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• Study finds final year individual bonuses are counter-productive

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/study-finds-final-year-individual-bonuses-are-counter-productive

  A new study by researchers in the UK and Australia has found it makes better business sense to reward team performance rather than provide individual bonuses – and that group rewards generate the top-performing individuals.

• Keep Calm and Scroll On!

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2020/03/27/keep-calm-and-scroll-on/

  Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on March 27, 2020       Hello from our homes!   Ian, our Library Assistant will be ready to greet new users when we reopen! We had to bid a sad farewell to our archive store and reading room last week, as...

• Study suggests millions of modern men are descendants of 11 dynastic leaders

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/genetic-study-suggests-millions-of-modern-are-descendants-of-11-asian-dynastic-leaders

  A team of geneticists led by Professor Mark Jobling from the Department of Genetics has discovered that millions of modern Asian men are descended from 11 powerful dynastic leaders, including Mongolian warlord Genghis Khan, who lived up to 4,000 years ago.

• Expert reaction to study looking at air pollution and lung cancer survival

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/expert-reaction-to-study-looking-at-air-pollution-and-lung-cancer-survival

  Professor Michael Peake (pictured), Honorary Consultant and Professor of Respiratory Medicine from the Institute for Lung Health has commented on new research suggesting that pollution may shorten lung cancer patients' lives.

• MA Scholarship Award Holders Announced

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/08/01/ma-scholarship-award-holders-announced/

  Posted by David Revill in School of English Blog on August 1, 2014 Congratulations! to the following four applicants who have each been awarded a  £2000 MA Scholarship : Mariette Cracknell (MA Victorian Studies),Kelsyn Delaney (MA Modern Literature and...

• New Leicester study reveals hidden heart risks in women with Type 2 Diabetes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/heart-women-diabetes-leicester

  Women with type 2 diabetes are nearly twice as likely as men to have hidden heart damage, according to a major new study by Leicester researchers.

• Study Skills for Postgraduates in Law

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/lw7004

  Module code: LW7004 This module is designed to enhance your basic academic skills, and provides a basis for postgraduate work.

• Study Skills for Professional Geographers

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/gy1027

  Module code: GY1027 The move from school to university can be challenging, but also exciting.

• Key Issues and Approaches in Media Study

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ms7500

  Module code: MS7500 Module co-ordinator: Dr Vincent Campbell Module Outline This module introduces a variety of influential, competing ways of thinking about the media within the broad area of social science research, but drawing also on other disciplines.

• Migrant status compounds inequality for ethnic minority NHS staff, new study finds

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/ethnic-minority-healthcare-workers

  Ethnic minority healthcare workers who are also born overseas face a double disadvantage due to the combined effects of ethnicity and migrant status, according to new research by University of Leicester experts.