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  • Unique protein signatures linked to ethnicity and changes in physical activity observed in new study

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/diabetes-ethnicity-protein-study-leicester

    A Leicester study has shed light on why people of South Asian (SA) origin may face a higher risk of cardiometabolic disorders and respond differently to physical activity compared to White European people

  • 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?

  • 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.

  • Study reveals mysteries of enzyme mechanism

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/study-reveals-mysteries-of-enzyme-mechanism

    An international research team led by our University has made a breakthrough advance by trapping an intermediate in the mechanism of enzymes called heme peroxidases and determining its structure using a beam of neutrons from the heart of a nuclear reactor.

  • Archive for May 2025: Page 2

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

    You are browsing the site archives by date.

  • 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.

  • Global COVID-19 study finds higher infection risk was main driver of ethnic inequality

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/covid

    A major new global study has found that higher rates of severe illness and death among ethnic minority groups during the pandemic was largely driven by a greater risk of infection.

  • Evidencing the impact of the generic learning outcomes

    https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/impact-of-generic-learning-outcomes

    Jo Graham was commissioned to uncover evidence of the awareness, use and impact of the Generic Learning Outcomes on the museum sector in the UK.

  • 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.

  • Study shows large gender imbalance in funding given for cancer research

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/study-shows-large-gender-imbalance-in-funding-given-for-cancer-research

    Male researchers receive far greater funding for cancer research than their female equivalents, suggests a study involving University of Leicester research and published in the journal BMJ Open.

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