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  • A 10 minute walk a day could add a year to your life – study finds

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/brisk-walk

    A longer, healthier life could be as little as a ten-minute walk away, according to the findings of a new study conducted by researchers funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) at the University of...

  • Events

    https://le.ac.uk/dickens-code/events

    Find out more about the events being held by us at the University of Leicester or events being held at other Universities or institutions.

  • Saffia's story: from distance learning to campus study

    https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/study/distance-learning/undergraduate/saffia

    Hear from our student Saffia, who started her undergraduate degree by distance learning and then transferred to campus for her second year of study.

  • Activities and events

    https://le.ac.uk/wordsworth-2020/events

    Find out about past events and future events for the Wordsworth 2020 AHRC funded project for English research at Leicester.

  • New research centre to study the impact of the environment on human health

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/cehs

    The Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability (CEHS) draws on experts from a wide variety of research backgrounds to investigate and mitigate the health problems from air pollution, environmental noise, and low-level chemical exposures.

  • Webb Fellowship awarded for the study of giant planets

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/webb-fellow

    An early-career planetary scientist has been awarded the third-ever Webb Fellowship and will study the atmospheres of giant planets using the James Webb Space Telescope.

  • 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.

  • New portrait of Sir David Attenborough revealed in city

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/new-portrait-of-sir-david-attenborough-revealed-in-city

    A stunning new portrait of Leicester honorary graduate and Distinguished Honorary Fellow Sir David Attenborough at Leicester’s New Walk Museum has been revealed by the man himself.

  • Jurassic calamari: amazing fossil proves that flying reptiles preyed on squid

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/27-pterosaur-vs-squid

    Rhamphorhynchus muensteri, flying close to the water surface to grab soft-bodied cephalopods such as Plesioteuthis subovata. Artwork by C Klug and Beat Scheffold.|An incredible fossil brought to light in a new research paper reveals the feeding habits of extinct flying reptiles.

  • About the project

    https://le.ac.uk/wordsworth-2020/about

    Get more information about the AHRC funded Wordsworth 2020 project, designed to advance research on Wordsworth's poetry.

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