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• Leicester alumnus Nick won’t rule out third Paralympic Games dream

  Date: 24 September 2024

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  Â鶹ÊÓƵ alumnus Nick Cummins MBE hasn’t ruled out competing for Team GB for a third Paralympic Games following a tough end to...

• Former Leicester history scholar Nick set to defend his gold Paralympic title

  Date: 27 August 2024

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  A former Â鶹ÊÓƵ scholar is preparing to compete for his second Paralympic gold this week in Paris.

• Â鶹ÊÓƵ Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls ready to compete on the world stage

  Date: 26 July 2024

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  Student Lauren Henry and alumnus Nick Cummins are competing as part of TeamGB in the Olympics and Paralympics 2024

• Â鶹ÊÓƵ historian celebrates double book prize win

  Date: 11 July 2024

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  Clare Anderson, Professor of History and Director of the Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies, has won the Social History Society Book Prize...

• Leicester’s Roman and Medieval past explored at Festival of Archaeology

  Date: 5 July 2024

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  Â鶹ÊÓƵ teams are involved in events and displays across the region for the national Festival of Archaeology.

• True crime wine-tasting event returns to Cardiff to mark Pride Celebrations

  Date: 22 May 2024

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  A popular true crime and wine-tasting evening is returning to Cardiff in June in the lead-up to Pride Cymru weekend.

• Â鶹ÊÓƵ history expert to judge non-fiction book prize

  Date: 17 May 2024

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  A Professor of History from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ has been appointed to the judging panel of this year's PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize.

• Â鶹ÊÓƵ gets major funding for project on early medieval manuscripts

  Date: 12 April 2024

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  The Â鶹ÊÓƵ led INSULAR Project has been awarded €2.5m by the European Research Council

• Public can celebrate Leicester’s heritage this weekend

  Date: 19 March 2024

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  A free event which puts the spotlight on Leicester’s rich heritage takes place this weekend at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ.

• Medieval prayer guide written by woman to be published for the first time

  Date: 29 January 2024

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  Read more about Dr Ben Parson's new book, Two Middle English Prayer Cycles: Holkham Prayers and Meditations and Simon Appulby’s Fruyte of Redempcyon