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• Smallpox in Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/05/05/smallpox-in-leicester/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on May 5, 2015 ‘The Wyvern Smiles’ from ‘The Wyvern’, (Leicester, 20 November 1891).

• Ukraine war realises predictions of nuclear power plant threat, says Leicester civil safety expert

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/nuclear-power-plant-ukraine

  As Ukraine conflict continues, new book by University of Leicester researcher argues that nuclear facilities are more likely to be targeted, and damage to power plants risks radiological contamination of the environment over vast areas.

• University of Leicester strikes health and education agreements with Ghana to work on shared goals

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/university-leicester-health-education-agreements-ghana

  The University of Leicester has strengthened its West African ties after entering a partnership with the University of Ghana and launching major health research into diabetes in Ghana.

• University of Leicester graduates earning £3,600 more than the sector average five years into their career, analysis shows

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/graduates-earnings-more-sector-average

  University of Leicester graduates earn more than the sector average, highlighting strong career outcomes and value of a Leicester degree.

• The people in the film

  https://le.ac.uk/centenary/so-that-they-may-have-life/people

  The film shows Dr Astley Clarke and Lily McCurdy walking the same path a century apart. The film features students, alumni and staff playing the roles in the film.

• University community completes Poppy Pilgrimage

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/poppy-pilgrimage

  The red poppy, which recalls the horrors of the Western Front in the First World War, is a well-known and well-established symbol of support for the Armed Forces community and Remembrance for lives lost in all conflicts.

• History and Security Sector Reform: Crime and Punishment in British Colonial Guyana, 1814-1966

  https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/history-and-security-sector-reform

  Over the past two years there has been a general shift in models of incarceration in the former British colony of Guyana, from punishment (punitive measures) to correction and rehabilitation (via training and education).

• Hidden histories revealed at Bradgate Park

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/hidden-histories-revealed-at-bradgate-park

  In just the first two weeks of a five-year archaeological project at Bradgate Park, a team of students and staff from the University have unearthed thousands of years of history.

• ‘History in the making’: Reflections on the reinterment of Richard III, ten years on

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/richard-iii-reinterment-anniversary

  Members of the University of Leicester’s Greyfriars team, who excavated and identified the remains of Richard III, recall their experiences of his reinterment on 26 March 2015

• Exhibition showcases fascinating relationship between India and Britain between 17th and 20th centuries

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/exhibition-showcases-exhibition-showcases-2018fascinating-relationship2019-between-india-and-britain-between-17th-and-20th-centuries

  An exhibition running at our University traces the history of the British in India from the early 17th century to the turn of the 20th.