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Leicester expert’s tale of ancient library makes The Telegraph’s greatest books of 2025 list
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/leicester-expert-tale-ancient-library-telegraph-greatest-books-2025-list
A University of Leicester expert’s book explaining how ancient Mesopotamian knowledge shaped the roots of modern civilisation has been named as...
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£1.49 million funding to address inequalities in who attends museums – and who benefits from them
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/funding-inequalities-attend-museums-benefits
Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) at the University of Leicester awarded major research grant to explore how museums can reduce...
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Celebrated Rutland mosaic depicts ‘long-lost’ Troy story connecting Roman Britain to the ancient classical world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/rutland-mosaic-long-lost-troy-story
Ancient Historian at University of Leicester reveals that the Rutland mosaic depicts an alternative telling of the Trojan War to Homer’s Iliad,...
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Medical initiative and archaeology project scoop prestigious Times Higher Education Awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/times-higher-award-winners-2025
Projects at the University of Leicester have been awarded prestigious Times Higher Education Awards
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Festival of Media Stories returns to Leicester for its second year
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/festival-of-media-stories-returns-leicester-film
The Festival of Media Stories returns to Leicester on Friday, 7 November, celebrating and nurturing media talent across the East Midlands.
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Viking figurines were ‘more than just jewellery’, and were used and handled in a variety of ways, including long-term curation, 'decapitation', and attached to Christian artefacts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/viking-jewellery-mythology-silver-bronze
In Viking archaeology, the study of miniature metal figurines -- possibly depicting Norse gods and mythological beings -- have been central to...
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New study exposes causes behind criminal case backlogs in England and Wales
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/police-crime-cps-england-wales-criminal-case-backlog
A University of Leicester-led study has unearthed critical factors delaying the progression of criminal cases from police investigations to the...
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Evidence of 2,000 years of human activity found on market site in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/evidence-2000-years-human-activity-market
University of Leicester Archaeological Services carrying out excavations at the site of the city’s new market square, with discoveries including a...
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Citizens of Change: University of Leicester to spark national dialogue at Labour Party Conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/national-dialogue-labour-party-conference
Five events organised by the University will take place at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool on Monday 29 September
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150-million-year post-mortem reveals baby pterosaurs perished in a violent storm
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/150-million-year-post-mortem-baby-pterosaurs-storm
University of Leicester scientists have identified two extraordinary new fossils - tiny prehistoric flying reptiles, pterosaurs, with broken wings