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Space Park Leicester launched by British astronaut Tim Peake
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/space-park-launch
UK astronaut Tim Peake officially opened Leicester’s pioneering space research, innovation and teaching cluster at a special ceremony on Monday.
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Recent Research Funding Awards
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/research/recent-research-funding-awards
Read our case studies to get a taste of some of the amazing research that happens in the School of Museum Studies.
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MBA Careers Survey
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/alumni-newsletter/mba-edition-four-march-2023/mba-careers-survey
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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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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 14 27 May
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-14-27-may
Professor Steven Brown from the School of Management has written a piece for Germany's The European Magazine about how a “memory boom” has left Europe littered with monuments - so much so that when we’re not actively protesting them, we look right past...
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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/154/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Andrew Dunn: Page 153
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/153/
Academic Librarian.
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Space City Leicester welcomes Government Minister and Leicester MP to world-leading facilities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/space-city-leicester-government-minister-mp
Space Park Leicester hosts visit by Liz Kendall MP, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology showcasing University of Leicester’s world-leading hub for research, innovation, and enterprise in space and space-enabled sectors, while National Space Centre hosts...
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Eating fruit may reduce the effects of air pollution on lung function
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/fruit-air-pollution-lung-function
Eating fruit may reduce the effects of air pollution on lung function, according to research presented at the European Respiratory Society Congress in Amsterdam by Leicester scientists
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Ethnic differences in need for heart pacemakers may have genetic link
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/ethnic-differences-in-need-for-heart-pacemakers-may-have-genetic-link
Researchers have found evidence to show that South Asian people (from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) are less likely to require a pacemaker for an abnormally low heart rate compared to white people of European origin.