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  • 27000 project to preserve Leicesters postwar memories

    The East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA), based in the Centre for Urban History at our University, has received £27,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for a project that will record memories of the period 1945-1962 in Leicester and Leicestershire.

  • BILNAS Archive

    The British Institute for Libyan and Northern African Studies archive information and visiting information

  • Transformative exhibition ‘Material Worlds: Contemporary Artists and Textiles’ arriving in Leicester

    Artists featured in the exhibition include Caroline Achaintre, Jonathan Baldock, Phyllida Barlow, Marc Camille Chaimowicz, Tenant of Culture, Alexandre da Cunha, Tonico Lemos Auad, Paul Maheke, Anna Perach, Yelena Popova, Yinka Shonibare, Rae-Yen Song, and Zadie Xa.

  • Leicester passes 4 million readers milestone on The Conversation

    Academics from across our University have collectively captured the imagination of over 4 million readers through nearly 230 articles written for The Conversation - setting a new milestone for Leicester in delivering expert opinion...

  • Assassins Creed may give gamers a gripping sense of vertigo but its leaping calculations are optimistic at best

    The popular video game franchise 'Assassin’s Creed' often depicts characters leaping off tall buildings into piles of loose hay or straw lying on the ground or in a cart, by diving head first then executing a half-summersault to land on their back.

  • Quality of conference presentations could be affected by social media

    A new pilot study into the impact of Twitter on conferences suggests that social media may impact on quality of presentations as speakers receive real-time feedback.

  • The changing ways we work

    The changing ways we work – Paul Brook PI7Pt1AYSVA 300|In this video, Associate Professor of Work and Employment, Paul Brook, discusses some of the topics a BA Human Resource Management student would study at Leicester, including what impact artificial intelligence and...

  • Our University working with Chinese Academy of Science on carbon dioxide monitoring satellite mission

    China has launched its first satellite dedicated to the monitoring of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). The satellite was successfully launched on 22 December 2016 into a low Earth orbit.

  • Study reveals mysteries of enzyme mechanism

    An international research team led by our University has made a breakthrough advance by trapping an intermediate in the mechanism of enzymes called heme peroxidases and determining its structure using a beam of neutrons from the heart of a nuclear reactor.

  • Leicester expert contributes to BBC Watchdog report on safety of fidget spinners

    Professor Sarah Hainsworth (pictured), Head of the Department of Engineering, has contributed to a BBC Watchdog report investigating the safety of fidget spinners.

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