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Why public health campaigns and the BMI scale may do more harm than good- claim
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/why-public-health-campaigns-and-the-bmi-scale-may-do-more-harm-than-good-claim
Dr Oli Williams, Research Associate in the University’s Department of Health Sciences, has recently shared why well-intentioned public health campaigns such as the sugar tax might not have the intended effect, and potentially even exacerbate disparities in health.
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Leicester brings researchers and policymakers together in Westminster
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/institute-policy-launch
The worlds of policymaking and research converged at the official launch of the University of Leicester’s Institute for Policy, held in Westminster last night.
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School children ‘Ask the Astronaut’ with University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/tim-peake-aac-schools
School children had the chance to submit their questions through the ‘Little Inventors in Space’ programme, led by the Attenborough Arts Centre in partnership with Little Inventors and Inspirate.
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Maths students help enhance East Midlands police forces
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/maths-police
A group of students from the University of Leicester have been helping police with their enquiries – but not in the way you might think. Six undergraduate Mathematics students have teamed up with forces in the East Midlands to enhance policing through efficiency analyses.
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Medicine offers weight-loss hope for patients with type-2 diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/surpass-2
New research by academics at the University of Leicester published today (Friday) has given fresh hope to patients with type-2 diabetes, after Eli Lilly and Company’s SURPASS-2 clinical trial showed that 60% of patients achieved a 10% percent or greater weight loss with 15 mg...
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University of Leicester brings space back down to Earth for British Science Festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/bsf-space
The sky’s the limit in Leicester as the University of Leicester brings some astronomical science to this week’s British Science Festival.
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Iconic Space Park Leicester scoops top building awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/space-park-building-awards
The world’s first science and innovation park dedicated to space-related companies has won two prestigious building awards.
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Earth Day: National Space Centre launches Home Planet gallery
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/home-planet
The new Home Planet gallery features an interactive projection floor with ice, water, and sea creatures that respond to visitor movements, while an art installation by local artist Michelle Reader based on the ‘Great Wave off Kanagawa’ but made entirely from recycled...
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Discrimination against BAME H.E. staff
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/07/03/discrimination-against-bame-h-e-staff/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 3, 2020 Shocking results from the Access & Participation of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnicities in UK Postgraduate Research – Policy Briefing UK CGE The proportion of Black,...
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gesisDataSearch: a Data Discovery Index for the Social Sciences
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/04/20/gesisdatasearch-a-data-discovery-index-for-the-social-sciences/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 20, 2018 Now in beta, a new tool which will enable researchers to quickly identify high quality social and economic datasets.