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• Leading scientists takeover Leicester pubs for Pint of Science festival

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/pint-of-science

  Pub goers in Leicester will get much more than just a pint next week when some of Britain’s leading Scientists head to the city’s drinking venues to discuss their latest research. The ‘Pint of Science’ festival runs from 9th-11th May.

• Leicester archaeologists expand excavations at Leicester Cathedral site

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/leicester-cathedral-ulas

  Preliminary investigations took place in late 2021, with the ULAS team carefully uncovering more than 120 burials in the top-most layers on the site. The area was once used as the churchyard for burials of people from all walks of life living in the surrounding parish.

• Romance to Ritual: Literary Transformations Of The Holy Grail

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en7247

  Module code: EN7247 Perhaps no aspect of the Arthurian legend has been so doggedly investigated as the origin and development of the Holy Grail. This is due in part to a certain uneasiness with the shifting nature of the symbol itself.

• Blood suckers fluid dynamics explain how quickly a vampire could drain your blood

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/out-for-blood-fluid-dynamics-explain-how-quickly-a-vampire-could-drain-your-blood

  Throughout human history there have been tales of vampires – bloodsucking creatures of folklore that prey on their victims by draining their life essence, usually via the blood.

• New Strategic Collaboration between University of Leicester and National Nuclear Laboratory links academia and industry

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/nnl-partnership

  University of Leicester and National Nuclear Laboratory sign a Letter of Intent to strengthen and further an existing collaboration around areas of mutual interest, including space nuclear power systems.

• University pioneers revised attitudes at first Menopause Lets Talk About It workshop

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/university-pioneers-revised-attitudes-at-first-menopause-workshop

  Over 90 staff from across the University, including staff based at Leicester’s hospitals, joined colleagues in the Charles Wilson Building’s Belvoir City Lounge for an open and frank discussion about the menopause.

• Student puts his own stamp on Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/student-puts-his-own-stamp-on-leicester

  David Hall, graduating with a History BA this week, has put his own ‘stamp’ on his academic work at the University of Leicester - quite literally! David began collecting stamps when he was a child, inspired by his grandad’s collection.

• University of Leicester celebrates Black History Month

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/bhm

  The University of Leicester is holding a number of events to mark Black History Month, alongside its Students’ Union and Attenborough Arts Centre.

• New University of Leicester-led research project to monitor wetlands from space

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/13-earth-observation-wetlands-leicestershire-rutland

  A new Earth observation for wetlands project led by the University of Leicester, in conjunction with the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, will enhance monitoring of Rutland Water and the Soar and Wreake River Valleys for nature conservation.

• A garden fit for a king

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/a-garden-fit-for-a-king

  The University’s Special Collections houses an exceptional collection of rare books and prints from the 17th century, which throws light on the life of diarist and writer John Evelyn, who documented major events during his lifetime – including the last major epidemic of the...