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• 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...

• Archaeology and Ancient History in Education

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ar3070

  Module code: AR3070 Archaeology and Ancient History in Education develops skills in the practice of archaeological and historical interpretation for public purposes, and through placements in schools and heritage organisations provides an excellent opportunity to develop a...

• Archaeology and Ancient History in Action: Community Engagement and Heritage Practice

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ar3070

  Module code: AR3070 Archaeology and Ancient History in Education develops skills in the practice of archaeological and historical interpretation for public purposes, and through placements in schools and heritage organisations provides an excellent opportunity to develop a...

• Archaeology and Ancient History in Action: Community Engagement and Heritage Practice

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/ar3070

  Module code: AR3070 Archaeology and Ancient History in Education develops skills in the practice of archaeological and historical interpretation for public purposes, and through placements in schools and heritage organisations provides an excellent opportunity to develop a...

• Prehabilitation

  https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/about/heart-surgery/national-cardiac-surgery-clinical-trials-programme/prehabilitation

  Prehabilitation group is part of our National Cardiac Surgery Clinical Trials Initiative

• Student becomes youngest to graduate from Harvard

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/student-becomes-youngest-to-graduate-from-harvard

  Eugenie de Silva (pictured), who started reading for her PhD at Leicester aged 15, has become the youngest person to graduate from Harvard University.

• Everyone Welcome, 2019-2021

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/everyone-welcome-201921

  Led by public libraries, Books Connect 2 demonstrates how books and reading can inspire innovative ways for libraries, museums and archives to work in partnership with the arts to develop new audiences and new venues for reading inspired creativity.

• Journey to Justice

  https://le.ac.uk/history/research/research-stories/journey-to-justice

  Journey to Justice exhibition on US civil rights activism, social justice activism in Leicester, and public engagement activities.

• Lesley Wylie

  https://le.ac.uk/people/lesley-wylie

  The academic profile of Professor Lesley Wylie, Professor of Latin American Studies at University of Leicester