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• 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.

• 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.

• Wordsworth 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/wordsworth-2020

  Wordsworth 2020 is an AHRC Leadership Fellows project designed to advance research on Wordsworth's poetry and to provide intellectual leadership related to broader aspects of Wordsworth and Romantic studies. Learn more about the project.

• Music

  https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/scholarships-bursaries-discounts/music

  At Leicester, we believe that talented performers should be able to combine their musical studies with their academic studies.

• University of Leicester archives uncover accounts of the supernatural

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/halloween

  The University of Leicester has uncovered a series of spooky documents and images from its Library archives.

• New exhibit to reveal latest research on Richard IIIs DNA and ancestry

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/new-exhibit-to-reveal-latest-research-on-richard-iiis-dna-and-ancestry

  A new exhibit at the Science Museum in London has revealed the latest scientific discoveries about the life, death and DNA of King Richard III.

• Semper Eadem collection

  https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/all/semper-eadem

  The Semper Eadem collection is comprised of photographs and interviews. It was a collaboration between photographer Maxine Beuret and EMOHA to document the interiors of businesses in Leicester that had little changed over decades. Learn more.

• New species of ancient tongue worm discovered

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/new-species-of-ancient-tongue-worm-discovered

  An international team of scientists led by Leicester researchers has discovered a new species of fossil - a 'tongue worm' - in England and have identified it as an ancient parasitic intruder.

• Deborah Sawday

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2021/deborah-sawday

  Deborah Mary Anne Sawday 11th July 1944 to 19th October 2021 University of Leicester Archaeological Services are sad to announce the death of Deborah Sawday on Tuesday 19th October, at the age of 77, after a long illness.

• New insights into life and death of Jumbo the elephant revealed in BBC One documentary

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/new-insights-into-life-and-death-of-jumbo-the-elephant-revealed-in-bbc-one-documentary

  New insights into the life and mysterious death of Jumbo the elephant – a celebrity animal superstar whose story is said to have inspired the film ‘Dumbo’ – will be revealed in a BBC One documentary hosted by Sir David Attenborough and featuring a University of Leicester...