in the ‘Research Project of the Year’ category for...

• British Library project awarded new accolade

  Date: 10 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/british-library-project-awarded-new-accolade

  A digital project that showcases the lives of remarkable British scientists has won a second prestigious accolade.

• Archaeologists discover evidence of Roman and medieval Leicester

  Date: 10 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/archaeologists-discover-evidence-roman-and-medieval-leicester

  Archaeologists from University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) have unearthed new evidence of Roman and medieval Leicester after...

• Students to create audio tour as part of a city council conservation project

  Date: 9 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/students-to-create-audio-tour-as-part-of-a-city-council-conservation-project

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• Launch of study into Northern Ireland social exclusion and sport

  Date: 2 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/launch-of-study-into-northern-ireland-social-exclusion-and-sport

  Almost 90 per cent of people in Northern Ireland believe that sport is a good way to break down barriers between Protestants and Catholics.

• The human legacy of American troops in Leicester

  Date: 2 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/the-human-legacy-of-american-troops-in-leicester

  The story of American soldiers in Leicester during World War Two is well known, as are the many wartime romances and the story of GI brides who...