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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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The Queer Heritage and Collections Network
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/the-queer-heritage-and-collections-network
The Queer Heritage and Collections Network aims to provide training, networking and peer support to people working with LGBTQ+ histories and collections.
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Digital
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/mu7557
Module code: MU7557 This module focuses on how to use digital media purposefully and creatively in museum contexts.
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Digital
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/mu7557
Module code: MU7557 This module focuses on how to use digital media purposefully and creatively in museum contexts.
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Digital
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/mu7557
Module code: MU7557 This module focuses on how to use digital media purposefully and creatively in museum contexts.
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Student societies
https://le.ac.uk/geology/study/undergraduate/societies
Find out about the University of Leicester's student geological societies, including the Peter Colley Sylvester Bradley (PCSB) student society, Society of Economic Geologists, Palaeobiology Society and Geophysical Student Society.
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New study to explore how personalised drug doses could improve quality of life for people with secondary breast cancer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/breast-cancer-drug-doses-leicester
A new study by a Leicester researcher will explore how people with incurable secondary (or metastatic) breast cancer experience treatment side effects, and whether personalised drug doses could help improve their quality of life
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New launch date for satellite carrying Leicester-built telescope studying Earth’s ‘magnetic shield’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/may/launch-satellite-telescope-earth-magnetic-shield
Scientists at Space Park Leicester led development of the Soft X-ray Imager (SXI) on the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE), due to launch from French Guiana on Tuesday 19 May
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Research
https://le.ac.uk/heritage-and-culture/research
Research centres in the School of Heritage and Culture, University of Leicester
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Articulate
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/articulate
In 2008, the National Gallery commissioned RCMG to evaluate the second phase of Articulate, their secondary school literacy programme.