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Ukrainian students find sanctuary at University of Leicester
Date: 07/03/2023 00:00:00
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/ukraine-students

Four Ukrainian students have travelled one-and-a-half thousand miles to find sanctuary – and continue their studies – at the University of Leicester.
University of Leicester research into Joe Orton’s relationship with Kenneth Halliwell to feature in LGBTQ+ mental health exhibition
Date: 07/03/2023 00:00:00
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/poetic-licence

A play about the Leicester-born playwright, Joe Orton, informed by research from the University of Leicester, will feature in The Netherlands’...
Mick Herron, Bernadine Evaristo, Nina Stibbe and Kit de Waal headline 2023 Literary Leicester festival
Date: 01/03/2023 00:00:00
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/literary-leicester

The programme for Literary Leicester, the University of Leicester's annual free literary festival, has been announced today.
University of Leicester launches exhibition celebrating 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio
Date: 15/02/2023 00:00:00
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/shakespeare

The University of Leicester is celebrating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s First Folio with an exhibition at the David Wilson Library.
University of Leicester bestows honour on English student-turned-inspiring-author
Date: 20/01/2023 00:00:00
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/jeffrey-boakye

A University of Leicester graduate who has enjoyed a successful career as an author, broadcaster and educator has been awarded an honorary degree...
Dickens codebreakers recognised at Higher Education ‘Oscars’
Date: 18/11/2022 00:00:00
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/the-awards-2022

The Dickens Code project, led by the University of Leicester in collaboration with the University of Foggia, takes home a Times Higher Education...
University of Leicester celebrates 40th anniversary of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 ¾
Date: 03/10/2022 00:00:00
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/adrian-mole

University of Leicester is staging a new exhibition and series of events to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged...
BBC Book of the Week author set to inspire our English students
Date: 16/08/2022 00:00:00
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/kit-de-waal-english-leicester

The author of this week’s BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week will be inspiring students on the University of Leicester’s English course, from September.
BBC drama novelist residency set to inspire English students
Date: 09/06/2022 00:00:00
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/kit-de-waal

The novelist behind a new uplifting BBC television drama will be sharing the skills behind her writing with students at the University of Leicester.
Best-selling crime author visits Leicester to discuss “killing for fun and profit”!
Date: 29/04/2022 00:00:00
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/val-mcdermid

Best-selling crime author Val McDermid visits Leicester to discuss “killing for fun and profit”