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About us
https://le.ac.uk/nurc/about-us
NISCO UK Research Centre is leading in the field of new materials and advanced manufacturing, building on research networks and partnerships to deliver exciting outcomes.
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Medicine offers weight-loss hope for patients with type-2 diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/surpass-2
New research by academics at the University of Leicester published today (Friday) has given fresh hope to patients with type-2 diabetes, after Eli Lilly and Company’s SURPASS-2 clinical trial showed that 60% of patients achieved a 10% percent or greater weight loss with 15 mg...
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Midwifery training at University College Leicester, 1928-1947
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/05/03/midwifery-training-1928-1947/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on May 3, 2018 This week the appointment of our first Professors of Nursing and Midwifery have been announced by the University.
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Permissible Beauty
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/permissible-beauty
Permissible Beauty examines how beauty has been defined, hailed and perceived in the past and how this is reflected in – and shaped by – our nation’s heritage.
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Archaeology of Islamic Societies
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ar3088
Module code: AR3088 Who are the Muslims and what is their history? Is there an ‘Islamic’ culture, or indeed more than one? What is the place of the history of Islam in everybody’s history? How can archaeologists study Islamic societies? Islam originated in...
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Archaeology of Islamic Societies
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ar3088
Module code: AR3088 Who are the Muslims and what is their history? Is there an ‘Islamic’ culture, or indeed more than one? What is the place of the history of Islam in everybody’s history? How can archaeologists study Islamic societies? Islam originated in...
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ekrockow
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/author/emk12/
First ever SAPPHIRE-run Ethnography for Healthcare Improvement Summer School is huge success Posted by ekrockow in SAPPHIRE (Social science APPlied to Healthcare Improvement REsearch) on August 29, 2019 SAPPHIRE ran the first Ethnography for Healthcare Improvement Summer School.
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Physics and Astronomy Blog: Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/page/25/
Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in the School of Physics and Astronomy.
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Lockdown Research Bites
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/07/15/lockdown-research-bites/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 15 July 2020 During the 2020 lockdown, Leicester’s College of Science and Engineering showcased a series of virtual lectures over the spring and summer.
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Unprecedented energy consumption is leaving a permanent stain on planetary history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/anthropocene
A new study co-authored by three professors at the University of Leicester’s School of Geography, Geology and the Environment argues that the speed and scale of human energy consumption has pushed the Earth towards a new geological epoch, the ‘Anthropocene’.