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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
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Charity shop find is former student’s long-lost compass from University of Leicester days
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/charity-shop-find-alumnus-long-lost-compass
Staff at University of Leicester help to reunite an alumnus with a lost treasure after volunteers at Martock Charity Shop in Somerset discovered a compass with a 60-year old note
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Locating the choir within the church
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/discovery/locating-the-choir
A small area above the human remains in Trench 1 was carefully widened with a digger to give archaeologists better access to the burial. Jo Appleby and Turi King began to carefully remove the grave soil by hand. Work was slow, to avoid damage to the skeleton.
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PhD researchers rise to Three Minute Thesis challenge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/three-minute-thesis-seaweed
More than 100,000 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) were sold in the UK in 2020, with further demand for battery technology in hybrid vehicles.
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New Year’s Honours for members of University community
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/02-new-years-honours
Members of the University community have been recognised in the Queen's New Year's Honours list
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Crusading in the Fifteenth Century
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/crusading-in-the-fifteenth-century
Professor Norman Housley has recently been awarded two grants by the Leverhulme Trust for research into the Crusades and their impact on Europe in the pre-Reformation period. The grants complement one another.
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Leading Leicester lawyer who switched careers at 40 gains University honour
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/glynis-wright
A businesswoman and lawyer who made a career U-turn at the age of 40 has been honoured by the University of Leicester.
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Events
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Upcoming and past events from the School of Arts, Media and Communication
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Research
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The School of Biological Sciences has an international reputation for research excellence. All our departments are involved in research within the University of Leicester's College of Life Sciences.
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Dr Grant Dewson
https://le.ac.uk/respiratory-sciences/alumni/grant-dewson
Find out more about Dr Grant Dewson, alumnus of the University of Leicester Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation.