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Leicester Ageing Together Learning event: BAME older people flourishing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/22-leicester-ageing-together-learning-event-bame-older-people-flourishing
Leicester ageing together logo|University of Leicester co-organised event to focus on overcoming loneliness among BAME older people in the community.
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Decolonising the Pitt Rivers Collection
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/work-placement/decolonising-the-pitt-rivers-collection
Séverine Toyon-Pope, MSc in Museum Studies While applying for my placement, there was little doubt what my first choice was.
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Dig to explore story of Castle Hill
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/dig-to-explore-story-of-castle-hill
An ancient monument at the heart of Leicester’s Castle Hill Country Park is due to be investigated later this month as part of a community archaeological project.
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Joe Orton exhibition runs until 31 August 2014
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/07/14/joe-orton-exhibition-runs-until-31-august-2014/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on July 14, 2014 Our current exhibition in the Library, ‘Joe Orton in 1964’, which runs until 31 August 2014, commemorates the 50th anniversary of Orton’s first major success, Entertaining Mr Sloane .
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GSC High Achiever's Award
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/scholarships-bursaries-discounts/gsc-high-achievers-award
This scholarship is for international (non-EU) students who have completed a foundation pathway at the Leicester Global Study Centre and are beginning a full-time, campus-based, undergraduate degree at the University of Leicester in September 2021.
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Animals’ ‘sixth sense’ more widespread than previously thought
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/animal-magnetic
A study using fruit flies, led by researchers at The Universities of Leicester and Manchester, suggests the animal world’s ability to sense a magnetic field may be more widespread than previously thought.
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The story behind the film
https://le.ac.uk/centenary/so-that-they-may-have-life/story-behind
Dr Astley Clarke’s idea for a new university became a focus for the foundation of the living memorial, which today stands as the University of Leicester.
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Leicester celebrates century of surrealism this October
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/surrealism
University of Leicester's Dr Madeleine Chalmers will host a Surrealist Soiree at Phoenix Cinema later this month
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New BHF investment to bolster world-class research at University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/03-bhf-accelerator-award-heart-circulatory-diseases
The University of Leicester has received £1 million in funding from the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to strengthen its world-class research into heart and circulatory diseases.
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Literature
https://le.ac.uk/own-write/resources/literature
The literature on pauper letters and the lives of the poor has grown considerably over the last two decades. Explore literature associated with the project.