For #ThrowbackThursday this month, we have these fab pics of the @dmu.ac.uk Chinese Society getting ready for the Lunar New Year of the Wood Rat, 1984. ❄️ Looks like it was a frosty one! Wishing all a wondrous new year of the 🔥 🐎 #dmuhistory #alumni #dmusocieties @librarydmu.bsky.social #studentlife

ICYMI: What does a parrot, a policeman’s uniform, and a clock all have in common? Read our first blog post of 2026, 'Top Ten Gift Book Curiosities' to find out! buff.ly/7AYETAD #dmuhistory #alumni Explore Your Archive buff.ly/7AYETAD #dmuhistory @librarydmu @dmu.ac.uk @librarydmu.bsky.social

What does kangaroo butter, a policeman’s uniform, and a clock all have in common?
Read our first blog post of 2026, 'Top Ten Gift Book Curiosities' to find out! buff.ly/7AYETAD #dmuhistory @librarydmu @dmu.ac.uk
@librarydmu.bsky.social

🥳 It’s our final blog post of the year. Catch up with all our #ExploreYourArchive 2025 content in this pre-Christmas 'wrap-up', celebrating 155 years of @dmu.ac.uk: buff.ly/3YU0TUM #dmuhistory #alumni #archives @librarydmu.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social

🎈 How old is DMU? 33, 56 or 155? Honestly… it’s complicated. Celebrate all the #EYAAnniversaries in our @dmu.ac.uk story for #ExploreYourArchive Day 8! @arascot.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @librarydmu.bsky.social #archives #dmuhistory

For this month's #ThrowbackThursday we have a live demo of turning it off and on again, c 1988! I think they're just pretending they know what she's doing 💻 A computer lab @dmu.ac.uk #dmuforlife #dmuhistory @librarydmu.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social #EYAEducation

“…the trouble with society is / it never dares to ask us how we feel…”
For #NationalPoetryDay, explore Fonds, a creative writing anthology inspired by archives & created by students & staff at @dmu.ac.uk: buff.ly/dZSm2Rj #dmuforlife #dmuhistory @librarydmu #poetry @dmu_writers @dmuenglish #writing

Images of a typed balck and white programme, cassette tapes and a black abd white photo of Bryars.

🎶 Composer of the Week on #BBC Radio 3 is Gavin Bryars – double bassist, avant-garde legend & founder of the #music dept @dmuleicester.bsky.social. Here we have a 1981 lunchtime concert he conducted + a 1994 article on his rise to fame.
#ComposerOfTheWeek #dmuhistory #alumni #dmuforlife

#DMU155: Our #SomethingNew for #Archive30 are the sketches & illustrations of Cyril Hurd, a 1910s @dmuleicester.bsky.social Art student who went on to teach here. His student work is the latest to land in the archive. Take a 👀 #dmuhistory #alumni @arascot.bsky.social @librarydmu.bsky.social

It’s #FunandGames for #Archive30 with a throwback to Rag parades and legendary gigs at @dmuleicester.bsky.social Arena — Bowie, Hendrix, Gladys Knight, Pink Floyd, Rage Against the Machine & more! 🎶🔥 @ara_scotland @librarydmu.bsky.social #dmuhistory #alumni #DMUat155

🐣🌷 Easter Break Reminder 🌷🐣 Special Collections is

CLOSED: Mon 14th - Tues 22nd April (inclusive)

We’ll be back after the break ready to help you explore our treasures!
Wishing you a cracking Easter! @dmuleicester.bsky.social @librarydmu.bsky.social
#dmuforlife #dmuhistory @icshc.bsky.social

🐣🌷 Easter Break Update! 🌷🐣 Special Collections will be

CLOSED: Mon 14th - Tues 22nd April (inclusive)

We’ll be back after the break ready to help you explore our treasures!
Wishing you a cracking Easter!
@dmuleicester.bsky.social @librarydmu.bsky.social #dmuforlife #dmuhistory @icshc.bsky.social

