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• 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.

• Breakthrough study reveals new insight into immortal plant cells

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/breakthrough-study-reveals-new-insight-into-201cimmortal201d-plant-cells

  A new study has revealed an undiscovered reprogramming mechanism that allows plants to maintain fitness down the generations.

• GP numbers associated with life expectancy in England, study shows

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/gp-numbers

  Patients with access to fully qualified GPs, higher funding of general practices and increased continuity of care, live longer according to new research by a University of Leicester academic.

• Study shows slow walking pace is good predictor of heart-related deaths

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/study-shows-slow-walking-pace-good-predictor-of-heart-related-deaths

  A team of researchers at the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre - a partnership between Leicester’s Hospitals, the University of Leicester and Loughborough University - has concluded that middle-aged people who report that they are slow walkers could be at higher risk...

• English language requirements for subjects requiring the equivalent to IELTS 6.5

  https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/entry-reqs/eng-lang-reqs/ielts-65

  Find out the equivalent to an IELTS score of 6.5 if you’ve taken a different English language test or qualification.

• Study reveals new associations with lung disease and smoking behaviour

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/study-reveals-new-associations-with-lung-disease-and-smoking-behaviour

  Smokers who survive their habit into old age may hold the key to better lung health for all, according to a study involving co-led by Professor Martin Tobin (pictured) from the Department of Health Sciences and funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC).

• Research grant for study into nuclear weapons and cyber warfare

  https://le.ac.uk/politics/research/research-projects/previous-research-projects/research-grant-for-study-into-nuclear-weapons-and-cyber-warfare

  Research will look into whether today’s nuclear weapons are safe from computer hacking, taking pace at The University of Leicester.

• Study finds veins on Mars were formed by evaporating ancient lakes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/study-finds-veins-on-mars-were-formed-by-evaporating-ancient-lakes

  Mineral veins found in Mars’s Gale Crater were formed by the evaporation of ancient Martian lakes, a new study has shown.

• A story to … awaken thrilling horror

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/10/31/a-story-to-awaken-thrilling-horror/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on October 31, 2016 University of Leicester Special Collections. Frontispiece to the first illustrated edition of Frankenstein, drawn by Theodor von Holst and engraved by W. Chevalier.

• Senate Regulation 5: Regulations governing undergraduate programmes of study (2025/26 onwards)

  https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/senate-regulations/senate-regulation-5/2025-26-study

  Read Senate Regulation 5: Regulations governing undergraduate programmes of study (2025/26 onwards).