Search

11616 results for: ‘museum studies’

• The story of skeletons

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/the-story-of-skeletons

  What links the narwhal’s tusk, ancient trilobites, Richard III (and his drinking habits), tumbleweed, an argonaut, and the outstretched fourth finger of a pterosaur? They are among the cast of characters that feature in a new book by University of Leicester professors Jan...

• How women shaped University history

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/how-women-shaped-university-history

  The Special Collections team in the University’s Library has unearthed a selection of treasures from the University Archives providing an insight into the University’s history and revealing how women have helped shape the institution from its foundation to the present day.

• Sensational discovery of previously unseen Adrian Mole diary

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/sensational-discovery-of-previously-unseen-adrian-mole-diary

  Teenage intellectual Mole achieved fame in the 1980s for his astute, observational journal cataloguing middle class domestic life in a Leicester household. He has been cited by some critics as “a modern day Pepys.

• Academics and Leicester sports coaches team up in ERASMUS research project on ethics code for grassroots sport across Europe

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/academics-and-leicester-sports-coaches-team-up-in-erasmus-research-project-on-ethics-code-for-grassroots-sport-across-europe

  Leicester City Football Club led the way in professional football excellence in England in 2016, but now the public focus has shifted once more to football's problems – the depressing hooliganism stories from Euro 2016.

• Photography exhibition explores University of Leicester research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/19-images-of-research

  A collection of thought-provoking images capturing the leading research of the University of Leicester will be on display in a photography exhibition at Fraser Noble Hall on Wednesday 27 November, 11.00am to 4.00pm.

• Charnwood Forest villagers to uncover hidden history in their own gardens

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/charnwood-community-archaeology-dig

  Discover how Charnwood Forest villagers are uncovering hidden history through community archaeology digs in gardens and public spaces this May.

• News

  https://le.ac.uk/covid-in-cartoons/news

  View all the latest news related to Covid in cartoons

• Your Impact – 100 years of philanthropy and counting

  https://le.ac.uk/giving/impact-stories

  Your support impacts students' lives, fuels ground-breaking research and helps build a world-class environment for research and learning. Read our impact reports to see how much you have helped us to achieve.

• Transport

  https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/transport

  Learn more about the collections about EMOHA in the East Midlands Oral History Archive.

• Urban life

  https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/urban-life

  Learn more about the collections about urban life in the East Midlands Oral History Archive.