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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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Distance Learning Events
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/study/distance-learning/distance-learning-events
As a distance learning student at the School of Business you will have the opportunity to participate in the annual Leicester Masterclass - a week long residential that takes place at Brookfield.
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Exciting Autumn programme launched at Attenborough Arts Centre
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/attenborough-arts-centre-autumn-programme-leicester
Attenborough Arts Centre’s new autumn season features a range of thought-provoking exhibitions, performances, and artist-led creative courses and workshops, together delivering on the organisation’s mission of ‘Art For All’.
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Launch yourself into the space industry with new conversion course for professionals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/space-missions
Led by University of Leicester and run in partnership with space law practice Alden Legal and Meridian Space Command, the new course covers the entire space mission lifecycle from conception through to operations
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Ukraine war realises predictions of nuclear power plant threat, says Leicester civil safety expert
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/nuclear-power-plant-ukraine
As Ukraine conflict continues, new book by University of Leicester researcher argues that nuclear facilities are more likely to be targeted, and damage to power plants risks radiological contamination of the environment over vast areas.
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Metals expert at Leicester honoured with fellowship by Royal Academy of Engineering
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/rae-fellowship
An expert in the casting and welding of metals from the University of Leicester has been made a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, an honour placing them among the nation’s best engineers.
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Diabetes patch proposal wins award for University of Leicester PhD student
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/young-entrepreneurs-scheme
Charlotte Fawcett, a PhD student from the University of Leicester Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, led a business proposal that has won an award in the Young Entrepreneurs Scheme.
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Ancient Greek for reading and research (Level 1)
https://le.ac.uk/languages-at-leicester/languages/greek/ancient-greek-beginners
Ancient Greek course for beginners at Leicester University
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Light exposure could hold the key to a good night’s sleep
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/fruit-fly-sleep-disorders-leicester
Light signals processed through the eyes helps regulate sleep in fruit flies, and disrupting those visual pathways causes abnormal sleep patterns, a new study by Leicester experts shows.
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University community completes Poppy Pilgrimage
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/poppy-pilgrimage
The red poppy, which recalls the horrors of the Western Front in the First World War, is a well-known and well-established symbol of support for the Armed Forces community and Remembrance for lives lost in all conflicts.