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• Discover the region’s rich heritage at free family friendly celebration event

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/celebrate-regions-rich-heritage-free-family-friendly-celebration-event

  A free family friendly event which puts the spotlight on the rich heritage of our city and region takes place at the University of Leicester on Saturday 21 March.

• Archaeological placement

  https://le.ac.uk/ulas/about/work-placements/placement

  ULAS offers a 3 to 6 month commercial fieldwork placement, intended for those who are interested in gaining knowledge surrounding all aspects of practical training in field archaeology.

• Three-eyed distant relative of insects and crustaceans reveals amazing detail of early animal evolution

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/kylinxia-fossil-scanning

  Scientists from the University of Leicester and Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology use cutting edge scanning technology to reconstruct ‘fossil monster’ that lived half a billion years ago, filling a gap in our understanding of the evolution of arthropods such as insects...

• Archaeology students from University of Leicester to star in new Time Team episode

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/archaeology-students-star-new-time-team-episode

  Time Team episode documents the experiences of Archaeology students as they developed their skills on their first archaeological dig

• From arc magmas to ores (FAMOS)

  https://le.ac.uk/gge/research/solid-earth/volcanoes/projects/famos

  Learn about the From arc magmas to ores project in The School of Geography, Geology and the Environment at the University of Leicester.

• A festive flying pterosaur family reunion 150 million years in the making

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/pterosaur-reunion

  University of Leicester study finds nearly 50 hidden relatives of Pterodactylus, the first pterosaur

• Archaeology students from University of Leicester unearth very big Roman house in the country

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/roman-villa

  Finds from latest excavation in Leicestershire may provide insight into the ‘rural charm’ of Britain to the Romans, while first-year archaeology students developed their excavation skills with Time Team filming for a feature later in the year

• 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

  Senior author Dr Christina Tsoraki, of the School of Heritage and Culture, University of Leicester adds, "By studying the wear of the 'valkyrie' pendants -- the valkyries being female mythological beings that would bring slain warriors from the battlefield to...

• 21st Century Drilling workshops

  https://le.ac.uk/iodp/events/21st-century-drilling

  Find details of the 21st Century Drilling workshop taking place in 2024 at the BCR and MARUM (University of Bremen), Germany

• Leicestershire Villages

  https://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes/leicestershire-villages

  The Leicestershire Villages site was added to by EMOHA with short sound clips of interviewees discussing a wide variety of rural events and issues. Find out more about the project.