University stalls

Discover 100 years (2025) of the first graduates association meeting.

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The Library, our collections and our services can be found at the heart of the campus. Underpinning learning and research and providing information and support to our students, staff and communities.

The Centre for Endangered Archaeology and Heritage (CEAH) was established in 2022 at the University of Leicester and promotes and supports research and collaborations in the field of endangered archaeology and heritage. It builds on decades of work at Leicester on endangered heritage, with a particular focus on North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Caribbean. The Centre’s work addresses multiple threats to archaeology and heritage – conflict, looting, encroachment, development, and climate change. In addition to holding its own events and activities, the Centre serves as a hub for and a resource for several different projects working on related themes, including the Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa Project (EAMENA) and the British Institute for Libyan and Northern African Studies (BILNAS) Archive.

The Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA) project seeks to document and study threats facing heritage sites in the Middle East and North Africa. Using a range of methods, including satellite imagery survey, aerial photography, machine learning methods, fieldwork, and the digitisation of archival records, the project records actual and potential threats and damage to sites, enabling an assessment of risk. Using these data, the EAMENA team work with relevant authorities and communities in these regions to limit likely damage, share information and skills, strengthen networks and raise awareness.

The British Institute for Libyan and Northern African Studies (BILNAS) is a British academic body and charitable organisation that has fostered scholarship on the archaeology, history, environment and culture of Libya and the wider Northern African region since 1969. To support this mission, BILNAS maintains an archive of historically significant materials, primarily documenting British archaeological projects in Libya since the early 20th century, which has been housed by the University of Leicester since 2012. Highlights include excavations at Hellenistic and Roman sites in Libya like Lepcis Magna, Sabratha, Cyrene, Euesperides (Benghazi), and Sidi Khrebish (Berenice). The archive also holds valuable material from ground-breaking multi-disciplinary surveys in the pre-desert valleys of Tripolitania and the Saharan oases of Fazzan, as well as excavations at Islamic Barca (El Merj) and Medinet Sultan.

The University of Leicester has been an international pioneer of urban history since the 1960s and has been associated with some of the world’s leading urban historians, including Jim Dyos, Jack Simmons and David Cannadine. The current Centre for Urban History began in 1985 and continues to attract scholars and students from across the globe.

The Centre offers opportunities to study for MA and PhD degrees. It also offers visiting fellowships to historians and scholars from other universities and research institutions.

Information about our programmes (MA Urban Conservation, MA Historical Studies, PhD Urban History), research activities and heritage engagement activities will be available on the day.

The Creative Health Network is a new interdisciplinary network and part of the University of Leicester’s Heritage Hub, which aims to promote interdisciplinary, community-based collaborations for Creative Heath, and share research resources across the region to directly benefit the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities through the arts, creativity and culture. It will foster a membership of researchers, community and civic partners, patient groups, health professionals, arts organisations and creative practitioners with a shared interest in creative health and creative approaches to tackling health inequalities.

UHL medical collection handling objects will be on display.

The East Midlands Oral History Archive is a joint project to conserve and develop oral history resources in the East Midlands. We are supported by the University of Leicester, Leicester City Council, Leicestershire County Council.

The Heritage Hub facilitates sector and public access to University of Leicester expertise, collections and research and connect our students and staff with the rich heritage of our city and region. Bringing people and organisations together through heritage our mission is to spark innovative collaborations that make positive change in our world.

We collaborate with organisations of all sizes, including local authorities, museums, heritage sites, libraries and archives, education and health providers, charities, community organisations and local businesses. We support and empower young people through learning programmes, placements, work experience and enrichment opportunities with a focus on local heritage.

We will be joined by students and colleagues from:

• School of Archaeology and Ancient History
• School of Museum Studies
• School of History, Politics and International Relations
• School of Engineering
• School of Arts, Media and Communication
• Leicester and East Midlands Classics Network (Classics for All).

On show throughout the day will be exhibitions of artwork by Pierre Ngon A Mbara representing African Small Businesses, and Frank Davey depicting Leicester landmarks.

Rethinking feedback gathering via inclusive, innovative and ethical surveys. LeicSurvey champions inclusive technology by facilitating diverse and ethical feedback gathering, aiming to empower organisations.

We are an interdisciplinary and diverse team of Engineers, Legal Scholar, and Heritage Scientist who co-created LeicSurvey with a charity adopting a ‘dignity by design’ approach that puts the respondents in charge of their survey taking experience.

Come and sing with us!

No audition.

You don't need to be able to read music.

Everyone is welcome - there's no requirement to have any association with the University of Leicester.

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Samuel Pepys’s secret diary of the 1660s was first published almost 200 years ago, in 1825.

2025 is the 200th anniversary of the publication Samuel Pepys's diary - the most famous diary in the English Language.  Today his diary is routinely used to teach 6 and 7 year olds about the Great Fire as part of the National Curriculum. This stall will feature activities around Pepys's diary for children and adults, such as 'write your name in shorthand' and which publicised the variety of people who feature in it.

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Explore Leicester’s medieval past. Create small worlds and tell new stories. Explore the history of the Co-Operative movement in Leicester and its impact through history. Discover a walking tour that follows three people buried in Leicester’s cathedral in the early 19th century.

Design and make your own Roman inspired swords and shields. Use historical examples or get super creative with your imagination the choice is yours!

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The School of Education works with children and schools across the East Midlands.

Wyverns and other Dragons! Find out more about the Wyvern and its links with Leicester. Say hello to a Dragon called Brimstone, and take away a little dragon of your own to colour and fold.

Josh Smalley is a baker, scientist and presenter.

Josh has been delving into the Archives and Special Collections reviewing and transcribing a book of 18th and 19th century recipes. As well as researching the history of those who authored the recipes, they have been looking at the methods and ingredients used and how they compare to those used today.

Join Josh and colleagues to find out more. You can even try some cake!

This display will showcase the diet of the Grey family who lived at Bradgate House, Leicestershire, during the period c.1500-1750. This is based on results from the University of Leicester’s recent excavations, historical evidence and doctoral research. How diet was determined by a range of factors including status, religion, festivals and contemporary medical theory will be illustrated as well as the sourcing, preparation and presentation of foods. A range of archaeological finds from the excavations will be on display, including animal bones and plant remains, alongside sixteenth-eighteenth century tableware.

This project is the first to look at the long-term consequence of tobacco use in a population.

These findings will be useful in understanding modern health dilemmas. 

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University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) is an award-winning commercial archaeological unit that undertakes work in England and Wales, with the majority of our work focused in Leicestershire and the Midlands. Many of our discoveries, including the mortal remains of King Richard III and the Rutland Trojan War mosaic have featured on TV programmes such as BBC Two's Digging for Britain. This year we are 30 years old, and to celebrate we are sharing many of the secrets from the soil we have discovered, old and new!

Where music meets passion and talent! As a semi-professional band, we pride ourselves on delivering electrifying performances that captivate audiences and create unforgettable memories.

Check the main programme for performance times.

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