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Inactive adults urged to get moving to avoid developing type 2 diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/inactive-adults-told-to-2018get-moving2019
People in Leicestershire are being ‘urged to get moving or risk jeopardising their health’, after research revealed adults in the county are among the most inactive in England.
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About
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/about/
The Carceral Archipelago is a €1.5m European Research Council funded project, running from 2013-18. Directed by Professor Clare Anderson, a team of researchers and postgraduate students are working on a global history of penal colonies, 1415-1960.
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Quick Guide to Physics & Astronomy Blogging
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/09/28/quick-guide-to-physics-astronomy-blogging/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 28 September 2020 We welcome contributions from across the School of Physics and Astronomy, and this brief post describes what we’re looking for in a successful post.
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Graduation
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2018/07/17/graduation/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on July 17, 2018 So, this is the week when all of the hard work, by so many students is rewarded with the award of degree certificates.
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Coaching
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2016/06/13/coaching/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on June 13, 2016 “We don’t see the world as it is, we see it as we are”. It would appear that at the moment the world is full of coaches; no, not the type you travel in.
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PlanetarySeminar: Inside Jupiter: what Juno gravity soundings taught us about the gas giant’s interi
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/06/23/planetaryseminar-inside-jupiter-what-juno-gravity-soundings-taught-us-about-the-gas-giants-interior-during-the-prime-mission/
Posted by mkj13 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 23 June 2021 At 16:00 on Wednesday June 30th, Dr Marzia Parisi from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will be presenting a seminar titled: “Inside Jupiter: what Juno gravity soundings taught us about the gas giant’s interior...
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Inspirational student who twice battled sepsis receives First Class degree
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/inspirational-student-who-twice-battled-sepsis-receives-first-class-degree
One of our recent graduates Kishan Vithlani has twice overcome a potentially life-threatening sepsis infection and gone on to achieve a First Class Computer Science BSc. Kishan was born with a congenital heart condition, and had to have surgery twice as a child.
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New ‘explant’ technique predicts a tumour’s responsiveness to breast cancer treatment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/breast-cancer
Cancer researchers at the University of Leicester have developed a technique that could predict how well some breast cancer patients will respond to chemotherapy and antibody-directed cancer treatments
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Clearing 2024: Missing out on first choice university turned out to be a blessing for Charlotte
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/clearing-charlotte
For Charlotte Gallo not getting the grades she needed to her first choice university turned out to be a blessing as she joined the University of Leicester's Psychology course instead
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Hamish Simpson
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/hamish-simpson
We have learned, with great sadness, of the death of Professor Hamish Simpson, former Professor of Paediatrics, who passed away on 4 March 2025, aged 91. Hamish Simpson was born on 23 December 1933 in Glasgow.