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• Leicester chemist brings dinosaurs with a dram of science to Edinburgh Science Festival

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/chemist-dinosaurs-edinburgh-science-festival

  Great British Bake Off finalist Dr Josh Smalley co-hosts two shows with Bake Off 2020 winner Peter Sawkins, exploring how fossils form, and the science of some of Scotland’s famous exports

• Alcohol and Authenticity – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/01/24/alcohol-and-authenticity/

  Discussion of alcohol and authenticity as a research theme within Drinking Studies Network, related conferences, and an edited volume Biographies of Drink (CSP, 2015)

• Research resources

  https://le.ac.uk/medieval/research/resources

  The University of Leicester holds excellent research resources for medieval studies, such as the significant collection of manuscripts and rare books held in the University Library. Find out more about these available resources.

• Violence reduction hub

  https://le.ac.uk/hate-studies/our-hubs/violence-reduction-hub

  The Centre for Hate Studies' Violence reduction hub aims to produce word leading research that enables academics and policy makers to better understand patterns of different forms of violence.

• Sport and leisure

  https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/sport

  Learn more about the collections about sport and leisure in the East Midlands Oral History Archive.

• Report suggests current responses to hate crime in the UK are failing and letting down victims

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/report-suggests-current-responses-to-hate-crime-in-the-uk-are-failing-and-letting-down-victims

  Hate crime victims throughout the United Kingdom are being let down by the Government and criminal justice agencies, according to a new report undertaken by Leicester experts in collaboration with Amnesty International UK.

• Suggested reading

  https://le.ac.uk/american-studies/study/undergraduate/introductory-reading

  Thinking of applying for American Studies at the University of Leicester? Take a look at our suggestions for books, films and cultural activities that will aid you with your application and prepare you for studying at Leicester.

• Projects

  https://le.ac.uk/impact-of-diasporas/projects

  The Impact of Diasporas on the Making of Britain programme was driven by six linked projects incorporating some of the latest research in archaeology, genetics, history, linguistics, social psychology, and place-name studies.

• Richard III Geneticist leads DNA search to identify the man who shaped early America

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/richard-iii-geneticist-leads-dna-search-to-identify-the-man-who-shaped-early-america

  The University of Leicester geneticist who led the DNA identification of the ‘The King under the car park’ –Richard III – has been called upon to help identify the headless remains believed to be those of a man ‘who shaped early America’.

• 2014 events

  https://le.ac.uk/new-writing/events/past-events/2014

  Find summaries of all the events held by the Centre for New Writing in 2014.