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• 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.

• Colonialism, prison and mental health

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/natural-heritage/colonialism-prisons

  The University of Leicester in partnership with the University of Guyana and the Guyana Prison Service

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Policing and Human Rights

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/cr3033

  Module code: CR3033 The political independence of the police service in Britain has acquired a protected and sacred status, but this independence has to be carefully balanced with the role of the police in maintenance of law and order.

• Student and alumnus to take on 3100 mile trek across the USA

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/student-and-alumnus-to-take-on-3-100-mile-trek-across-the-usa

  Two amateur hikers from our University are daring to take on a gruelling walk across the diverse landscape of the United States, documenting the extraordinary environments that they travel through.

• Evelyn Arthur St John Waugh (1903-1966)

  https://le.ac.uk/evelyn-waugh/about/evelyn-waugh-biography

  Read the biography of Evelyn Waugh, one of the twentieth century's most diverse and prolific writers. Find out more about the life of Evelyn Waugh and the complete works project at the University of Leicester.

• David Bradshaw Creative Writing Residency

  https://le.ac.uk/evelyn-waugh/david-bradshaw-residency

  Find out more about the David Bradshaw Creative Writing Residency and the collaboration with the Evelyn Waugh Complete Works project.