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Our Outreach team takes archaeology workshops and talks out to schools and colleges in the county. It also runs Masterclasses and workshops on campus and in the department. We've also worked with the army on 
News and events
Festival of Postgraduate Research 2012: full results
Politics poster pips peers to prestigious prize at postgraduate proceedings.
The Week in University News: 21 - 27 April
Forensics at a distance; improving the news, and service delivery; and honouring a founding Professor and a contribution to the study of international security.
Bjorn to be wild: Viking symposium returns to Leicester
Murder, magic and cross-dressing on the agenda
Leicester graduates in the news: Cath Jones
Running community gardening projects in Kent.
University of Leicester in the News, 1 - 24 January 2012
A regular review from the Press Office of coverage of the University in the media
Abbey Park info panels draw on University’s archaeological research
A series of information panels, based on work carried out by University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) have been installed around the remains of Leicester’s Medieval Abbey.
The story of the Hallaton Helmet revealed
Explore one of the most amazing archaeological discoveries of Leicestershire at the Hallaton Treasure Gallery at Harborough Museum.
University of Leicester in the News, December 2011
A regular review from the Press Office of coverage of the University in the media.
Don’t dig it there, dig it elsewhere: geologists identify precise source of Stonehenge rocks
Source for bluestones narrowed down to a few metres!
University of Leicester in the News, 18 - 30 November 2011
A regular review from the Press Office of coverage of the University in the media.
Restoring Stonehenge to its sky
University academic argues for keeping iconic monument in the dark in a feature on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme.
University of Leicester in the News, 1 - 17 November 2011
A regular review from the Press Office of coverage of the University in the media.
Lost city from ancient civilisation discovered in Libya
University of Leicester archaeologists have made an astonishing find that could re-write history.
VISIONS OF ANCIENT LEICESTER
A brand new book produced by ULAS which brings together reconstruction drawings based on archaeological finds to recreate Roman to post-medieval Leicester.
MAPPING FAITH AND PLACE
A new project which is exploring multicultural and multifaith Leicester has been launched and features an interractive map and faith trail.
POWER AND THE SACRED
An interdisciplinary postgraduate day conference on 'Power and the Sacred in the Medieval World (5th-15th centuries AD/CE)' to be held at the University of Leicester on 26.11.11.
MAJOR NEW GRANT FOR STUDYING THE ANCIENT SAHARA
Major funding will enable extended and in-depth study and interpretation of the North Africa Sahara's rich prehistoric and historic past.
MICHAEL WOOD HONORARY DEGREE
TV historian Michael Wood, long an associate to the School of Archaeology and Ancient History, gained an honorary degree at Leicester in July 2011.
GOLDEN TROWEL AWARD 2011 FOR FROME HOARD
Success and recognition for Leicester PhD student Anna Booth as one of the team that uncovered the stunning later Roman coin hoard at Frome.
UNIQUE VIKING BOAT BURIAL EXCAVATED IN SCOTLAND
The UK mainland's first fully intact Viking boat burial site has been uncovered in Scotland's west Highlands, at Ardnamurchan, as part of a project co-directed by the School's Dr Oliver Harris.
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The Wellcome Trust has awarded Prof Sarah Tarlow major funds for an interdisciplinary project which examines the fate and archaeology of the corpses of executed criminals. 
A Fine and Private Place: the Archaeology of Death and Burial in Post-medieval Britain and Ireland by Annia Cherryson, Zoë Crossland & Sarah Tarlow is now available as a 
