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• Leicester author shares untold story of Mary Attenborough

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/mary-attenborough

  Much of the book has been informed by documents including letters, diaries and photographs held in the care of the University of Leicester’s archive collections.

• Major step in UK contribution to space mission to study solar wind

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/smile-sxi-stm

  The SXI consortium is led by the University of Leicester in collaboration with UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory (UCL MSSL), the Open University and European partners.

• Study shows regularly standing up helps prevent Type 2 diabetes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/study-shows-standing-up-helps-prevent-type-2-diabetes

  Women who have an inactive daily routine and are at high risk of Type 2 diabetes can help prevent the condition by regularly standing up or walking for five minutes at a time, a new study has found.

• Long-term cognitive and psychiatric effects of COVID-19 revealed in new study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/brain-health

  Many people who were hospitalised with COVID-19 continue to have cognitive and psychiatric problems even two to three years post-infection, according to a new study published by researchers from the University of Leicester

• Study finds high blood sugar levels could lead to heart attack complications

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/study-finds-high-blood-sugar-levels-could-lead-to-heart-attack-complications

  A team led by Dr Richard Rainbow from the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences has demonstrated for the first time the mechanism by which the level of sugar in your blood can affect the contraction of blood vessels, with potentially dangerous effects on the heart and...

• More than 1,600 extra trauma victims alive today says major new study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/more-than-1-600-extra-trauma-victims-alive-today-says-major-new-study

  More than 1,600 extra trauma victims alive today says major new study More than 1,600 extra trauma victims alive today says major new study 1475|A researcher from our Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and Leicester's Hospitals is co-author of a report showing that...

• HE assessment guidance is successfully tackling racial inequality, study finds

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/ripiag

  The most recent assessment of the Racially Inclusive Practice in Assessment Guidance (RIPIAG) has shown that its implementation has improved race inequality in Higher Education (HE).

• Engaging Audiences: Education, Learning and Participation

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mu7546

  Module code: MU7546 As museums become increasingly committed to their communities, audiences, and social purposes, the traditional notions of education and learning have found new avenues of practice and significance at the core of the museum’s work.

• One in three high blood pressure patients failing to take medication study suggests

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/one-in-three-high-blood-pressure-patients-failing-to-take-medication-study-suggests

  One in three people who suffer from high blood pressure are failing to take medication as prescribed by their healthcare professionals, a new study led by our University has suggested.

• Looking at War Memorials

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2020/05/07/looking-at-war-memorials/

  Posted by Elizabeth Blood in Library Special Collections on May 7, 2020   In October-November 2019, Archives & Special Collections featured an exhibition in the cases outside our reading room, entitled Looking at War Memorials .