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• Treating insomnia may reduce mental health problems

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/treating-insomnia-may-reduce-mental-health-problems

  Treating insomnia with online cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) could reduce mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, and paranoia, according to a large randomised controlled trial published in The Lancet Psychiatry.

• How the enclosure of common land sparked riots revolts and resistance in the Midlands

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/how-the-enclosure-of-common-land-sparked-riots-revolts-and-resistance-in-the-midlands

  A series of riots by angry farmers opposing the enclosure of common land in the Midlands in 1607 will be the subject of this year’s Hoskins Lecture on 5 May.

• Former Leicester astronomers recall how they discovered the source of the dazzling Geminids meteor shower

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/former-leicester-astronomers-recall-how-they-discovered-the-source-of-the-dazzling-geminids-meteor-shower

  The beautiful Geminids meteor shower is due to light up the heavens this weekend, but the source of the enigmatic cosmic display had eluded stargazers for more than 120 years.

• Graduate doctor rushes to aid of stab victim in London tube station

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/graduate-doctor-rushes-to-aid-of-stab-victim-in-london-tube-station

  A heroic doctor rushed to the rescue after a man was stabbed in a terrorist attack in a London tube station.

• Researchers trial system for improved sea safety

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/researchers-trial-system-for-improved-sea-safety

  Dr Nigel Bannister from the Department of Physics and Astronomy has been trialling a concept for using satellite imagery to significantly improve the chances of locating ships and planes lost at sea - such as the missing Malaysian flight MH370.

• Free online course provides insights into Richard III reinterment

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/free-online-course-provides-insights-into-richard-iii-reinterment

  From Medieval cuisine to the War of the Roses, the third run of the free popular ‘England in the Time of King Richard III’ online course, which is launching Monday 16 February, will offer a fascinating insight into life during 15th century England in the build up to the...

• Leicester student in world Wheelchair Rugby Challenge

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/leicester-student-in-world-wheelchair-rugby-challenge

  A Leicester doctoral student has described the ‘great experience’ of taking part in the inaugural BT World Wheelchair Rugby Challenge.

• A change of scenery mankinds unprecedented transformation of Earth

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/a-change-of-scenery-mankind2019s-unprecedented-transformation-of-earth

  Human beings are pushing the planet in an entirely new direction with revolutionary implications for its life, a new study by researchers from the Department of Geology and published in The Anthropocene Review suggests.

• Promising early results from new UK Type 2 diabetes prevention programme

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/promising-early-results-from-new-uk-type-2-diabetes-prevention-programme

  A programme aimed at preventing the development of Type 2 diabetes in people at high risk of the disease has achieved “promising” early results, a study has found.

• The Myths of King Richard III and Dracula

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/the-myths-of-king-richard-iii-and-dracula

  The Shakespearian interpretation of King Richard III will be examined by a visiting Spanish academic when she visits the University next month.