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Study suggests seated upper body physical activity can reduce risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes made worse by sitting
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/study-suggests-seated-upper-body-physical-activity-can-reduce-risk-of-heart-disease-and-type-2-diabetes-made-worse-by-sitting
A new study conducted at the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), including researchers from our University, has found that breaking up prolonged bouts of restful sitting with short, frequent bouts of simple seated arm exercises can benefit obese patients at high...
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What our students say
https://le.ac.uk/cite/eltu/presessional/why-leicester/our-students
Hear more from students who have studied with us in the ELTU on the Presessional English Programme at Leicester.
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Boost to improve the UKs capability in Earth observation to tackle environmental challenges globally
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/boost-to-improve-the-uk2019s-capability-in-earth-observation-to-tackle-environmental-challenges-globally
Our University is part of a new £2m joint programme which will help to develop innovative technologies to observe Earth from space.
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Leicester astrophysicist takes on key role in international space organisation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/martin-barstow-essi
New Executive Committee for Earth-Space Sustainability Initiative (ESSI) includes Professor Martin Barstow from the University of Leicester and Space Park Leicester.
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Peace Activism in the UK during the Cold War
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/11/22/peace-activism-in-the-uk-during-the-cold-war/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 22, 2019 A new online resource based upon the archives of CND held in the LSE Library.
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History (Urban History) MA
https://le.ac.uk/courses/urban-history-ma/2026
This is for you if... you want to study the history of urban culture and society at a specialist research centre of international academic excellence.
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Al Jazeera News game
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/11/al-jazeera-news-game/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2016 Interesting example of a game produced by Al Jazeera English which aims to raise questions about investigative journalism and cybersecurity: HACKED: Syria’s...
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Is the Treasury being Economic with the truth about Brexit?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/03/is-the-treasury-being-economic-with-the-truth-about-brexit/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 3, 2016 Recently the UK government claimed that a possible UK exit from Europe would have an immediate economic impact.
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Leicester experts uncover secrets of healthy ageing from the world’s oldest person
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/healthy-ageing-leicester-genome-maria
Leicester scientists have helped study the genetics and lifestyle factors that enabled María Branyas Morera, officially the oldest person in the world until she died last year, to reach 117 years old
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Peatlands will store more carbon as planet warms, study suggests
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/peatlands-will-store-more-carbon-as-planet-warms-study-suggests
Peatlands will store more carbon as planet warms, study suggests Photograph of a peat field|Leicester scientist part of international study into effects of global warming on peatlands Global warming will cause peatlands to absorb more carbon – but the effect will weaken as...