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• West Antarctic Ice Sheet loss over the last 11000 years shown in new study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/west-antarctic-ice-sheet-loss-over-the-last-11-000-years-shown-in-new-study

  An international team of researchers led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and involving our University has shown that wind-driven incursions of warm water forced the retreat of glaciers in West Antarctica during the past 11,000 years.

• Leicester’s global and colonial history explored through a basketry collection

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/dryad-baskets

  An exhibition showcasing the basket collection of Leicester entrepreneur Harry Peach has gone on display at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery

• Study determines performance appraisal success depends on frequent feedback and good standard setting

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/study-determines-performance-appraisal-success-depends-on-frequent-feedback-and-good-standard-setting

  Appraisal of employees often gets a bad press, but recent research suggests if it involves frequent feedback between the formal appraisal and good prior planning and communication of standards then it can be successful and appreciated by employees.

• About us

  https://le.ac.uk/global-cluster/about-us

  The University of Leicester has been researching imperial, colonial and global history for the past 50 years, covering multiple areas of the world.

• Interpreting and Communicating Art

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mu7032

  Module code: MU7032 Module Outline This module will introduce and focus on the interpretation and communication of art. Making the rich and diverse resources of the museum accessible to individuals and communities in a changing society involves a wide range of media.

• Leicester academic leads study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/when-should-blood-transfusions-be-given-after-cardiac-surgery

  Professor Gavin Murphy (pictured), British Heart Foundation (BHF) Professor of Cardiac Surgery in our Department of Cardiovascular Sciences at Leicester is the lead author of a new study that has shown that patients having heart surgery do not benefit if doctors wait until a...

• University launches pioneering new centre to study bacteriophages to combat antibiotic resistant bacteria

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/martha-clokie

  A pioneering new centre to study bacteriophages to combat antibiotic resistant bacteria has officially launched at The University of Leicester.

• ‘Pivotal’ study finds benefits of reduced calorie diet for pregnant women with gestational diabetes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/reduced-calorie-diet-pregnant-women-gestational-diabetes

  New research from the University of Leicester has found following a reduced calorie diet during the third trimester of pregnancy is safe and beneficial for pregnant women with a body mass index (BMI) of over 25 kg/m2 who have gestational diabetes.

• Leicester to showcase humanities research at 2021 Being Human festival

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/being-human

  University of Leicester experts from disciplines as diverse as English literature, archaeology and criminology – and a whole lot more – have joined the programme for the UK’s largest national festival of the humanities.

• UK First as new NHS study of digital ‘smart inhalers’ for children with asthma starts in Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/asthma

  A new study, led by the University of Leicester, exploring the use of Smart Inhalers to prevent asthma flare-ups in children and young people has started in the city.