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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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girl.boy.child
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/girl-boy-child
The performances will shine a light on many National Trust properties’ lesser known LGBTQ histories.
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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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Telling the story of Leicestershire’s first university
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/17-gordon-campbell-lecture
Professor Gordon Campbell is delivering a lecture on the history of the University of Leicester.
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Archaeologists identify ingredients for food served during Richard IIIs reign
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/archaeologists-identify-ingredients-for-medieval-dishes-served-during-richard-iii2019s-reign
Archaeologists from the University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) have lent their expertise towards a series of medieval recipes designed to provide insight into the culinary dishes that may have been served up during the reign of King Richard III.
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Contested Desires Constructive Dialogues
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/contested-desires-constructive-dialogues
Contested Desires: Constructive Dialogues (CDCD) is a three-year arts and heritage programme, co-funded by the EU Creative Europe, engaging artists to examine European colonialism’s legacy in museums and heritage sites.
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Meet the team
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/new-approaches-to-the-material-world/arch-i-scan/meet-the-team
Professor Penelope Allison Principal Investigator pma9@le.ac.uk Professor Ivan Tyukin Co-Investigator ivan.tyukin@kcl.ac.uk Professor Alexander Gorban Co-Investigator ag153@le.ac.uk Dr Evgeny Mirkes Co-Investigator em322@le.ac.
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Designing for Creative Lives
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/mu7006
Module code: MU7006 Designing for Creative Lives addresses how museum-making can bring together the social and the spatial to drive inclusive organisational transformation and open new possibilities for publics, communities, museum workers and wider social change.
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Designing for Creative Lives
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/mu7006
Module code: MU7006 Designing for Creative Lives addresses how museum-making can bring together the social and the spatial to drive inclusive organisational transformation and open new possibilities for publics, communities, museum workers and wider social change.
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Designing for Creative Lives
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/mu7006
Module code: MU7006 Designing for Creative Lives addresses how museum-making can bring together the social and the spatial to drive inclusive organisational transformation and open new possibilities for publics, communities, museum workers and wider social change.