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• Large-scale study suggests under 45s and women more likely to gain weight and jump a BMI category during COVID-19 lockdown

  Date: 6 May 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/covid-bmi

  A large-scale study of almost a million UK adults led by Leicester researchers has revealed that under 45s and women were more likely to gain...

• Air quality can be better for active commuters than drivers, research shows

  Date: 27 July 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/commute-air-quality

  New Leicester research has found that people who commute by car can be subject to higher levels of harmful gases than those who walk or cycle to work.

• Planning permission granted for Phase 1 of Space Park Leicester

  Date: 30 July 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/31-space-park-planning-permission

  A new purpose built Space Park in Leicester has just received planning permission approval for the first phase of construction.

• University backs campaign for statue of iconic Leicester playwright Joe Orton

  Date: 24 July 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/25-joe-orton-statue

  The University of Leicester’s involvement with, and celebration of, the legacy of Leicester playwright Joe Orton continues with the announcement...

• Sir David and Michael Attenborough officially open Centenary Square

  Date: 14 November 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/14-sir-david-attenborough-officially-opens-centenary-square

  On Sunday 11 November 2018, hundreds of students, staff, alumni and members of the community joined Sir David Attenborough and his nephew Michael...

• Road noise makes your blood pressure rise – literally

  Date: 23 March 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/road-noise

  Study shows the sound of traffic is associated with increased risk of hypertension, calls for public health measures to reduce noise exposure

• One in four of London’s green spaces breaches air quality safety limits

  Date: 9 October 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/10-london-no2-levels

  More than one quarter of London’s parks, playground, and open spaces exceed international safety limits for air quality, potentially putting...

• Rutland Roman villa: how we found one of the most significant mosaics discovered in the UK

  Date: 7 December 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/rutland-roman

  The discovery of a previously unknown Roman villa in rural Rutland during the 2020 lockdown was one of the archaeological stories of the year.

• Professor Clare Anderson appointed as trustee of Royal Museums Greenwich

  Date: 28 July 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/clare-anderson

  The University of Leicester’s Professor Clare Anderson has been appointed by the Prime Minister as one of six new Trustees of the Royal Museums...

• The happy ending to the story of ambitious project to refurbish iconic Engineering Building

  Date: 6 December 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/the-2018happy-ending2019-to-the-story-of-ambitious-project-to-refurbish-iconic-engineering-building

  The Herculean task of replacing the iconic roof of one the world’s most revered pieces of 20th-century architecture has been captured on the page...