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Sensory Reading: New Approaches to Teaching and Learning GCSE English Literature
https://le.ac.uk/research/projects/sensory-reading
Led by Professor Phil Shaw and Dr Scott Freer in the Department of English, ‘Sensory Reading’ aims to develop outreach opportunities arising from Phil Shaw’s AHRC Leadership Fellow project, Wordsworth 2020.
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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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Biggest leap in identified lung health genes paves way for personalised risk score
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/lung-health-genes
New Nature Genetics study led by Universities of Leicester and Nottingham finds over 500 genes linked to lung health, providing new targets for potential therapeutics
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New telescope to be the ‘GOTO’ for gravitational wave events
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/goto
GOTO is designed to fill this observational gap by searching for optical signals in the electromagnetic spectrum that might indicate the source of the gravitational waves – quickly locating the source and using that information to direct a fleet of telescopes, satellites and...
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The term “antimicrobial resistance” has little meaning to the public and should be renamed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/antimicrobial-resistance
The public is failing to take antimicrobial resistance seriously and it could all be down to the scientific terminology used.
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Views sought on health and social care research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/represent
People from ethnic minority backgrounds living in Leicestershire have the opportunity to shape the future of research into health and social care and reduce inequality thanks to a new study.
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University library feeds more than the mind thanks to free veg seed giveaway
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/university-leicester-seed-library-free-veg-giveaway
The University of Leicester’s growing reputation has been bolstered with a scheme which allows its library members to take out seeds, as well as books.
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University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust to host new NIHR Regional Research Delivery Network
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/nihr-research-delivery-network
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that a new National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Research Delivery Network (RDN) will commence in 2024 to support the successful delivery of health and social care research in England.
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Spotlight on SLAIDER -- Self-learning AI-based digital twins for accelerating clinical care in respiratory emergency admissions
https://le.ac.uk/computing-and-mathematical-sciences/research/life-health-sciences/slaider
SLAIDER is a £620k project running from 2023 to 2025 and funded by the EPSRC. To provide more context on the project, the team was asked several questions about SLAIDER and how it could impact real-life clinical care.
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Animals’ ‘sixth sense’ more widespread than previously thought
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/animal-magnetic
A study using fruit flies, led by researchers at The Universities of Leicester and Manchester, suggests the animal world’s ability to sense a magnetic field may be more widespread than previously thought.