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Survey reveals new archaeological findings at threatened ancient harbour
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/survey-reveals-new-archaeological-findings-at-threatened-ancient-harbour
An expedition by a team from the School of Archaeology and Ancient History at Dreamer’s Bay, RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus between 10 to 22 September 2015 has unearthed a series of ancient artefacts.
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Ice Age economic migrants in Europe unearthed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/meet-the-flintstones-ice-age-2018economic-migrants2019-in-europe-unearthed
After being hidden for nearly 15,000 years, the lives of Ice Age hunter-gatherers who migrated to Europe to benefit from warmer climes are to be revealed in an archaeological dig at a very rare site in Bradgate Park.
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Celebrating ethnic diversity event recognises inspirational figures
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/celebrating-ethnic-diversity-event-to-recognise-inspirational-figures
Updated, 3 November: Photo gallery now online Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) members of staff were recognised for being nominated by their colleagues as an inspirational person in their area of work at a ‘Celebrating Ethnic Diversity at Leicester’ event on Friday 16 October.
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Richard III College Court and University arts centre celebrated at regional tourism awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/richard-iii-and-university-arts-centre-celebrated-at-regional-tourism-awards
Gold awards at this year’s Leicester and Leicestershire Excellence in Tourism Awards have been presented to several organisations and projects that involve our University.
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Competition offers publication and prizes for new fiction writers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/competition-offers-publication-and-prizes-for-new-fiction-writers
Following its successful first year, the free Vaughan Centre for Lifelong Learning Summer Short Story Competition is now open for 2015, inviting writers and storytellers throughout Leicestershire to take part in a writing competition where the only limit is their...
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Discovery sheds light on how vertebrates see
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/discovery-sheds-light-on-how-vertebrates-see
New research led by Professor Sarah Gabbott from the Department of Geology has overturned a long-standing theory on how vertebrates evolved their eyes by identifying remarkable details of the retina in the eyes of 300 million year-old lamprey and hagfish fossils.
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Fossils solve mystery of how life moved onto land
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/fossils-solve-mystery-of-how-life-moved-onto-land
A collection of Scottish fossils which solve the mystery of how vertebrate life came to move from water to land will be displayed in a new exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland entitled Fossil Hunters: Unearthing the Mystery of Life on Land running from Friday 19...
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University wins support for out of the box ideas
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/university-wins-support-for-2018out-of-the-box2019-ideas
Research into new drugs at the University has been boosted by government money. The University has been successful in obtaining grants totalling £1M from the Medical Research Council (MRC) to support research into new medicines.
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Leicester artist to reveal new animal bone artwork
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/leicester-artist-to-reveal-new-animal-bone-artwork
A distinctive bone-themed exhibition named ‘The Reliquary Project’, conceptualised and created by Leicester artist Jo Dacombe, will be unveiled at a free preview evening at the Attenborough Arts Centre from 5.30pm to 8pm on Friday 6 May.
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DICE and the British Ethnic Diversity Sports Awards 2016
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/dice-and-the-british-ethnic-diversity-sports-awards-2016
The DICE unit will be special guests at the SECOND annual Lycamobile British Ethnic Diversity Sports Awards (BEDSAs) on 6 February. DICE will be hosting people involved in community sport in Leicester.