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• University of Leicester Academic staff blogs home

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/

  Academic and Staff blogs written by current University of Leicester research, teaching and support staff. See what makes this Top 20 university a leader in innovative, world-changing research and inspirational passionate teaching.

• Sheep urine study examines impact of greenhouse gas

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/sheep-urine-study-examines-impact-of-greenhouse-gas

  Dr Mick Whelan and Professor Heiko Balzter from our Department of Geography have just started a three-year NERC-funded project to explore the interaction between livestock (sheep) grazing behaviour, urine composition and subsequent nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from urine...

• First global patient for kidney study recruited in Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/first-global-patient-for-kidney-study-recruited-in-leicester

  A patient from Birmingham is the first person to be recruited into a new worldwide study to test new treatments for a potentially life-threatening kidney condition called IgA nephropathy.

• Study on dopamine neurons could improve mobility and neurological disorder research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/study-on-dopamine-neurons-could-improve-mobility-and-neurological-disorder-research

  A research team from the Department of Biology has discovered for the first time both when and why the particular cells in the brain that affect movement are active - after examining transparent zebrafish.

• First cohort studying Apollo-Leicester university course find out more about life and learning in the UK

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/may/first-cohort-studying-apollo-leicester-university-uk

  The first cohort of students in India on a degree which will see them split their studies between the University of Leicester and the subcontinent have been given a taste of studying and living in the UK.

• New study to explore actions of solidarity with asylum seekers and refugees

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/new-study-to-explore-actions-of-solidarity-with-asylum-seekers-and-refugees

  A new study into collective actions in support of vulnerable groups – including asylum seekers and refugees - is being led by our University in collaboration with the Université de Nantes.

• New study of multicultural Leicester provides food for thought

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/new-study-of-multicultural-leicester-provides-food-for-thought

  Master's students in the School of Modern Languages have conducted the first study in Leicester to investigate multiculturalism through where and what we eat - and have found that while dining experiences bring together people from different cultures, in many...

• Letters from the archives

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2024/10/22/letters-from-the-archives/

  Posted by Eleanor Bloomfield in Library and Learning Services on October 22, 2024 Although today they have fallen out of fashion, letters were once one of the easiest, quickest and most popular methods of communication.

• New study shows the heart health benefits of more intense physical activity

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/heart-study

  Study shows there is a greater reduction in cardiovascular disease risk when more of that activity is of at least moderate intensity.

• Study suggests human impact has created a plastic planet

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/study-suggests-human-impact-has-created-a-2018plastic-planet2019

  Planet Earth’s oceans and lands will be buried by increasing layers of plastic waste by the mid-century due to human activity, according to research led by researchers from the Department of Geology.