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• Demand for free colonial history lessons spikes

  Date: 10 Jun 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/colonial-countryside

  Free home schooling packs about Britain’s colonial past have seen a surge in popularity.

• Cricket Country shortlisted for prestigious non-fiction prize

  Date: 3 May 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/cricket-country-shortlisted

  A book by a Leicester academic exploring the untold history of the first All India cricket team has been shortlisted as one of six entries for the...

• University recognises leading lights in education

  Date: 13 Dec 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/13-leics-live-awards

  Last night saw leading lights in the education sector rewarded for their important contributions at the LeicestershireLive Education Awards,...

• Public lecture puts Dickens’ marriage under the spotlight

  Date: 11 Nov 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/11-dickens-lecture

  Charles Dickens’ strained marriage is the subject of a free public lecture presented on Wednesday 20 November 2019 by our Victorian Studies Centre.

• Joe Orton artworks to be auctioned for appeal

  Date: 8 Nov 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/08-joe-orton-artworks-to-be-auctioned-for-appeal

  To support a campaign to crowdfund a statue of the iconic British playwright Joe Orton in his hometown of Leicester the Estate of Joe Orton is...

• Autonomous vehicles at Science Museum Late

  Date: 26 Aug 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/27-science-museum-late

  Science Museum Lates are adults-only, after-hours theme nights that take place in the museum on the last Wednesday of every month.

• New Vice-Chancellor named

  Date: 18 Aug 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/20-new-vice-chancellor-named

  The University of Leicester is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Nishan Canagarajah as its next President and Vice-Chancellor with...

• University backs campaign for statue of iconic Leicester playwright Joe Orton

  Date: 24 Jul 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/25-joe-orton-statue

  The University of Leicester’s involvement with, and celebration of, the legacy of Leicester playwright Joe Orton continues with the announcement...

• Literary experts and historians from around the world gather in Leicester to celebrate George Eliot’s bicentenary

  Date: 16 Jul 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/17-george-eliot

  The University of Leicester will this week (Wednesday 17 – Friday 19 July) play host to an international conference marking the 200th anniversary...

• Schoolchildren from Leicester to send messages of hope to refugee camp

  Date: 13 Jun 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/14-refugee-camp

  Appeal for more schools to become ‘Schools of Sanctuary’. Children from a Leicester school are to send messages of hope to a refugee camp in Greece.