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• Richard III experts discuss how the project illustrates university research is changing for the better

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/richard-iii-research-team-discuss-how-the-project-illustrates-how-university-research-is-changing

  Experts on Richard III have provided a series of insightful opinion pieces about the last Plantagenet king where they discuss their research, contemplate how University research is changing and address concerns that the remains may not be those of Richard III.

• Opportunity to touch smell and taste a deconstructed medieval manuscript

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/opportunity-to-touch-smell-and-taste-a-2018deconstructed2019-medieval-manuscript

  A unique opportunity to experience a medieval manuscript as a sensory experience will be taking place at the University.

• Celebrated Rutland mosaic depicts ‘long-lost’ Troy story connecting Roman Britain to the ancient classical world

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/rutland-mosaic-long-lost-troy-story

  Ancient Historian at University of Leicester reveals that the Rutland mosaic depicts an alternative telling of the Trojan War to Homer’s Iliad, suggesting that Roman Britain was not as isolated from the classical world as assumed

• Juno and Leicester – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/06/23/juno-and-the-university-of-leicester/

  University of Leicester's history in space and planetary sciences, and the relation to the Juno mission today.

• Made in Italy. Italian Design and Fashion in the 20th and 21st Century

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/it3146

  Module code: IT3146 In this module, we will explore the history and evolution of Italian design and fashion, two of the most important industries and major sources of Italian soft power.

• Made in Italy. Italian Design and Fashion in the 20th and 21st Century

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/it3146

  Module code: IT3146 In this module, we will explore the history and evolution of Italian design and fashion, two of the most important industries and major sources of Italian soft power.

• Made in Italy. Italian Design and Fashion in the 20th and 21st Century

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/it3146

  Module code: IT3146 In this module, we will explore the history and evolution of Italian design and fashion, two of the most important industries and major sources of Italian soft power.

• Event to highlight life-changing research to help children born prematurely and children suffering from lung disease

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/event-to-highlight-life-changing-research-to-help-children-born-prematurely-and-children-suffering-from-lung-disease

  Life-changing research into helping children born prematurely and those suffering from lung disease will be showcased at an event organised by Action Medical Research at the Stamford Court conference centre on Thursday 19 May.

• Tequila: Pulque’s Friend, Cousin, Usurper?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/09/01/tequila-pulques-friend-cousin-usurper/

  Deborah Toner discusses the relationship and rivalry between pulque and tequila in Mexican history, and summarises a recently published book by Marie Sarita Gaytan, Tequila: Distilling the Spirit of Mexico (Stanford University Press, 2014)

• International expert in pension and investment issues to speak for new society

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/international-expert-in-pension-and-investment-issues-to-speak-for-new-society

  The newly established Leicester Actuarial Science Society in the Department of Mathematics is already making an impact as they host the Master of the Worshipful Company of Actuaries and renowned actuary Donald Duval at their next meeting.