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University graduate involved in discovery of rare 450 million yearold coneshaped fossil
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/university-graduate-involved-in-discovery-of-rare-450-million-year-old-2018cone-shaped2019-fossil
Researchers from our University, working with an international team of geologists, have discovered an enigmatic fossil of a 450 million year-old creature resembling a tiny ice-cream cone.
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The double-minded revolutionary
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2017/02/22/the-double-minded-revolutionary/
Posted by Carrie Crockett in Carceral Archipelago on February 22, 2017 In 1884, a Russian woman by the name of Liudmila Volkenshtein was found guilty of anti-tsarist “terrorism” by a military court in St Petersburg.
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Estefania Calo Garcia
https://le.ac.uk/urban-history/study/visiting-scholar-scheme/estefania-calo-garcia
My name is Estefania Calo García, I am a PhD student at the Universidade da Coruña, in Galicia, Spain. I am a researcher of Sociology and the subject of my research is mainly about residential needs, urbanism and cities.
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2020 news
https://le.ac.uk/gge/research/contemporary-environments/anthropocene-research-group/news/2020
7 July 2020 Bringing absurdity to business thinking: a serious proposal Since the inaugural lecture of the Anthropocene Research Group, we have reflected on the role of business schools at the time of the Anthropocene.
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2018 - 2019
https://le.ac.uk/iodp/expeditions/2018-19
NanTroSEIZE The Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE) is a complex multi-year project that started in 2007 and that is still sailing expeditions along the southeast coast of Japan in 2019.
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Researchers find alternative way to extract high purity silver from used solar panels
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/bsf-solar-cells
A a new way of extracting valuable metals from end-of-life solar panels has been developed.
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News and events
https://le.ac.uk/celi/news-and-events
News and events from the Centre for European Law and Internationalisation.
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Creating safe spaces in the entertainment industry
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/22-safe-spaces-entertainment-equity
Creating safe spaces in entertainmant industry abstract cultural background|University of Leicester essay explores Equity’s Agenda for Change Ahead of this weekend’s Oscars ceremony, the University of Leicester’s Research Institute for Cultural and Media Economies (CAMEo),...
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Viking figurines were ‘more than just jewellery’, and were used and handled in a variety of ways, including long-term curation, 'decapitation', and attached to Christian artefacts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/viking-jewellery-mythology-silver-bronze
Senior author Dr Christina Tsoraki, of the School of Heritage and Culture, University of Leicester adds, "By studying the wear of the 'valkyrie' pendants -- the valkyries being female mythological beings that would bring slain warriors from the battlefield to...
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Funding
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/postgraduate/funding
Learn about funding opportunities for students interested in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester.