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• Arch-I-Scan’s end-of-the-year-successes – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/archiscan/2021/01/18/celebrating-end-of-the-year-successes/

  The Arch-I-Scan project recounts a few end-of-2020 successes, including a paper presentation at the CAA conference, an interdisciplinary award from the University's Images of Research competition, and the announcement of Professor Ivan Tyukin's Turing AI Fellowship.

• Leicester educational expertise benefits Gulf states

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/leicester-educational-expertise-benefits-gulf-states

  Education experts have headed to United Arab Emirates this week for a top-level meeting involving senior government officials from seven Gulf states.

• 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.

• 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...

• University of Leicester Staff Blogs School of English Centre for New Writing Trains Pioneers of Crea

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/06/16/centre-for-new-writing-trains-pioneers-of-creative-writing-in-secondary-schools/

  Centre for New Writing creative writing training for A level teachers

• Joe Orton, Edna Welthorpe and Creative Writing by Bryony Adshead

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2017/11/10/joe-orton-edna-welthorpe-and-creative-writing-by-bryony-adshead/

  Posted by Emma Parker in School of English Blog on November 10, 2017 After signing up for an Open Day at the University of Leicester, I was intrigued to receive an email regarding the ‘Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthorpe (Mrs)’ creative writing competition, run by Dr Emma Parker...

• 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...

• 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.

• 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.

• Grantham Rock!

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2023/04/19/grantham-rock/

  Posted by Colin Hyde in Library and Learning Services on April 19, 2023 The East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA) and The University of Leicester Special Collections have launched a new project, ‘Sounds for the Future’.