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  • University of Leicester staff blogs Georgian chocolate-making rooms open to the public after 300 yea

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/03/27/georgian-chocolate-making-rooms-open-to-public-after-300-years/

    Posted by Julie Coleman in School of English Blog on March 27, 2014 [From a University of Leicester Press Release] The Georgian royal chocolate-making rooms at Hampton Court Palace have been rediscovered and are open to the public for the first time in almost 300 years – and...

  • New exhibition inspired by iconic Leicester playwright Joe Orton to open its doors

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/new-exhibition-inspired-by-iconic-leicester-playwright-joe-orton-to-open-its-doors

    A new exhibition inspired by the life and work of Leicester-born playwright Joe Orton will open its doors at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in London on Sunday 5 February.

  • Researchers shed light on why and how Stonehenge was built

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/researchers-shed-light-on-why-and-how-stonehenge-was-built

    Excavation of two quarries in Wales by a team of archaeologists and geologists - including Dr Rob Ixer, a researcher with the Department of Geology - has confirmed they are sources of Stonehenge’s ‘bluestones’, shedding light on how they were quarried...

  • Africa Research Group launched

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/11-africa-research-group

    The Africa Research Group is a new group which will bring together projects and research taking place across the University on Africa, Africans in Diaspora and African Heritage communities.

  • A Scholarly Edition of Richard Baxters Reliquiae Baxterianae

    https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/a-scholarly-edition-of-richard-baxters-reliquiae-baxterianae

    AHRC Research Grant September 2011-August 2014 Professor John Coffey Richard Baxter’s 800-page folio Reliquiae Baxterianae (1696) is an unrivalled primary source for early modern historical, ecclesiastical, cultural and literary studies.

  • First post-Covid International Astronomy Conference at the University of Leicester

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/11/01/planet-and-binary-formation-conference-at-the-university-of-leicester/

    Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 1 November 2022 An international astronomy conference on planet and binary formation took place at University of Leicester in mid-September 2022.

  • Manuscripts as Memorials

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2016/02/22/manuscripts-as-memorials/

    Second post by Naomi Milthorpe exploring Huntington's Evelyn Waugh holdings, focussing on the role of manuscripts in self-constructed author legacy.

  • Research stories

    https://le.ac.uk/history/research/research-stories

    Medieval, Early Modern, Modern, British, and Global History research projects at the University of Leicester.

  • Ghana

    https://le.ac.uk/study/international-students/countries/africa/ghana

    We welcome students from Ghana. Find out about entry requirements, the Ghanaian student community and other country-specific information.

  • Nigeria

    https://le.ac.uk/study/international-students/countries/africa/nigeria

    We welcome students from Nigeria. Find out about entry requirements, the Nigerian student community and other country-specific information.

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