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• 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.

• Students discover Leicesters literary secrets on Joe Orton walking tour

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/students-discover-leicesters-literary-secrets-on-joe-orton-walking-tour

  This year the University of Leicester has been celebrating the work of Joe Orton. The Leicester-born playwright is one of our city’s most treasured cultural icons and 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of his tragic death.

• 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.

• Study of Natural Disasters offers insights to save lives

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/study-of-natural-disasters-offers-insights-to-save-lives

  Research into saving lives during times of natural disasters by an academic from our University has recently been published.

• 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).

• 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.

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

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/149/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.