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• 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.

• 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.

• Research seminars

  https://le.ac.uk/medieval/events/archive/research-seminars

  Browse our past research seminars in the Medieval Research Centre's events archive.

• Britain’s first space explorer is honoured by University of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/honorand-helen-sharman

  Britain’s first astronaut has paid tribute to the University of Leicester’s world class space research.

• Permissible Beauty

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/permissible-beauty

  Permissible Beauty examines how beauty has been defined, hailed and perceived in the past and how this is reflected in – and shaped by – our nation’s heritage.

• Geology BSc

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/geology-bsc/2026

  We’re walking on billions of years of history. And in Leicester's geology degree, you’ll learn how to piece it all together, to understand how our planet works, and what it takes to carve out a career working on it.

• Geology BSc

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/geology-bsc/2027

  We’re walking on billions of years of history. And in Leicester's geology degree, you’ll learn how to piece it all together, to understand how our planet works, and what it takes to carve out a career working on it.

• University of Leicester remembers playwright Joe Orton

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/university-of-leicester-remembers-playwright-joe-orton

  Today is the 50th anniversary of the death of Leicester-born playwright Joe Orton and the occasion is being marked by a host of events remembering his work and involving our University. Joe Orton (1933-1967) was a leading postwar playwright.

• More oral history online

  https://le.ac.uk/emoha/learning/more-oral-history-online

  These online exhibitions all feature oral history material and may be of interest in the classroom.