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• Leicester scientist features in Canadian-British documentary providing new insights into life and death of Jumbo the elephant

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/leicester-scientist-features-in-canadian-british-documentary-providing-new-insights-into-life-and-death-of-jumbo-the-elephant

  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 an international documentary featuring Dr Richard Thomas (pictured) from our School of...

• Exhibition by Leicester-based artist and teacher at Attenborough Arts Centre

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/exhibition-by-leicester-based-artist-and-teacher-at-attenborough-arts-centre

  A new exhibition at the Attenborough Arts Centre will showcase the work of a local artist and teacher who has been an inspiring influence on students at the Centre.

• Visiting Professor awarded the prestigious Presidents Medal from the British Academy

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/visiting-professor-awarded-the-prestigious-presidents-medal-from-the-british-academy

  A Visiting Professor at our University has been honoured with one of the highest awards for humanities and social sciences.

• Fossils solve mystery of how life moved onto land

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/fossils-solve-mystery-of-how-life-moved-onto-land

  A collection of Scottish fossils which solve the mystery of how vertebrate life came to move from water to land will be displayed in a new exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland entitled Fossil Hunters: Unearthing the Mystery of Life on Land running from Friday 19...

• Lecturer curates video exhibition in Argentina and Brazil

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/lecturer-curates-video-exhibition-in-argentina-and-brazil

  A new video exhibition curated by a lecturer from our School of Modern Languages will explore the world 'between languages' at venues in Brazil and Argentina.

• HeForShe video nominated for Royal Television Society award

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-nominated-for-royal-television-society-award

  The University has been nominated for a Royal Television Society Midlands Award for its HeForShe video in the Best Production Craft Skills category which recognises achievement behind the camera.

• Professor Jack Spence

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/jack-spence

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• Sustainability in food and fashion

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/sustainability-in-food-and-fashion

  Researchers from the Departments of Management and Media and Communication will be addressing sustainability issues, including how much food and clothing are wasted each year, alongside representatives from the food and fashion industries at a workshop on 24 September.

• Research

  https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/research

  Members of the Centre have undertaken research on topics as diverse as the nineteenth-century afterlives of Romantic poets, the discourse of the sublime in poetry, art and criticism, and Victorian theatre - to name but a few.

• Martin Halliwell

  https://le.ac.uk/people/martin-halliwell

  Information and contact details for Professor Martin Halliwell, Head of the School of Arts and Professor of American Studies.