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Sport and the Imperial bond
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/sport-and-the-imperial-bond
Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship (£43,708) July 2009 - April 2011 Dr Prashant Kidambi In recent years, historians have shown how sport became deeply intertwined with imperial and national identities within the British Empire.
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Resources
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/developmental/developmental-schools-colleges/resources
Click here to find out more about the resources for developmental genetics that The University of Leicester provide for schools and colleges.
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Calver Weir Archive
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/all/calver-weir
The Calver Weir collection is focussed on interviews about the village of Calver in the Derbyshire Peak District, which was built to provide water for cotton spinning in the 19th century. Learn more about the project.
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Leicester technicians shortlisted for Papin Prize awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-technicians-shortlisted-for-papin-prize-awards
Two technicians from the University’s Department of Engineering have been shortlisted for national Papin Prize awards. The awards recognise the skills, talent and experience of technicians who have demonstrated excellence in their field, across the UK and Ireland.
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 29 October 4 November
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-29-october-4-november
Professor James Chapman from the Department of the History of Art and Film has written a review of the new James Bond film Spectre.
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Extraordinary artist to be celebrated at literary festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/extraordinary-artist-to-be-celebrated-at-literary-festival
The eighth Literary Leicester festival is to celebrate the ‘extraordinary contribution to British art’ of a Leicester artist and writer at an event discussing the life and work of Leicester artist and writer Rigby Graham.
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Author Edna OBrien to explore the writers craft
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/author-edna-obrien-to-explore-the-writers-craft
Award-winning author and playwright Edna O’Brien will be discussing the craft of writing at the free public 4th Annual Creative Writing Lecture on Thursday 7 May, taking place at 6:00pm in the Rattray Lecture Theatre.
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Returning graduate to discuss how to make cities safer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/returning-graduate-to-discuss-how-to-make-cities-safer
Dr Allan Bonner (pictured), who founded crisis communications consultancy Allan Bonner Communications Management, will be visiting the Civil Safety and Security Unit on 29 July, where he received his MSc in Disaster Management, during a tour to promote his latest book...
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Students to perform at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/students-to-perform-at-edinburgh-festival-fringe
Vatican murder mystery comedy Cardinal Sin, which has been produced by five Leicester students, will be finding its way to the stage at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe between 17 and 23 August.
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Historic reception brings together people connected by a bloody history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/historic-reception-brings-together-people-connected-by-a-bloody-history
Over 500 years after a brutal and bloody battle put to death Richard III, England’s last warrior king, and changed the destiny of the country, descendants from the warring factions are to come together for the first time in Leicester.