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• New species revealed after 25 years of study on ‘inside out’ fossil – and named after discoverer’s mum

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/new-species-inside-out-fossil-named-after-mum

  Study from University of Leicester describes a new species of fossil that is 444 million years-old with soft insides perfectly preserved and saw palaeontologist puzzled by bizarre fossil for 25 years

• About the project

  https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/the-carceral-archipelago/about-the-project

  The overall goal of this study is to provide a theoretical, empirical and analytical approach to the transnational, or global, study of convict transportation and its legacies, and its relationship to the history of labour, migration, and confinement.

• Launch of the national disability arts collection and archive

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/launch-of-the-national-disability-arts-collection-and-archive

  The National Disability Arts Collection and Archive (NDACA), a £1-million digital archive chronicling the history of disability arts in the UK, launches to the public today.

• Events

  https://le.ac.uk/translation-interpreting-studies/events

  We organise regular research seminars and conferences and host visiting speakers. Learn more about some of our recent events in the Centre for Translation and Interpreting Studies.

• Genes for learning and memory are 650 million years old, study shows

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/big-bang

  A team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Leicester have discovered that the genes required for learning, memory, aggression and other complex behaviours originated around 650 million years ago.

• Clearing trip to see the University of Leicester changed Tom’s direction of study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/clearing-tom

  When Tom Walters missed out on his first-choice university place, the next step should have seen him accept his reserve choice – until a visit to the University of Leicester during Clearing changed everything.

• Leicester to train the next generation of arts and humanities researchers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/leicester-to-train-the-next-generation-of-arts-and-humanities-researchers

  Leicester is among eight leading universities in the Midlands that are joining together to train the next generation of highly-skilled arts and humanities researchers, thanks to funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).

• Podcasts

  https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/digital-culture/podcasts

  Explore some our research by listening to a series of podcasts researched, written and presented by Institute Research Fellow, Dr Sophie Frost.

• British Planetary Science Conference 2020

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/01/30/british-planetary-science-conference-2020/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 30 January 2020 Academic staff and students presented a wide range of work at the 2nd British Planetary Science Conference The 2nd British Planetary Science Conference was held from the 13th-15th of January at...

• Primary materials

  https://le.ac.uk/stanley-burton/resources/materials

  Browse through the list of primary materials the Stanley Burton centre has cultivated; essential to the study of the Holocaust and genocide.