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• Living in Towns: Archaeological Approaches to Medieval Urbanism

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ar2034

  Module: AR2034  What did towns look like after Roman decline? When do we see a ‘rebirth’ of towns? Were medieval towns heavily fortified? How clean were medieval towns and households? Were medieval towns dominated by religious structures? These are...

• Leicester academic honoured by the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-academic-honoured-by-the-society-for-the-history-of-alchemy-and-chemistry

  A former Leicester academic will be celebrated at the anniversary meeting of the Society of the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (SHAC) on 20 May.

• Living in Towns: Archaeological Approaches to Medieval Urbanism

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ar2034

  Module: AR2034  What did towns look like after Roman decline? When do we see a ‘rebirth’ of towns? Were medieval towns heavily fortified? How clean were medieval towns and households? Were medieval towns dominated by religious structures? These are...

• Leicester remembers campaigner for interfaith understanding

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/leicester-remembers-campaigner-for-interfaith-understanding

  One family’s efforts to highlight the horrors of the holocaust will be honoured at a series of events at the University in honour of Leicester campaigner Sara Elkes.

• Hurdling medallist seeks crowdfunding on road to Rio

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/hurdling-medallist-seeks-crowdfunding-on-road-to-rio

  European indoor 60m hurdles silver medallist Lucy Hatton is raising money to help cover costs as she bids to reach the Rio 2016 Olympics. Lucy, who studies Criminology, achieved the 100m hurdles qualifying time for Rio this summer but then struggled with injuries.

• Runic charms and boat burials to be discussed at Viking symposium

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/runic-charms-and-boat-burials-to-be-discussed-at-upcoming-symposium

  From burials in boats to the perceived magical properties of runic charms, members of the public are invited to come together at the University to learn about the latest research developments in the world of Vikings during the annual Midlands Viking Symposium on Saturday 25...

• Leicester-tested Einstein Probe opens its wide eyes to the X-ray sky

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/einstein-probe-images

  Explosion-hunting telescope tested by University of Leicester space scientists sends back its first images

• Past events

  https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/precision-health/opportunities/past-events

  Find out more about the events held in the Institute for Precision Health at Leicester.

• Resources

  https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/genetics/genetics-higher-education/resources

  WHO's Genomic Resource Centre (GRC) Educational resources and online tools for human genetics and genomics, including ethical, social and legal implications (ELSI).

• Festival archive

  https://le.ac.uk/literary-leicester/festival-archive

  Check out previous Literary Leicester events