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  • Increase in chronic conditions in older people identified in study

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/increase-in-chronic-conditions-in-older-people-identified-in-study

    The number of older people in England living with more than one chronic condition could have risen by ten per cent in the last decade putting increasing pressure on the NHS, new research has suggested.

  • MIXS: studying Mercury in detail

    https://le.ac.uk/bepicolombo/mixs

    BepiColombo carries two X-ray spectrometers: MIXS (Mercury Imaging X-Ray Spectrometer) and SIXS (Solar Imaging X-Ray Spectrometer). No-one has sent an imaging X-ray telescope to any planetary body before so this is ground-breaking science.

  • Archaeology and Heritage MA, PGDip, PGCert, by distance learning

    https://le.ac.uk/courses/archaeology-and-heritage-ma-dl/2026

    What is the role, value and impact of archaeology in our broader society? How should archaeologists present and communicate the past to the public? How can they design archaeological projects to produce both new knowledge and real impact?

  • New study provides insights into complexities of gender at work

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/study-suggests-male-workers-in-typically-female-jobs-are-not-motivated-by-money

    Men in typically female-dominated occupations tend to value the social aspects of their career over financial rewards, the findings of a study by Dr Catherine Steele from the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour and a team at the University of...

  • Sole2Soul: Narrate, Curate, Rejuvenate

    https://le.ac.uk/new-writing/projects/sole2soul

    Sole2Soul promotes meaningful intergenerational exchange between “silver champions” (project participants aged over 55) and teenagers about artefacts from the Boot and Shoe exhibit at Harborough Museum.

  • Archive for May 2025: Page 2

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/page/2/

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  • Study reveals how thirsty trees pull water to their canopies

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/study-reveals-how-thirsty-trees-pull-water-to-their-canopies

    A scientific mystery about how trees pull water from the ground to their top branches has been solved by an international team of researchers led by Dr Adrian Boatwright, who conducted the research while at the Department of Chemistry.

  • University celebrates research with Doctoral College Week

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/27-doctoral-college-week

    The University of Leicester’s postgraduate research students, early career researchers and research staff were celebrated in a range of events for Doctoral College Week, which took place from 18 to 22 March 2019.

  • Global study identifies a safer treatment of acute stroke

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/global-study-identifies-a-safer-treatment-of-acute-stroke

    The safety of a controversial clot-busting drug has been investigated by researchers, who have shown a modified dosage can reduce serious bleeding in the brain and improve survival rates.

  • Historian helps to develop 54 million National Civil War Centre

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/historian-helps-to-develop-ps5-4-million-national-civil-war-centre

    Dr Andrew Hopper (pictured) from the Centre for English Local History has helped to develop a £5.4 million National Civil War Centre in the East Midlands.

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