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• Dismemberment in Prehistory – Not Just for the Criminally Insane. By Shane McCorristine

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2015/11/23/shane-mccorristine-dismemberment-in-prehistory-not-just-for-the-criminally-insane/

  Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on November 23, 2015 Francisco Goya, “Great deeds! Against the dead!” (1810s). Source: Wikimedia Commons. For as long as humans have been around we have cut up, hacked, butchered, and mutilated corpses.

• George Harrison

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/george-harrison

  We have learned, with sadness, of the passing of George Anthony Harrison, who lectured in history from the 1960s to the 1990s and remained a familiar figure on campus for many years afterwards. George passed away on 22 January 2025, aged 87.

• Effigies, Real Bodies and Iconoclasm. By Sarah Tarlow

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/02/08/effigies-real-bodies-and-iconoclasm-by-sarah-tarlow/

  Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on February 8, 2016   Last week I was in Chester to examine a PhD thesis there (congratulations to Dr Ruth Nugent – the third person to complete a PhD in the young and dynamic archaeology department there,...

• Protection for Whom? Aboriginal rights in the Swan River Colony

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/05/15/protection-for-whom-aboriginal-rights-in-the-swan-river-colony/

  Posted by Carrie Crockett in Carceral Archipelago on May 15, 2016 by Kellie Moss   Captain Stirling’s exploring party 50 miles up the Swan River, Western Australia, March, 1827 http://nla.gov.au/nla.

• Towards an Evolutionary History of Penological Information in Modern Japan

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/04/16/towards-an-evolutionary-history-of-penological-information-in-modern-japan/

  University of Leicester staff blogs convicts Japan carceral archipelago

• Josh creates Mission Bake showstopper to mark the 55th anniversary of moon landing

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/apollo

  In a spectacular fusion of culinary art and space exploration, Great British Bake Off star Josh Smalley has teamed up with the National Space Centre in Leicester to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 moon landing.

• Press

  https://le.ac.uk/evelyn-waugh/press

  Explore the press releases and media coverage on the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project with the University of Leicester.

• Publicspirited officials can make a difference to Grenfell Tower public inquiry says security expert

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/public-spirited-officials-can-make-a-difference-to-grenfell-tower-public-inquiry-says-security-expert

  A University of Leicester expert in security and disaster management has welcomed the Government’s announcement of a public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire, arguing that history has shown that public-spirited officials can be successful in holding those responsible to...

• Social scientist joins crew of Tall Ship for D-Day landing commemoration

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/social-scientist-joins-crew-of-tall-ship-for-d-day-landing-commemoration

  Dr Jim McDermott (pictured), an Associate Tutor with the School of Management and a member of The Royal British Legion, is setting sail to retrace the routes taken by the ships and landing craft during D-Day on 6 June 1944 to the Normandy beaches.

• Risk Management in Banking

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/af3096

  Module code: AF3096 This module will introduce you to the most common models and techniques used in the finance industry to measure and manage risk.  This incorporates the tools used in risk management including managing individual sensitivities (e.g.