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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
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 weight and jump a body mass index (BMI) category during COVID-19 lockdown.
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Difficult Conversations: Public panel to tackle topic of nuclear conflict
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/difficult-conversations-nuclear-weapons
A leading international relations expert has warned of the danger of ‘alarmism’ around nuclear weapons ahead of a public panel discussion.
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University of Leicester Vice-Chancellor joins Prime Minister’s trade delegation to India
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/university-leicester-vice-chancellor-prime-minister-trade-delegation-india
University of Leicester Vice-Chancellor Professor Nishan Canagarajah joined a delegation of 125 of the UK’s most prominent CEOs, entrepreneurs, university and cultural leaders on a trade mission to India spearheaded by Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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Mr Bevan’s Dream
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/05/02/mr-bevans-dream/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on May 2, 2014 The funeral of Sue Townsend began today with a public celebration of her life at De Montfort Hall.
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Videogames
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/02/videogames/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 2, 2019 Recently a British teenager won almost a million in championships of the computer game Fortnite.
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Learning about learning outcomes: the student perspective – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/loproject/2014/04/04/paper/
The Learning Outcomes Project at the University of Leicester. Learning about learning outcomes: the student perspective.
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University of Leicester Staff Blogs School of English New Voices Wagon Project Remarkable Experience
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/07/04/new-voices-wagon-project-remarkable-experience/
Posted by Julie Coleman in School of English Blog on July 4, 2014 By Eshara Wijetunge During my final year as an undergraduate studying History of Art and English, I was involved in the New Voices Wagon Project ( NVWP ), a Leicester-based project that aims to...
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Tango for beginners
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/04/05/beginners-tango/
Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on April 5, 2018 While waiting to be admitted to the room for their first ‘Tango for beginners’ class, participants chatted about their reasons for being there.
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A day in the life: research services out and about in Cambridge May 2023
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2023/06/13/a-day-in-the-life-research-services-out-and-about-in-cambridge-may-2023/
Posted by Laurian Williamson in Library and Learning Services on June 13, 2023 Members of the Library Research Services team (Will and Merinne) recently attended the first face-to-face meeting of the RLUK Open Strategy Network (OSN).
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Artificial Intelligence MSc, PGDip
https://le.ac.uk/courses/artificial-intelligence-msc/2025
Advance your computing skills with specialist knowledge in Artificial Intelligence, machine learning and data-driven systems – from foundational methods to generative AI in software development.