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• Thrown to the Lions? New evidence revealed for the use of lions during executions in Roman Britain

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/roman-lion-handle

  Dr John Pearce, from King’s College London, is a co-author of the study. He added: “This unique object gives us our most detailed representation of this form of execution found in Roman Britain.

• Europe as a Global Actor

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/pl7596

  Module code: PL7596 In this module you'll develop a critical understanding of Europe’s 'actorness' on the global stage.

• What the bones can't tell us

  https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/osteology/what-bones-cant-tell-us

  We can tell the age, height and build of Richard III from the skeleton but the details of the injuries is based on knowledge of medieval weapons, armour and battles as well as on the bones themselves.

• Josh is going for gold with national ice hockey team

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/josh-is-going-for-gold-with-national-ice-hockey-team

  First-year student at our University Josh Crane will be breaking out his skates and representing university sporting excellence at an international level as part of the GBU Ice Hockey team.

• New online feature Access to arts and culture is a basic human right

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/new-online-feature-access-to-arts-and-culture-is-a-basic-human-right

  On Friday 6 February 2015, Michael Attenborough CBE (pictured), well-known theatre director, honorary graduate and son of the late Lord Attenborough braved the cold weather to attend the official start of a build project to create one of the largest dedicated contemporary...

• Next phase for Space Park Leicester launched as planning permission is granted

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/16-space-park-phase-2

  Leicester City Council has granted planning permission for the second phase development of Space Park Leicester, a landmark initiative to create a world-leading cluster for innovative research, enterprise and education in space and Earth observation, helping the UK capture a...

• Leicester-led study to explore mental health and drug use in colonial and post-colonial prisons

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/leicester-study-mental-health-drug-prisons

  The University of Leicester has been awarded £3.3m to research drugs and mental health in prison settings globally.

• New stateoftheart teaching and research facility certified as UKs largest nonresidential Passivhaus building

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/new-state-of-the-art-teaching-and-research-facility-certified-as-uk2019s-largest-non-residential-passivhaus-building

  Our cutting-edge new Centre for Medicine building, built by contractor Willmott Dixon and designed by Associated Architects, has officially received Passivhaus Certification – officially making it the largest Passivhaus building in the UK.

• Study shows slow walking pace is good predictor of heart-related deaths

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/study-shows-slow-walking-pace-good-predictor-of-heart-related-deaths

  A team of researchers at the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre - a partnership between Leicester’s Hospitals, the University of Leicester and Loughborough University - has concluded that middle-aged people who report that they are slow walkers could be at higher risk...

• Useful links

  https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/useful-links

  Further online resources, within the University of Leicester and beyond about Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys life and research.