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  • Beautiful 19th century images of Egyptian monuments shed light on rediscovery of Ancient Egypt

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/beautiful-19th-century-images-of-egyptian-monuments-shed-light-on-rediscovery-of-ancient-egypt

    The rediscovery of Ancient Egyptian monuments, temples and tombs during the 19th century by pioneering adventurers will be charted as part of a new exhibition running at our University until 12 November.

  • 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...

  • How much do you know about the founders and early benefactors of our University? by Caroline Wessel

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2019/11/01/how-much-do-you-know-about-the-founders-and-early-benefactors-of-our-university-by-caroline-wessel/

    Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on November 1, 2019 To celebrate our Centenary Years, Special Collections would like to share with you new research, which not only paints a picture of the how we were founded, but also the way of life and the connection of...

  • National award for Queer Heritage and Collections Network

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/queer-heritage

    A partnership supporting museums and heritage bodies to reveal and publicly present LGBTQ+ histories – of which the University of Leicester is a founding member – has won a prestigious national award.

  • Global study identifies a safer treatment of acute stroke

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/global-study-identifies-a-safer-treatment-of-acute-stroke

    The safety of a controversial clot-busting drug has been investigated by researchers, who have shown a modified dosage can reduce serious bleeding in the brain and improve survival rates.

  • First Findings of the ‘Work-Life Balance and the Pandemic’ Study Amongst University Employees

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2021/01/18/first-findings-of-the-work-life-balance-and-the-pandemic-study-amongst-university-employees/

    Posted by Stephen Wood in School of Business Blog on January 18, 2021 “Well-being amongst university employees fell between May and September 2020, and increased loneliness and an inability to detach from work accounted for this.

  • Ruth David (1929-2020)

    https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2020/ruth-david

    Ruth’s last visit to the University of Leicester, 26 November 2019.|The David Wilson Library holds copies of Ruth's memoirs, A Child of Her Time, and of Lifelines, a volume of letters she and her parents exchanged before they were deported to Auschwitz.

  • Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/162/

    Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

  • Andrew Dunn: Page 161

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/161/

    Academic Librarian.

  • Genetics study to improve prediction of heart disease recruits 20000th participant

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/genetics-study-to-improve-prediction-of-heart-disease-recruits-20-000th-participant

    A team of researchers from our University and NIHR Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit (LCBRU) in conjunction with colleagues from Primary Care and Leicester and Leicestershire CCGs have recruited their 20,000th participant to a landmark genetics study.

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