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Review outlines methods to estimate life expectancy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/life-expectancy
Five key methods have been explored by Leicester researchers to calculate life expectancy and the life years lost due to disease and illness.
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Theses
https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/study/postgraduate/dissertations-and-theses/phd-theses
2021 GREENHOWE, Priscilla. "I do belong to Mattishall': Obtaining poor relief from Mattishall, Norfolk, c. 1750-1834 2020 BATMAN, Phil. A comparison of kinship family survival in York and in the nineteenth century. MITCHELL, Chris.
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Research
https://le.ac.uk/american-studies/research
All academics in the Centre for American Studies at the University of Leicester are actively engaged in academic research, publishing their work both here in the UK and in the USA. Find out about our research projects.
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Sydney Holloway
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/sydney-holloway
We have recently learned with great sadness of the death of Sydney Holloway, who was a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Leicester from the early 1960s to the early 2000s.
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International type 2 diabetes prevention drive suggested by COVID-19 review
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/diabetes-covid
An international drive to highlight to the importance of prevention of diabetes has been proposed following a review in the wake of the pandemic.
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Gaia Data Release 3: New space data serves as ‘complete step change’ in understanding of our Universe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/gaia-dr3
Space scientists have today (Monday) announced the discovery of a ‘super Jupiter’ orbiting a white dwarf, the first detected using direct observations with the European Space Agency (ESA)’s Gaia mission.
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University of Leicester granted Freedom of the Borough by Oadby & Wigston Borough Council
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/freedom-of-borough
At an extraordinary meeting of full council on Tuesday 30 March, Oadby & Wigston Borough Council granted the University of Leicester Honorary Freedom of the Borough and bestowed the title of Honorary Freeman upon the University - the highest honour the Borough can bestow.
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Santa’s sleigh flies with the power of the Apollo mission rocket
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/santa-sleigh-engine
Santa’s sleigh would require equivalent thrust to that produced by the Saturn V rocket or 150 Boeing 747-400 engines, University of Leicester students have found.
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Research reveals human-driven changes to distinctive foraging patterns in North Pacific Ocean
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/albatross-foraging
Dr Eric Guiry is Lecturer in Biomolecular Archaeology at the University of Leicester and corresponding author for the study, which focused on two locations close to Yuquot, Canada, and compared findings to sites in the USA, Russia and Japan.
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Digital Media and Society MA
https://le.ac.uk/courses/digital-media-and-society-ma/2026
This is for you if... you want to understand the impact digital media and technologies are having on society and develop a range of research skills relevant for analysing digital media trends and phenomena.