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• Mapping the future of University of Leicester’s iconic Engineering Building

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/15-getty-foundation-grant

  Stirling and Gowan-designed building among ten new grants from Getty Foundation’s 2018 Keeping It Modern programme

• Big stars and a big moon to shine in Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/big-stars-and-a-big-moon-to-shine-in-leicester

  Museum of the Moon K3aRRq95Axw 8400|For an out-of-this-world experience in Leicester – head over to the spectacular array of events being held as part of British Science Week in March.

• To celebrate Year of the Rooster University research explores intriguing tales of chickens

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/to-celebrate-year-of-the-rooster-university-research-explores-intriguing-tales-of-chickens

  To celebrate the Chinese Year of the Rooster, a research team involving our University has shed light on the fascinating role chickens have played in the development of our planet - by taking audiences on the Chicken Trail.

• Recreation of Iron Age Glenfield cauldron nominated as Current Archaeology Research Project of the Year 

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/glenfield-cauldron-current-archaeology-award

  The collaborative investigation and recreation of an Iron Age cauldron found in Glenfield has been shortlisted as Current Archaeology ‘Research Project of the Year’ 2026.

• Thinking sociologically about the history of convicts and penal colonies

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/02/25/thinking-sociologically-about-the-history-of-convicts-and-penal-colonies/

  Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on February 25, 2016 In the early 1990s I had the privilege of studying with David Garland, then teaching and researching in Edinburgh University’s Law School.

• Richard III landmarks ranked in Smithsonians 25 Great New Places to See list

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/richard-iii-landmarks-ranked-in-smithsonians-25-great-new-places-to-see-list

  Richard III landmarks around Leicester, including Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre, the King Richard III Visitor Centre and Leicester Cathedral, have been ranked twelfth place in the Smithsonian's 'The 21st Century Life List: 25 Great New Places to See'.

• First World War remembered

  https://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes/first-world-war

  With the support of Leicester Arts and Museums Services and the University of Leicester, over 300 interviews with those who lived through WWI in Leicestershire have been edited into sound clips and created into a collection. Find out more.

• Teaching resources

  https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/outreach/for-teachers/teaching-resources

  Browse our collection of teaching resources, covering both archaeology and Classics, and including lesson plans, interactive resources and more.

• Everywhere and Nowhere: exploring histories of disability across the National Trust

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/everywhere-and-nowhere

  National Trust and University of Leicester launch new film to explore fascinating, previously untold stories of disability from the Trust’s sites and collections

• History

  https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/supervision/history

  Find your research degree supervisor in History at Leicester.