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• Rutland Roman villa: how we found one of the most significant mosaics discovered in the UK

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/rutland-roman

  The discovery of a previously unknown Roman villa in rural Rutland during the 2020 lockdown was one of the archaeological stories of the year. Villas are emblematic features of the Roman countryside, and many are known across Britain. But this new discovery is unique.

• Frederick and Mary Attenborough

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/attenboroughs/frederick-and-mary

  Frederick was our second Principal and under his leadership it expanded rapidly. He, and his wife Mary, lived on the campus with their sons Richard, David and John.

• September is East and South East Asian Heritage Month 

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/09/01/september-is-east-and-south-east-asian-heritage-month/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 1, 2023 Getting ready for East and South East Asian Heritage Month  https://www.eseaheritagemonth.co.

• Leicester's cultural 'renaissance' includes Attenborough Arts Centre

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/04-lcc-brochure

  Every city should have an Attenborough Arts Centre. This is the gallery, venue, workshop, and performance space that wears its culture as lightly as the silk parachutes and floor cushions in its experiential sessions.

• Nuclear Graphite

  https://le.ac.uk/cse/research/facilities/hercules/case-studies/nuclear-graphite

  Preparation of free-standing pillar  Nuclear Graphite Graphite is hugely important for the construction of both historical and modern nuclear reactors [1], acting as a neutron moderator.

• SAPPHIRE (Social science APPlied to Healthcare Improvement REsearch): Academic and staff blogs from

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/page/3/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• Female genital mutilation seeking alternative rites of passage

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/female-genital-mutilation-seeking-2018alternative-rites-of-passage2019

  The potential of a method of replacing female genital mutilation as an initiation into womanhood with culturally sensitive alternatives is to be explored.

• 800000 project investigates the human cost of war

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/ps800-000-project-investigates-the-human-cost-of-war

  The human cost of civil wars is to be investigated in a four-year project entitled 'Welfare, Conflict and Memory during and after the English Civil Wars,1642-1700’ funded by a major grant of over £800,000 from the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

• MNS disorders in Guyana's jails

  https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/mns-disorders-in-guyanas-jails

  This UK-Guyana project has been funded by the ESRC’s Global Challenges Research Fund, and is directed by Principal Investigator Professor Clare Anderson. The project is a partnership between the University of Leicester, University of Guyana and the Guyana Prison Service.

• Carbon dating and analysis

  https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/carbon-dating

  How old are the bones found under the Greyfriars church? Clearly they can’t be any more recent than the Dissolution of 1538. But if they are earlier than 1485, then they can’t be Richard’s remains.