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Study suggests seated upper body physical activity can reduce risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes made worse by sitting
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/study-suggests-seated-upper-body-physical-activity-can-reduce-risk-of-heart-disease-and-type-2-diabetes-made-worse-by-sitting
A new study conducted at the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), including researchers from our University, has found that breaking up prolonged bouts of restful sitting with short, frequent bouts of simple seated arm exercises can benefit obese patients at high...
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University of Leicester Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls ready to compete on the world stage
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/olympics-paralympics
Student Lauren Henry and alumnus Nick Cummins are competing as part of TeamGB in the Olympics and Paralympics 2024
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University of Leicester receives Freedom of the Borough honour
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/freedom-of-borough
The University of Leicester has been conferred the Freedom of the Borough by Oadby and Wigston Borough Council (OWBC) - the highest civic honour the council can bestow – in the year that the University celebrates its Centenary.
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Leicester’s free legal advice clinic receives Home Office funding to help Windrush victims
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/windrush-compensation-scheme-free-legal-advice-clinic
The University of Leicester's free Legal Advice Clinic has been awarded £40,000 by the Home Office as part of the Windrush Compensation Advocacy Support Fund.
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Scoping Failure
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2018/10/26/scoping-failure/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on October 26, 2018 This week a colleague returned from a conference with some interesting feedback on the conversations she had been involved in around the purpose of a PhD and the views held by various stakeholders.
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Maria Rovisco
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/performingcitizenship/author/mr268/
I am a Lecturer in Media and Communication at the University of Leicester.
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What is behind the work persona?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2017/09/19/what-is-behind-the-work-persona/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on September 19, 2017 My role brings me into contact with many people from different parts of the world who are striving to attain the next step in their career.
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Research
https://le.ac.uk/empathy/research
Learn more about the research conducted in the Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare.
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Death and absence
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes/first-world-war/death-and-absence
Get more information about death and absence from interviews with residents of Leicestershire during the First World War.
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Leicesters approach was truly trailblazing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/2018leicester2019s-approach-was-truly-trail-blazing2019
The University has won the 2015 UAR Openness Award for animal research public engagement activity.