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Rutland Roman villa: how we found one of the most significant mosaics discovered in the UK
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/rutland-roman
The discovery of a previously unknown Roman villa in rural Rutland during the 2020 lockdown was one of the archaeological stories of the year. Villas are emblematic features of the Roman countryside, and many are known across Britain. But this new discovery is unique.
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First-ever University Challenge champs aim to bring trophy back to Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/university-challenge
A team of University of Leicester students will be bidding to bring the BBC University Challenge trophy back to the East Midlands for the first time since 1963.
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University of Leicester film wins landmark award from the British Society of Criminology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/harms-of-hate
A short film created by the Centre for Hate Studies (University of Leicester) has received the Sophie and Sylvia Lancaster Prize 2024 from the British Society of Criminology.
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Maths students help enhance East Midlands police forces
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/maths-police
A group of students from the University of Leicester have been helping police with their enquiries – but not in the way you might think. Six undergraduate Mathematics students have teamed up with forces in the East Midlands to enhance policing through efficiency analyses.
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Live online sessions
https://le.ac.uk/botanic-garden/education/online/live-online-sessions
Booking The sessions are led by the Botanic Garden Education Officer.
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Early Christian Europe
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ar3012
Module code: AR3012 How quickly did Christianity spread in the Roman world? How visible is late Roman Christianity in Britain? What is the archaeology of missionary activity? What types of monasteries existed? What can early Christian art tell us of...
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Archaeology Dissertation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ar3059-ar3060
Module code: AR3059/AR3060 (double module) The final-year dissertation gives you the opportunity to bring together all the research skills and wider reading that you have continually been developing over the course of your degree and use these skills to produce an extended...
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Approaching the Greek World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ar1702
Module code: AR1702 What, where, and when was ancient Greece? Unlike the Roman world, held together by common state structures, the ancient Greek world was far more fragmented and diverse: a world of hundreds of independent city-states, frequently at war with each other,...
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Dissertation (Ancient History)
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ah3056-ah3057
Module code: AH3056 / AH3057 The final-year dissertation gives you the opportunity to bring together all the research skills and wider reading that you have continually been developing over the course of your degree and use these skills to produce an extended piece of...
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Dissertation (Ancient History)
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ah3056-ah3057
Module code: AH3056 / AH3057 The final-year dissertation gives you the opportunity to bring together all the research skills and wider reading that you have continually been developing over the course of your degree and use these skills to produce an extended piece of...