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• Digging for Britain: Leicester Archaeology projects to feature on BBC

  Date: 4 Jan 2022

  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.

• Regional awards recognise Leicester’s education heroes

  Date: 11 Dec 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/education-awards

  The best teachers, pupils, staff and schools from across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland celebrated their achievements at the...

• Extraordinary Roman mosaic and villa discovered beneath farmer's field in Rutland

  Date: 25 Nov 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/rutland-mosaic

  Archaeologists have unearthed the first Roman mosaic of its kind in the UK.

• Leicester historians guest edit Centenary journal edition

  Date: 12 Oct 2021

  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...

• Leicester to showcase humanities research at 2021 Being Human festival

  Date: 11 Oct 2021

  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...

• Dr Paul Campbell appointed Director of Leicester’s new Institute for Inclusivity

  Date: 28 Sep 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/liihe-director

  Dr Paul Campbell has been appointed as the Director of the Leicester Institute for Inclusivity in Higher Education (LIIHE), an interdisciplinary...

• New book explores life in Roman and Medieval Leicester

  Date: 22 Sep 2021

  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).

• Drugs legislation requires review, says academic

  Date: 26 Aug 2021

  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...

• Thrown to the Lions? New evidence revealed for the use of lions during executions in Roman Britain

  Date: 8 Aug 2021

  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...

• Two new Heads of School announced

  Date: 2 Aug 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/new-cssah-heads

  Two new Heads of School have been appointed within the University of Leicester’s College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities (CSSAH).