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Study of freelance workers examines link between hours worked and their well-being
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/study-of-freelance-workers-examines-link-between-hours-worked-and-their-well-being
A new study of freelance workers has discovered key factors that affect their well-being – either making them happier or increasing anxiety and risking depression.
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Analysing Media Discourse
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/sy3083
Module code: SY3083 Language is central to the way the media operate. Whether in written, spoken or graphical form, the linguistic and interactional properties of communication underpin all contemporary media genres.
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Researchers set to reduce heart disease risk for kidney transplant patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/researchers-set-to-reduce-heart-disease-risk-for-kidney-transplant-patients
Researchers at our University, working in conjunction with Loughborough University and Leicester’s Hospitals are set to reduce the risk of kidney transplant patients developing heart disease with the creation of specialised exercise programmes.
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Study reveals how thirsty trees pull water to their canopies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/study-reveals-how-thirsty-trees-pull-water-to-their-canopies
A scientific mystery about how trees pull water from the ground to their top branches has been solved by an international team of researchers led by Dr Adrian Boatwright, who conducted the research while at the Department of Chemistry.
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International Law
https://le.ac.uk/law/research/research-themes/international-law
Here at Leicester Law School, we research and discuss all aspects of public international law, by reading academic papers and studying current news.
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Researching Learning in Museums and Galleries 1990-1999
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/researching-learning
When RCMG was launched in January 1999, it seemed appropriate to review what was already known about the field.
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Critical, Symbolic and Emotional Rural Geographies
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/gy3417
Module code: GY3417 You'll explore how people imagine or symbolise rural spaces, how the lives of people living and working in the countryside are conditioned by relations of power, and how people connect emotionally and experientially with the material and living...
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Critical, Symbolic and Emotional Rural Geographies
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/gy3417
Module code: GY3417 You'll explore how people imagine or symbolise rural spaces, how the lives of people living and working in the countryside are conditioned by relations of power, and how people connect emotionally and experientially with the material and living...
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Critical, Symbolic and Emotional Rural Geographies
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/gy3417
Module code: GY3417 You'll explore how people imagine or symbolise rural spaces, how the lives of people living and working in the countryside are conditioned by relations of power, and how people connect emotionally and experientially with the material and living...
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Weapons of plant production
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/sustaining-world/plant-production
Professor Pat Heslop-Harrison researches the modification of genetic makeup to make stronger and healthier species of plants to help tackle poverty and ensure survival.