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• Regular exercisers should be reassured by results of heart study, experts claim

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/heart-study

  A study by University of Leicester researchers, investigating the belief that too much exercise can be bad for the heart has found that the heart’s structure and function does adapt to high levels of habitual physical activity but these changes stay within normal ranges

• 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...

• Study highlights barriers to healthcare for patients with learning disabilities

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/learning-disabilities

  Patients with learning disabilities experience significant barriers to accessing healthcare in England, new study by University of Leicester researchers shows

• Human Rights and LGBTQ+

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/human-rights-and-lgbtq

  The work of RCMG has profoundly impacted the thinking and practices of the cultural sector and had significant positive benefits for museum visitors.

• First global patient for kidney study recruited in Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/first-global-patient-for-kidney-study-recruited-in-leicester

  A patient from Birmingham is the first person to be recruited into a new worldwide study to test new treatments for a potentially life-threatening kidney condition called IgA nephropathy.

• Study on dopamine neurons could improve mobility and neurological disorder research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/study-on-dopamine-neurons-could-improve-mobility-and-neurological-disorder-research

  A research team from the Department of Biology has discovered for the first time both when and why the particular cells in the brain that affect movement are active - after examining transparent zebrafish.

• Student study investigates how lasers can control lightning

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/student-study-investigates-how-lasers-can-control-lightning

  Physics students from the Department of Physics and Astronomy have investigated the possibility of inducing, directing and controlling lightning strikes using lasers.

• Lahore to Leicester pathway – agreement gives Pakistan students a truly international study experience

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/lahore-leicester-pathway-agreement-pakistan-students-international-study-experience

  A new agreement between the University of Leicester and the University of Central Punjab (UCP) will see students split their studies between Pakistan and the United Kingdom.

• New study to explore actions of solidarity with asylum seekers and refugees

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/new-study-to-explore-actions-of-solidarity-with-asylum-seekers-and-refugees

  A new study into collective actions in support of vulnerable groups – including asylum seekers and refugees - is being led by our University in collaboration with the Université de Nantes.

• Collaborations and partnerships

  https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/ceah/collaborations

  American University Beirut, Lebanon Antiquities Department Zanzibar Az-Zaytuna University, Libya British Institute for Libyan and Northern African Studies (BILNAS), UK Department of Natural and Environmental Resources of Puerto Rico (government ministry,...