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  • Prehistoric penis worms shed light on ocean ecology half a billion years ago

    Dr Tom Harvey from the Department of Geology has been involved in a study along with researchers at the University of Cambridge into Ottoia, a type of phallic-shaped ‘penis worm’ – and has helped to identify that the creature used a bizarre set of teeth to drag itself across...

  • Local children enjoy Making Money in new project

    Hundreds of local children have been drawing their own £100 notes, and thousands of these brilliant designs will be on display in the Knoll House on 5 and 6 March, coinciding with the second of the Botanic Garden’s Crocus Sundays.

  • New programme announced for UKs largest archaeology festival

    The programme for this year’s Festival of Leicestershire and Rutland Archaeology, which is supported by the University of Leicester, has been announced.

  • Performance to explore former Russian spy murder mystery

    The public inquiry about the mysterious circumstances of Alexander Litvinenko’s death has begun eight years after the former Russian spy was poisoned with a cup of tea in London in 2006.

  • Leicester academic provides expert comment on Gosport hospital report

    Professor Richard Baker, Emeritus Professor from our Department of Health Sciences, featured extensively in the national media last week following the publication of the report of the Gosport Independent Panel.

  • Approaches to nuclear warfighting

    A new study by a University academic argues that current passive and static conceptualizations of Chinese approaches to nuclear and conventional deterrence are no longer appropriate.

  • Baby pterodactyls could fly from birth

    A breakthrough discovery has found that pterodactyls, extinct flying reptiles also known as pterosaurs, had a remarkable ability – they could fly from birth.

  • RIBA Stirling Prize winner tours Landmark Engineering Building

    Renowned architect Alex de Rijke who received the UK's top architecture honour in 2017, the RIBA Stirling Prize, for the design of Hastings Pier toured the landmark Engineering Building.

  • Innovation Festival launches at Space Park

    Business leaders, influencers and innovators from across the region headed to Space Park Leicester for the launch of the 2024 Leicestershire Innovation Festival.

  • Current Fellows

    Learn about funding opportunities for students interested in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester.

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