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• Leicester to host regional launch of the Festival of British Archaeology

  Date: 3 Jul 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/leicester-to-host-regional-launch-of-the-festival-of-british-archaeology

  A talk by Mathew Morris (pictured) from the Richard III excavation team and a ‘Roman drill session’ are just two of the events taking place at...

• Need for change highlighted by public suspicion of management cheerleaders

  Date: 2 Jul 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/need-for-change-highlighted-by-public-suspicion-of-2018management-cheerleaders2019

  Anarchism, feminism and communism are among the political philosophies that could help create a new and fairer world, according to experts from...

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 18 June 1 July

  Date: 1 Jul 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-18-june-1-july

  Professor Philip Shaw from the School of English has written an opinion piece for The Conversation where, two centuries after Waterloo, he...

• University marks 20th anniversary of founding of University of Leicester Archaeological Services

  Date: 1 Jul 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/university-marks-20th-anniversary-of-founding-of-university-of-leicester-archaeological-services

  1st July sees the 20th anniversary for the founding of ULAS (University of Leicester Archaeological Services).

• Researcher suggests mainstream media is responsible for shallow coverage of antirape activism

  Date: 30 Jun 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/researcher-suggests-mainstream-media-is-responsible-for-shallow-coverage-of-anti-rape-activism

  Dr Kaitlynn Mendes (pictured) from the Department of Media and Communication has argued in a new book that the mainstream media often neglects...

• Richard III discovery at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition

  Date: 25 Jun 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/richard-iii-discovery-at-the-royal-society-summer-exhibition

  The team behind the scientific detective story of the decade, the discovery of King Richard III, has been selected as one of 22 exhibitors at the...

• Leicester in new study on social identity

  Date: 24 Jun 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-in-new-study-on-social-identity

  The University has been selected as the only UK university to be involved in a Europe-wide project studying social identity.

• Archaeology discovery day to unearth Bradgate Parks mysteries

  Date: 24 Jun 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/archaeology-discovery-day-to-unearth-bradgate-parks-mysteries

  Members of the public are invited to learn about the latest archaeological discoveries being made at Leicestershire’s Bradgate Park by Leicester...

• Hidden histories revealed at Bradgate Park

  Date: 22 Jun 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/hidden-histories-revealed-at-bradgate-park

  In just the first two weeks of a five-year archaeological project at Bradgate Park, a team of students and staff from the University have...

• Barbarians from the West the Crusades seen from an Arabic perspective

  Date: 19 Jun 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/barbarians-from-the-west-the-crusades-seen-from-an-arabic-perspective

  The writings of Arabic communities during the Crusades, long overlooked by most historians in the West, will be explored in a lecture that aims to...