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• Learning about history from food utensils

  Date: 24 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/learning-about-history-from-food-utensils

  What do dinner utensils say about Roman social interactions? Archaeologists and Big Data experts will be gathering at the University for a series...

• Historian helps to develop 54 million National Civil War Centre

  Date: 24 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/historian-helps-to-develop-ps5-4-million-national-civil-war-centre

  Dr Andrew Hopper (pictured) from the Centre for English Local History has helped to develop a £5.

• Sustainability in food and fashion

  Date: 22 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/sustainability-in-food-and-fashion

  Researchers from the Departments of Management and Media and Communication will be addressing sustainability issues, including how much food and...

• Transformative plan to pioneer a distinctive elite in higher education

  Date: 22 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/transformative-plan-to-pioneer-a-distinctive-elite-in-higher-education

  President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has unveiled a transformative plan to create a university that represents a ‘distinctive elite’...

• 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...

• Study finds higher-earning men would take a pay cut to spend more time with partners

  Date: 10 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/study-finds-higher-earning-men-would-take-a-pay-cut-to-spend-more-time-with-partners

  Most men in Europe want to spend fewer hours at work and more time with their families even though it would cut their income, a major study on...

• 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.

• Archaeologists investigate threatened Cypriot site

  Date: 2 Sep 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/archaeologists-to-investigate-threatened-cypriot-site

  Leicester archaeologists are in a race against time to uncover the heritage of a threatened 1,500-year-old site on a Cyprus shoreline.