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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...

• Large-scale study suggests under 45s and women more likely to gain weight and jump a BMI category during COVID-19 lockdown

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/covid-bmi

  A large-scale study of almost a million UK adults led by Leicester researchers has revealed that under 45s and women were more likely to gain weight and jump a body mass index (BMI) category during COVID-19 lockdown.

• News archive 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/law/news/law-news/news-archive-2021

  Read news stories from Leicester Law School in 2021.

• Martin Phillips

  https://le.ac.uk/people/martin-phillips

  The academic profile of Professor Martin Phillips, Professor of Human Geography at University of Leicester

• CUH advisory board

  https://le.ac.uk/urban-history/people/cuh-advisory-board

  The Centre for Urban History has an Advisory Board, currently consisting of seven members drawn from within and outside academia, who act as a hub for all relevant academia.

• David Johnson

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/david-johnson

  We have learned, with sadness, of the death of Mr David Thomas Johnson, a former Dean of Arts and more recently Honorary Fellow in History. David passed away on 17 November 2023, aged 83.

• Public can celebrate Leicester’s heritage this weekend

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/heritage-hub

  A free event which puts the spotlight on Leicester’s rich heritage takes place this weekend at the University of Leicester.

• Leicester medieval historian elected as Fellow of the British Academy  

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/joanna-story-british-academy-fellow-leicester

  The University of Leicester's Professor Joanna Story has been elected to the Fellowship of the British Academy as a UK Fellow.

• Clare Anderson: Page 2

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/author/clare_anderson/page/2/

  I am a professor of history, with interests in colonialism and colonial societies across the British Empire. I am especially interested in the history of confinement.

• Leicester Lit & Phil University of Leicester staff blogs

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2013/09/19/leicester-lit-phil/

  Posted by Julie Coleman in School of English Blog on September 19, 2013 This is just a quick plug for colleagues’ contributions to this year’s Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society lecture programme.