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• Ghoulish practice of gibbeting corpses haunted public of the eighteenth century

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/ghoulish-practice-of-gibbeting-corpses-haunted-public-of-the-eighteenth-century

  Today, a typical Halloween night might include people dressing up as ghosts, ghouls and a creepy clown or two in order to frighten passers-by. But some of the disturbing practices from history might be more harrowing than a modern audience is used to encountering.

• Leicester academic curates major art exhibition in Rome

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/leicester-academic-curates-major-art-exhibition-in-rome

  A University of Leicester academic has curated a major art exhibition currently being shown at the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome. Professor David Ekserdjian, from the University of Leicester’s Department of History of Art and Film, curated “Correggio e Parmigianino.

• Summer arrives with a new season at Attenborough Arts Centre 

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/attenborough-arts-centre-summer-programme-2026

  This summer brings a new range of artist-led Creative Courses and Workshops, delivered by experienced tutors and artists to share their own artistic practices with new audiences.

• International Transgender Day of Remembrance

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2017/11/20/transgender-day-of-remembrance/

  Posted by Robin Clarke in School of Museum Studies Blog on November 20, 2017   Each year in November, we are reminded of our University’s motto, Ut Vitam Habeant – That They May Have Life.

• Extensive freshened water beneath the ocean floor confirmed for the first time

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/february/freshened-water-ocean-floor-confirmed

  International team including University of Leicester geoscientists provides first detailed evidence of long-suspected hidden fresh water aquifers, following an expedition off the coast of New England in 2025

• University supporting literacy skills through reading buddies and new books for schools

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/books

  Volunteers from the University of Leicester have donated boxes full of brand-new books to local primary schools. It is part of a wider scheme that sees one hundred school-based volunteers support pupils at Uplands Junior L.E.A.

• New theory claims pterodactyls did not have feathers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/pterosaurs

  The debate about when dinosaurs developed feathers has taken a new turn with a paper from the University of Leicester refuting claims that feathers were found on dinosaurs’ close relative, the flying reptiles called pterosaurs.

• “We are here to listen, learn and serve” – Dr Vijay Sharma on building a truly civic university 

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/vijay-blog

  At the heart of the University of Leicester’s civic mission is Dr Vijay Sharma, our Pro-Chancellor for Community Engagement – a role that’s as visionary as it is vital.

• Six Roman pots unearthed by University of Leicester student at Roman town site

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/ulas

  A University of Leicester student has found six complete Roman pots during a community dig at the Chester House Estate, near Irchester, Northamptonshire.  Third-year archaeology student, Davidson Copeland, discovered the pots in June 2023.

• Archaeological fieldschool launched at Bradgate Park

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/archaeological-fieldschool-launched-at-bradgate-park

  The many mysteries of Leicestershire’s 850-acre deer park are set to be explored by University archaeologists over the next five years with the launch of a fieldschool at Bradgate Park.