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• Dialect in Diaspora: People and Places (PhD)

  https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/the-impact-of-diasporas-on-the-making-of-britain/the-diasporas-projects/dialect-in-diaspora-people-and-places

  Supervisor Dr Jayne Carroll PhD student Eleanor Rye This project is being carried out at The Institute for Name-Studies at the University of Nottingham as part of The Impact of Diasporas on the Making of Britain programme.

• Formation and Evolution of Galaxies

  https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/astrophysics/formation-and-evolution-of-galaxies

  The traditional strength of the group in studying the evolution of active galaxies (AGNs) is all part of the wider quest to trace the history of elements, stars, galaxies, extragalactic structure and blackholes through cosmic time, along with providing a context for the...

• Research shows centuryold culture of blame still prominent today

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/research-shows-a-century-old-2018culture-of-blame2019-is-still-prominent-today

  Representatives from over 20 different healthcare organisations will be convening at the University on 11 June to discuss how old patterns of patient safety and historical complaints against doctors are still being replicated in the modern welfare system – and what lessons...

• Study suggests ancient communities resisted farming practices

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/study-suggests-ancient-communities-resisted-farming-practices

  Research involving Leicester researchers has uncovered new evidence of lifestyles thousands of years ago.

• Festival of Leicestershire and Rutland Archaeology to bring our past to life

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/festival-of-leicestershire-and-rutland-archaeology-to-bring-our-past-to-life

  Members of the public are invited to help bring our past to life by taking part in the UK’s largest archaeology festival and this year’s event promises to be bigger and better than before.

• Deborah Sawday

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2021/deborah-sawday

  Deborah Mary Anne Sawday 11th July 1944 to 19th October 2021 University of Leicester Archaeological Services are sad to announce the death of Deborah Sawday on Tuesday 19th October, at the age of 77, after a long illness.

• Leicester to host talk by UK activist who joined Kurdish force against ISIS in Northern Syria

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/leicester-to-host-talk-by-uk-activist-who-joined-kurdish-force-against-isis-in-northern-syria

  UK activist Kimberley Taylor, who has joined Kurdish forces fighting ISIS in Syria, will be one of the speakers at an event being held on International Women’s Day at the University and chaired by Dr Omer Tekdemir from our School of History, Politics and International Relations.

• Leicester researchers to explore Parliament and the Brexit process

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/leicester-researchers-to-explore-parliament-and-the-brexit-process

  A team of three of our academics has secured funding for their research project, ‘Parties, Parliament and the Brexit Process’, which will explore how Parliament has responded to Brexit and how effective is its legislative response.

• Spring seminar series 2013

  https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/events/spring-seminar-series/archive/2013

  Browse our 2013 spring seminar series in the Victorian Studies Centre.

• Fieldwork

  https://le.ac.uk/geology/study/undergraduate/fieldwork

  Fieldwork can be one of the most stimulating and enjoyable experiences of your time whilst studying Geology at the University of Leicester. Find out more about our carefully-designed field programme.