Today's #ArchiveBusiness for @arascot.bsky.social #Archive30 is this fab snap of a Business Class, 1970. Back when the Colleges of Art & Tech had recently become #Leicester Polytechnic #DMUat155 #dmuforlife #dmuhistory @dmuleicester.bsky.social
@librarydmu.bsky.social

Controversy or conservation? 🤔 David’s still on a mission—carefully 👀 debinding our massive trove of 155 years of @dmuleicester.bsky.social press cuttings for @arascot.bsky.social #ArchiveConservation! 📜✂️ #DMUat155 @librarydmu.bsky.social @dmuforlife #dmuhistory @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social

If you've been busy pencilling your magnum opus in response to our CFP - don't forget to send it in! CLOSING 4th April 2025 (tomorrow)!
@dmuleicester.bsky.social @librarydmu.bsky.social #creativewriting #dmuforlife #dmuhistory #alumni #dmuwriters #dmu_film_studies
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DYK for #DMUat155 that @dmuleicester was the UK’s first uni to air a TV ad? Featuring clips from BBC’s Trials of Life with Sir David Attenborough—for a cool £½ million! #ThrowbackThursday for @arascot.bsky.social #Archive30 #SoundandVision #dmuforlife #dmuhistory #Leicester @librarydmu.bsky.social

Uncover @dmuleicester.bsky.social roots for @arascot.bsky.social #Archive30! 🎨✨ Discover #ArchiveBeginnings in our online exhibition: buff.ly/UNFzApQ – from its start as a College of Art in 1870 to the vibrant #DMU155 of today! #dmuforlife #visitleicester #dmuhistory @librarydmu.bsky.social

Closing soon! Don't miss the opportunity to get your work published in our 2nd Ed of Fonds creative responses to archives ⬇️ Open to all staff, students and alumni. Sub Date: 04-Apr-2025. #creativewriting #dmuhistory @librarydmu #alumni #dmuwriters @dmuleicester.bsky.social @librarydmu.bsky.social

Black and white photo of students at work in the plumbing workshop

DYK: b4 the introduction of tertiary education in Britain @dmuleicester.bsky.social
specialised in vocational and academic programmes, such as millinery, baking, metalworking and below the plumbing workshop, 1939. @librarydmu.bsky.social #alumni #dmuhistory #dmuforlife

Colour stylised sketch with a focus on knitwear tops in sky blue and ochre.

Check out this amazing #fashion illustration from a former @dmuleicester.bsky.social textile student, dating back to the 1990s. Perfect for #FashionFriday and #DMUat155. #dmuhistory #dmuforlife #dmuhistory #alumni
@librarydmu.bsky.social

Colour photo of a performance hall with wooden floor and seating and deep purple curtains. 1970s style chandelier lighting.

Curtain up this #ThrowbackThursday for #DMUat155 with this pic of the hall in
@dmuleicester.bsky.social 's Hawthorn Building, 1979. Does anyone remember attending any events here? #dmuforlife #dmuhistory #theatreday #alumni @librarydmu.bsky.social

Black aand white photo of a student working with glass while a tutor looks on.

So is glass a liquid or a solid? For #DMUat155 we have this fab pic of @dmuleicester.bsky.social students at work in the glass foundry c 1990. #dmuforlife #dmuhistory #alumni @librarydmu.bsky.social

Colour photo of a group shot of graduated throwing their mortarboards.

DYK @dmuleicester.bsky.social used to have campuses in Bedford, Lincoln and Milton Keynes? Below a scene from a graduation at Lincoln, 2000. @librarydmu.bsky.social #dmuforlife #dmuhistory #alumni

colour contact sheet of a hockey match

Its the final day of#Varsity! To get us excited for a thrilling day, here's a nostalgic look back at a hockey game from 2003's varsity history! Got get 'em @dmuleicester.bsky.social!
@librarydmu.bsky.social #dmuforlife #dmuhistory #sports