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• The hosiery industry

  https://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes/the-hosiery-industry

  Leicester is famous for its garment factories and has a rich history of work within the hosiery industry. Learn more about this history, including working hours, apprenticeships and the industry's migrant workforce.

• Thrown to the Lions? New evidence revealed for the use of lions during executions in Roman Britain

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/roman-lion-handle

  Archaeologists in Leicester have discovered an elaborately-decorated Roman bronze key handle portraying the execution of captives in the arena by throwing them to lions. The handle portrays a ‘Barbarian’ grappling with a lion, together with four naked youths cowering in terror.

• Research student projects

  https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/about/laboratories/bone/student-projects

  Browse some of our research students’ projects which have incorporated the use of the bone laboratory in Archaeology and Ancient History.

• Cataloguing photos relating to World War Two and Leicester – A work in progress

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2023/08/14/cataloguing-photos-relating-to-world-war-two-and-leicester-a-work-in-progress/

  Posted by Karin Li in Library and Learning Services on August 14, 2023 The East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA) and The University of Leicester Special Collections have launched a new project, ‘Sounds for the Future’.

• People

  https://le.ac.uk/hate-studies/people

  Our activities in the Centre for Hate Studies are coordinated by Professor Neil Chakraborti, Dr Stevie-Jade Hardy, Dr Chris Allen and Dr Amy Clarke. They are highly experienced in researching, evaluating and training on hate and extremism-related issues.

• Postgraduate programmes

  https://le.ac.uk/american-studies/study/postgraduate

  The University of Leicester offers a number of postgraduate degrees with American Studies.

• Two upcoming readings

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/10/16/two-upcoming-readings/

  Posted by Jonathan Taylor in School of English Blog on October 16, 2014 In the next few days, I’ll be taking part in two public events, at Nottingham Festival of Words, and at the London launch of a unique book of essays.

• Winning Poem Published by NASA-Chandra

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2016/02/04/winning-poem-published-by-nasa-chandra/

  Posted by Jonathan Taylor in School of English Blog on February 4, 2016 Illustration Credit: NASA, S. Gezari (The Johns Hopkins University), and J.

• Leicester scientist receives prestigious award for forest biomass research using space satellites

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/leicester-scientist-receives-prestigious-award-for-forest-biomass-research-using-space-satellites

  Leicester scientist receives prestigious award for forest biomass research using space satellites Leicester scientist receives prestigious award for forest biomass research using space satellites|Dr Pedro Rodriguez-Veiga has received the Student Award (PhD) from the Council...

• Top honours for nine influential individuals

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/01-honorary-degrees

  Influential individuals from the worlds of business, art, education, and more have received honorary degrees from the University of Leicester.