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• Leicester to showcase humanities research at 2021 Being Human festival

  Date: 11/10/2021 00:00:00

  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...

• National award for Queer Heritage and Collections Network

  Date: 02/07/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/queer-heritage

  A partnership supporting museums and heritage bodies to reveal and publicly present LGBTQ+ histories – of which the University of Leicester is a...

• New theory claims pterodactyls did not have feathers

  Date: 28/09/2020 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/pterosaurs

  The debate about when dinosaurs developed feathers has taken a new turn with a paper from the University of Leicester refuting claims that...

• Discovery reveals remains of first aquatic dinosaur 'river-monster'

  Date: 28/04/2020 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/spinosaurus

  An historic discovery of fossils by an international team, including Dr David Unwin at the University of Leicester, has revealed the remains of...

• Public lecture on Myanmar and museums

  Date: 06/02/2020 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/06-myanmar-lecture

  The effect of displacement in Myanmar on material objects is the subject of a public lecture at the University of Leicester on Tuesday 18 February.

• Civil War exhibition draws on Leicester expertise

  Date: 10/09/2019 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/11-civil-war-exhibition

  University of Leicester staff and students have contributed research expertise and advice to a new exhibition at the National Civil War Centre in...

• Baby pterodactyls could fly from birth

  Date: 11/06/2019 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/12-baby-pterodactyls-flying-from-birth

  A breakthrough discovery has found that pterodactyls, extinct flying reptiles also known as pterosaurs, had a remarkable ability – they could fly...

• Immersive exhibition sheds new light on Calke Abbey’s ‘isolated’ family and gets people talking about loneliness and isolation

  Date: 01/03/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/01-calke-abbey

  ©National Trust / Rod Kirkpatrick Researchers from the University’s Research Centre for Museums and Galleries, working with the National Trust to...

• University of Leicester takes part in Being Human Festival

  Date: 14/11/2018 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/14-being-human-festival

  The University of Leicester will join universities throughout the UK and open its doors to share its innovative humanities research with the public.

• University equality work wins national award

  Date: 18/10/2018 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/19-pride-and-prejudice-award

  Groundbreaking work by the University of Leicester and the National Trust wins prestigious PinkNews Award.