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Motor Cities
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/motor-cities
Leverhulme Research Project Grant (£154,757) October 2011-September 2014 Professor Simon Gunn and Dr Susan Townsend (University of Nottingham) In the last half century the automobile has transformed life in cities across much of the globe, offering unprecedented freedom...
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Research suggests controversial test could be leading to unnecessary open heart operations
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/research-suggests-controversial-test-could-be-leading-to-unnecessary-open-heart-operations
An approved international test to check whether people need open heart surgery could be sending twice as many people under the knife unnecessarily, at a cost of nearly £75m, research by our University has suggested.
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About
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/queeringislam/about/
Queering Islam is the blog of the Leverhulme -funded project Queer Diasporas: Homosexuality, Islam and a Micropolitics of Dissent (2014-2017), and it is written by the project leader, Dr Alberto Fernández Carbajal , based at the School of English.
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Clearing out student accommodation reaps rich rewards for charity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/12-bhf-collection
A charity scheme that encourages students to donate their unwanted items at the end of term instead of throwing them away, has saved an incredible 39 tonnes of items from being thrown away in Leicester.
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Highlights from our postgraduate research community
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/highlights-from-our-postgraduate-research-community
The Graduate School has announced the publication of the second Issue of Frontier, the postgraduate research magazine for and by postgraduate students of the University of Leicester.
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New exercise app using space data aims to help those with long-term health conditions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/p-step
A personalised new exercise app for people with long-term health conditions including heart and lung disease and diabetes is set to be piloted by researchers from the University of Leicester.
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Funny bones Richard III genealogist crowned winner of comedy challenge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/funny-bones-richard-iii-genealogist-crowned-winner-of-comedy-challenge
Our very own Professor Kevin Schürer (pictured) has been crowned the winner of the 2016 Stand Up Challenge, held at Leicester Racecourse on Wednesday night.
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Quarter-of-a-century plant blooming takes centre stage in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/agave
A rare plant that flowers once every 25 to 30 years has finally bloomed in the University of Leicester’s Botanic Garden.
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Shedding new light on drinking and eating habits in the Roman world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/research-network-explores-innovative-ways-to-shed-new-light-on-drinking-and-eating-habits-in-the-roman-world
The landmark 50th issue of the journal Internet Archaeology highlights the pioneering research conducted by a network of academics, professional archaeologists and museum curators, led by the Universities of Leicester and Exeter, who are investigating new ways of analysing...
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Demand for free colonial history lessons spikes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/colonial-countryside
Free home schooling packs about Britain’s colonial past have seen a surge in popularity. Requests for the Colonial Countryside packs, written by author and history teacher Dan Lyndon-Cohen, have gone from one or two a week to more than 30 a day.