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• Transporting Convicts from New Zealand to Van Diemen’s Land

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2017/10/31/transporting-convicts-from-new-zealand-to-van-diemens-land/

  Posted by Carrie Crockett in Carceral Archipelago on October 31, 2017 By Dr Kristyn Harman Senior Lecturer in History, University of Tasmania   Like many New Zealanders, I grew up hearing stories about the Australian penal colonies, particularly anecdotes of London...

• Desert ‘magick’ and astral bodies – what could they have to do with Special Collections?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/08/18/desert-magick-and-astral-bodies-what-could-they-have-to-do-with-special-collections/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on August 18, 2016 Our current exhibition, exploring the experiences and attitudes of the British in India from the early 17 th century to the turn of the 20 th , features a selection of material from the Union Club...

• World War II

  https://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes/leicestershire-villages/world-war-two

  Hear interviews with residents of Leicestershire villages during World War II, such as Gertrude Moore who recalls the factory she worked in making munitions for the war effort.

• Toxic Apocalypse hits University campus in independent film

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/toxic-apocalypse-hits-university-campus-in-independent-film

  A feature film partially shot on the University of Leicester campus has been released through Amazon’s Video on Demand service.

• Nineteenth Century British Art Reassessed

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ha3025

  Module code: HA3025  British art between 1800-1900 has often been the victim of critical and art-historical scorn, often seen as producing ‘old-fashioned’ or ‘prosaic’ art.

• Leicester Symphony Orchestra

  https://le.ac.uk/centenary/events/lso

  A concert on 23 October 2021 by the Leicester Symphony Orchestra, supported by the University, was a triple celebration. The event marked both the centenaries of both the University, which accepted its first students in 1921, and the LSO, which was founded one year later.

• Easter eggs hot cross buns and the microorganisms that help create them

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/easter-eggs-hot-cross-buns-and-the-microorganisms-that-help-create-them

  With supermarket shelves filled with chocolate at this time of year, little thought goes into how the humble cocoa bean eventually becomes the popular Easter egg.

• Postgraduate study on campus

  https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/postgraduate

  The University offers postgraduate programmes in Museum Studies both on campus and by distance learning. Find out more about our Masters courses.

• Professional Services staff

  https://le.ac.uk/lcrc/people/professional-services-staff

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• Students star on historic day for Leicester Tigers Women

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/leicester-tigers-women

  Rugby players from the University of Leicester featured in an historic fixture for Leicester Tigers last week.