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Engineering and Archaeology researchers to join forces against climate crisis at international conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/engineering-the-past
An interdisciplinary team of researchers will look to identify ways of tackling the climate crisis at an international conference hosted at the...
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Digging for Britain: Leicester Archaeology projects to feature on BBC
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/digging-for-britain
Projects led by Leicester archaeologists are to be showcased on the new series of BBC TWO’s primetime TV series Digging for Britain in the New Year.
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Extraordinary Roman mosaic and villa discovered beneath farmer's field in Rutland
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/rutland-mosaic
Archaeologists have unearthed the first Roman mosaic of its kind in the UK.
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Leicester student teams up with influencer to host charity football match for Help the Homeless
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/charity-football-match
A charity football match between two local gyms was played in the name of charity at the University of Leicester’s Roger Bettles Sports Centre...
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Leicester historians guest edit Centenary journal edition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/howard-journal
Leading historians from the University of Leicester have guest edited a special Centenary issue of the prestigious Howard Journal of Crime and...
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First Cowrie Scholar excited to shine ‘positive light’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/cowrie
The first recipient of a Cowrie Foundation Scholarship at the University of Leicester designed to provide opportunities for talented Black British...
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Leicester to showcase humanities research at 2021 Being Human festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/being-human
University of Leicester experts from disciplines as diverse as English literature, archaeology and criminology – and a whole lot more – have...
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New book explores life in Roman and Medieval Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/highcross-dig-book
The most comprehensive book ever written on the archaeology of Leicester has been published by University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS).
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Drugs legislation requires review, says academic
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/drugs-misuse-scarman-lecture
The main piece of legislation used to combat illegal drug use in the UK is no longer fit for purpose, according to a leading criminologist at the...
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Thrown to the Lions? New evidence revealed for the use of lions during executions in Roman Britain
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/roman-lion-handle
Archaeologists in Leicester have discovered an elaborately-decorated Roman bronze key handle portraying the execution of captives in the arena by...