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Leicester academic explores unanswered questions about Easter
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/leicester-academic-explores-unanswered-questions-about-easter
Dr Philip Shaw, from the University of Leicester, will explore the pagan origins of Easter in a free public event on 6 April.
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2023
https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/events/spring-seminar-series/archive/2023
2023 Spring Seminar Series: Global Victorians Tiny Traces: Uncovering the Lives of African and Asian Children at London's Foundling Hospital 8 March Speaker: Hannah Dennett (University of Warwick) In-person: Fielding Johnson South Wing, Ogden Lewis 1 ...
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Beyond the Three Age System
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/new-approaches-to-the-material-world/beyond-the-three-age-system
Mapping a history of materials from 3000 – 600 BC A Leverhulme Trust-funded project aiming to transform how we think about the role of material things in the past Divides have consequences.
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Abdul Jabbar
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/alumni-newsletter/mba-edition-two-summer-2022/abdul-jabbar
Abdul joined the School of Business from the University of Huddersfield Business School where he had worked since 2001. Abdul's expertise is in data visualisation, data management, organisation, storage, and cleansing.
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Conference highlighting cultural significance of the night sky held at National Space Centre
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/stonehenge
University of Leicester is hosting a conference today (Wednesday, 8 May) at the National Space Centre focusing on the cultural and ecological significance of the night sky.
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RefugEAP Programme
https://le.ac.uk/cite/sanctuary-seekers-unit/initiatives/refugeap
Access free online academic English programme RefugEAP for refugees in the UK developed by University of Leicester and University of Leeds and taught by volunteer EAP tutors
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How Grime music provides opportunities for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/how-grime-music-provides-opportunities-for-young-people-from-disadvantaged-backgrounds
The rising popularity of Grime music and how it provides opportunities for young people from less advantaged backgrounds and promotes diversity has been explored in a paper showcased by the our University.
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Expert opinions cover heart disease migraines Salisbury and World Sleep Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/expert-opinions-cover-heart-attacks-migraines-salisbury-and-world-sleep-day
In an article for The Conversation, Dr Tom Webb and Professors Alison Goodall and Shu Ye have discussed possible reasons why age is such as strong risk factor for heart disease.
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Academic provides national security briefing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/academic-provides-national-security-briefing
Dr Andrew Futter from the School of History, Politics and International Relations was recently invited to London to brief the UK National Security Secretariat at the Cabinet Office.
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Rhyme and ride with Arriva as Leicester gets literary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/rhyme-and-ride-with-arriva-as-leicester-gets-literary
Today, Leicester-based poet and performer Lydia Towsey will be hopping on and off local bus services to entertain passengers and raise awareness of Literary Leicester- our 10th celebration of the literary arts.