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  • Leicester study to improve crop plants

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/leicester-study-to-improve-crop-plants

    Dr James Higgins (pictured) from the Department of Genetics has been awarded a New Investigator grant (£450,000) from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to investigate meiotic adaptation to whole genome duplication.

  • More on overtime

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/24/more-on-overtime/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2019 How much overtime do British workers do? The Office for National Statistics has  Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) .

  • Breakthrough genetic study points to neurological mechanisms for chronic cough

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/chronic-cough-genetic-leicester

    A new genetic study by scientists at the University of Leicester has identified neurological mechanisms as key drivers of chronic cough

  • Archaeology students from University of Leicester to star in new Time Team episode

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/archaeology-students-star-new-time-team-episode

    Time Team episode documents the experiences of Archaeology students as they developed their skills on their first archaeological dig

  • Easter for social scientists

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/17/easter-for-social-scientists/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 17, 2019 Just for fun here are some interesting research related facts on Easter chocolate! This infographic from Statista  has some basic facts on who celebrates Easter and what they do.

  • Cities

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/02/cities-2/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 2, 2014  Cities of Opportunity   Interesting new report on urban demographics from PriceWaterHouse Cooper.  Covers 30 major cities worldwide.

  • Health study with 11,000 participants celebrates 10 year anniversary

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/exceed

    A major health study led by the University of Leicester has recruited a staggering 11,000 patients across the city and county since it began 10 years ago.

  • Study raises important questions about lockdown effects on BAME communities

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/lockdown-effects-on-bame-communities

    New research by University of Leicester academics reveals lockdown measures imposed in late March, during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, may not have been as effective in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities with data showing that cases in these...

  • World Food Day (16th October)

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/18/world-food-day-16th-october/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2019 See the  FAO official website  for details of this year’s theme on healthy diet.

  • What is distance learning?

    https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/what-they-are/distance-learning

    Our distance learning programmes offer a flexible way to study for a University of Leicester research degree wherever you are in the world.

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