Here is the final blog from placement student Holly, reflecting on how she developed her display. During the final weeks of my placement, I began to consider how I might use the material from the Metaphor collection to create an interesting and engaging display that would not only serve as a visual representation of my […]
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Museum Studies Placement 2026 weeks 6-8
Here we have the final blog from Luna, reflecting on the last couple of weeks of the placement. As my placement draws to a close, my work has increasingly focused on preparing the exhibition for the Museum Studies 60th anniversary celebrations. This has given me the opportunity to think more deeply about how archival materials can […]
Museum Studies Placement 2026 weeks 3-5
Here Luna, who is a current student on the Museum Studies MA, reflects on some of the tasks she has done and things she has learnt on the placement so far. As my placement has progressed into weeks three to five, I have gradually become more familiar with the work and the collections. As I […]
Museum Studies Placement 2026 week 3
This week it is time to introduce Holly, who is also with us until September, as the practical element of the Museum Studies MA. My name is Holly Fletcher, and I am a currently completing my eight-week placement at the University of Leicester Archives and Special Collections, whilst concluding my journey towards a postgraduate degree in Museum Studies from […]
Museum Studies Placement 2026, Weeks 1-2
Archives and Special Collections are delighted to be hosting two placement students from Museums Studies this year, Yuan-Yuan (Luna) Wei and Holly Fletcher. They will each post a few blogs explaining what they are working on over the placement period, from 20 July – 11 September – Luna is going first! My name is Yuan-Yuan […]
Celebrate South Asian Heritage Month with our Golden Ticket Hunt
This July, the Library is celebrating South Asian Heritage Month with a Golden Ticket giveaway. 40 Golden Tickets will be hidden throughout the David Wilson Library from Friday 10 – Friday 31 July. Anyone who finds a Golden Ticket can exchange it for a free book from a specially curated collection celebrating South Asian authors and stories. The selection reflects a broad range […]
Join us for Hoskins Day 2026
Join us this Saturday 27 June for Hoskins Day 2026, Leicester’s annual celebration of local and landscape history. This year’s keynote lecture is about coastal landscapes of the Second World War and will be delivered by Robert Liddiard (UEA). We will also have: – spotlight on new research from the Centre for Regional and Local […]
Classics from my Childhood, a Literary Leicester Event
Guest post written by Alyssa Walker (BA Ancient History and History), as part of a student placement hosted by Archives & Special Collections for the 2nd year History module, ‘Working with History: The Heritage Field Project’. The Event, 21st March 2026 A recounting of my placement experience in the University of Leicester’s […]
Research Skills Training | Summer Term 2026
The Summer term begins, and so too does our research skills training program. We will be offering workshops on areas including literature searching, referencing software and managing research data. Intended for research students and staff conducting, or supporting, research most of the sessions will be run online. The full program is below. If you have […]
South Asian Studies: Leicester and Immigration
BBC Radio Leicester programmes. As well as holding many thousands of oral histories, the East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA) also holds, in partnership with the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland, the archive of BBC Radio Leicester. This includes the Maurice Ennals collection of scrapbooks and ephemera, a photo collection, and, of course, […]