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• A festive flying pterosaur family reunion 150 million years in the making

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/pterosaur-reunion

  University of Leicester study finds nearly 50 hidden relatives of Pterodactylus, the first pterosaur

• Angela Monckton BSc MCIfA

  https://le.ac.uk/ulas/about/our-team/angela-monckton

  Learn more about our Consultant (Environmental Archaeologist) of ULAS, Angela Monckton.

• Academics contribute to major project celebrating 80 years of British TV

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/academics-contribute-to-major-project-celebrating-80-years-of-british-tv

  Professor Helen Wood and Dr Jilly Boyce Kay from the School  of Media, Communication and Sociology have contributed to BBC History’s new archive to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the launch of the first British television service by the BBC.

• Postgraduate programmes

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

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

• 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.

• Post-War history exhibition concludes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/post-war-history-exhibition-concludes

  The Oral History of Post-War Leicester 1945-1962 project is coming to an end and has marked this with an afternoon exhibition at the Newarke Houses Museum in Leicester.

• 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.

• Identifying barriers and solutions to under-reporting

  https://le.ac.uk/hate-studies/research/identifying-barriers-and-solutions-to-under-reporting

  Find out more about our research into identifying barriers and solutions to under-reporting, focusing on the under-reporting of hate crime among LGBT victims. This research was conducted by the University of Leicester's Centre for Hate Studies.

• Not for the likes of you

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/not-for-you

  In 2001 RCMG were commissioned to undertake a research audit to advise cultural organisations on how to develop more inclusive messages.

• 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.