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• Shedding new light on drinking and eating habits in the Roman world

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/research-network-explores-innovative-ways-to-shed-new-light-on-drinking-and-eating-habits-in-the-roman-world

  The landmark 50th issue of the journal Internet Archaeology highlights the pioneering research conducted by a network of academics, professional archaeologists and museum curators, led by the Universities of Leicester and Exeter, who are investigating new ways of analysing...

• Leicesters everevolving literary festival receives important Arts Council grant

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/leicesters-ever-evolving-literary-festival-receives-important-arts-council-grant

  Literary Leicester, a leading festival of the written and spoken word organised by our University, opens in Leicester next month (November), with a glittering line-up of events that are free and open to the public.

• Research

  https://le.ac.uk/medieval/research

  The Medieval Research Centre at the University of Leicester is home to innovative, wide-ranging and interdisciplinary research. The centre covers many disciplines such as Old and Middle English, the Crusades, and the genetic heritage of the Viking past.

• Leicester PhD student to play Glastonbury Festival

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/jessie-reid

  Jessie Reid will take to the Acoustic Stage at Glastonbury 2024

• Getting by with a little help from our friends

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/07/09/getting-by-with-a-little-help-from-our-friends/

  Posted by Jo B in School of Business Blog on July 9, 2014 Professor Jo Brewis, Deputy Head of the School, discusses the under-acknowledged practical and interpersonal consequences of the methodological decisions researchers make The critical tradition of management...

• Volcanoes, Tectonics and Mineral Resources

  https://le.ac.uk/gge/research/solid-earth/volcanoes

  Volcanology research investigates the evolution of the Earth’s crust and its interrelationships with the mantle and atmosphere/ocean system.

• MRC Undergraduate Dissertation Prize

  https://le.ac.uk/medieval/study/undergraduate/dissertation-prize

  See records of the annual Medieval Research Centre prize for the best undergraduate dissertation in medieval studies. The prize was set up in 2007 in memory of A G and A L Postles.

• Leicester expert’s tale of ancient library makes The Telegraph’s greatest books of 2025 list

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/leicester-expert-tale-ancient-library-telegraph-greatest-books-2025-list

  A University of Leicester expert’s book explaining how ancient Mesopotamian knowledge shaped the roots of modern civilisation has been named as one of the Telegraph’s greatest books of 2025.

• Changes to the Doctoral College Reading Room

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2023/07/31/changes-to-the-doctoral-college-reading-room/

  The Library seeks feedback from research students on changes to the Doctoral College Reading Room.

• At the forefront of frugal innovation

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/at-the-forefront-of-frugal-innovation

  The University of Leicester School of Business (ULSB) is leading the way in drawing attention to frugal innovation - an emerging field that centres on the creation of affordable products that are easily accessible to consumers.