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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 Roman infant burial and remains of a dungeon believed to be from the 16th century

  • Leicester research supports European Parliament legislation on aggressive corporate tax planning

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/leicester-research-supports-european-parliament-legislation-on-aggressive-corporate-tax-planning

    A Leicester academic has been at the heart of the European Parliament's attempts to introduce reforms to curb aggressive tax planning and avoidance by multinational enterprises.

  • Colonial Countryside

    https://le.ac.uk/colonial-countryside

    Colonial Countryside: National Trust Houses Reinterpreted is a national writing and history project in partnership with Peepal Tree Press, Renaissance and the National Trust.

  • Our History

    https://le.ac.uk/library/special-collections/our-history

    Plans were announced in 1917 for a new college of higher education in Leicester, as a memorial to the sacrifices made by local people during the First World War.

  • Shot at dawn in the Great War: Re-evaluating justice in the case of Harry Farr. By Floris Tomasini

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/10/03/shot-at-dawn/

    Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on October 3, 2016   Today’s post looks at a re-evaluation of justice in an emblematic case study; Harry Farr who was shot for cowardice during the Great War.

  • Early edition of Frankenstein in University archives gives rise to chilling story around its creation

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/early-edition-of-frankenstein-in-university-archives-gives-rise-to-chilling-story-around-its-creation

    A popular character during Halloween is the shambling mass of assorted body parts known as Frankenstein’s Monster from Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein – a creature who has remained a harrowing vision of what can happen when people try and create unnatural life since its...

  • National award for Josh’s out of this world bakes with National Space Centre

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/national-award-josh-bakes-space-centre

    Instagram series Mission Bake, a collaboration between Dr Josh Smalley and the National Space Centre, has won first place at the Sir Arthur Clarke Awards

  • University of Leicester backs performances marking 50 years since Ugandan Asian exodus

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/curve-uganda

    The University of Leicester has backed a series of performances which mark the 50th anniversary of the Ugandan Asian exodus.

  • We are Citizens of Change

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/24-we-are-citizens-of-change

    prsrA2paH7s|Today sees the launch of our new identity – Citizens of Change. It builds on the University of Leicester’s heritage whilst looking to the future and supporting our mission, vision and new strategic plan.

  • New book on bisexuality to debut at Leicester Pride

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/new-book-on-bisexuality-to-debut-at-leicester-pride

    A new book on bisexuality co-curated by a University staff member will feature on the University’s stand at Leicester Pride on Saturday 3 September 2016.

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