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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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Lets make living fossils extinct
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/lets-make-living-fossils-extinct
Research involving Dr Rob Hammond from the Department of Genetics has been cited by the Guardian in an article about 'living fossils' - and if it's time for scientists to retire the term.
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Developing care partnerships: Midwifery practice 3
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/mw3011
Module code: MW3011 This module is facilitated by a combination of lectures, online learning packages, clinical skills/simulation workshops and clinical practice.
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Managing migration
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/social-justice/managing-migration
Dr Zovanga L. Kone discusses managed migration, and how migration improves global economies.
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Developing care partnerships: Midwifery practice 3
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mw3011
Module code: MW3011 This module is facilitated by a combination of lectures, online learning packages, clinical skills/simulation workshops and clinical practice.
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Developing care partnerships: Midwifery practice 3
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/mw3011
Module code: MW3011 This module is facilitated by a combination of lectures, online learning packages, clinical skills/simulation workshops and clinical practice.
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Countering arguments against learning outcomes with scrutiny and evidence – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/loproject/2014/06/24/counter/
The 'Learning Outcomes Project' at the University of Leicester. Countering arguments against learning outcomes with scrutiny and evidence.
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Physical Volcanology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/gl3116
Module code: GL3116 What causes giant explosive eruptions? How do volcanologists figure out how a volcano has behaved in the past, and how do they predict its future? In this module, you'll consider the catastrophic processes at work in volcanoes, from pyroclastic density...
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Physical Volcanology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/gl3116
Module code: GL3116 What causes giant explosive eruptions? How do volcanologists figure out how a volcano has behaved in the past, and how do they predict its future? In this module, you'll consider the catastrophic processes at work in volcanoes, from pyroclastic density...