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  • 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...

  • Living in Towns: Archaeological Approaches to Medieval Urbanism

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

  • 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...

  • Animals’ ‘sixth sense’ more widespread than previously thought

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/animal-magnetic

    A study using fruit flies, led by researchers at The Universities of Leicester and Manchester, suggests the animal world’s ability to sense a magnetic field may be more widespread than previously thought.

  • Hotspots and minisatellites

    https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/hotspots-and-minisatellites

    Instrumental to Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys' refining of the genetic fingerprinting technique were hotspots of activity and minisatellites.

  • More than a quarter of Greater London greenspaces exceed WHO traffic noise guidelines

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/quarter-greater-london-greenspaces-who-traffic-noise-guidelines

    Analysis of greenspaces in the Greater London area by University of Leicester scientists has shown that 28% are affected by road traffic noise above the guidelines advised by the World Health Organization.

  • 6 Amazing ways you can access Universities to get free help

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2019/02/21/6-amazing-ways-you-can-access-universities-to-get-free-help/

    Posted by hconnolly in School of Business Blog on February 21, 2019   In this blog Pete Hitchings and Tobias Gould from the University of Leicester’s Innovation Hub, provide some top tips on how to access free help from Universities and students.

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