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  • More oral history online

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

  • 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 

    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

    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.

  • John Goodwin

    The academic profile of Professor John Goodwin, Professor of Sociology and Social Psychology at University of Leicester

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Secrets of rare Iron Age cauldrons revealed through archaeological investigation and replica creation

    Detailed laboratory examination and analysis of the fragile 2,400 year old cauldrons has revealed new information of their manufacture and long-term maintenance and have been used to create a full-sized replica cauldron

  • The ‘aura’ of the original?

    Chiara Marabelli, PhD Student has entered a piece entitled 'The 'aura' of the original?'.

  • Partners

    Find out more about the partners for the Joe Orton: 50 Years On project. Including: Curve theatre, Leicester; the National Justice Museum in Nottingham; and the Arts Council, England.

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