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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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Atelier Labs wins Falling Walls Engage 2023
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/falling-walls-engage
A project using art to empower young people with SEND to become researchers wins in the Science Engagement category of the international Falling Walls Engage awards.
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Professor Dame Rosemary Cramp FBA, FSA
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/rosemary-cramp
The University was sad to learn of the recent death of its honorand, the distinguished archaeologist Professor Dame Rosemary Cramp. Pre-eminent in the study of the Anglo-Saxon period, Dame Rosemary was one of the towering figures of twentieth-century archaeology
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Staff and students to climb Everest in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/staff-and-students-to-climb-everest-in-leicester
The Attenborough Tower, the tallest building on the University of Leicester’s campus, stands at 52 metres high. Mount Everest is 171 times higher, at 8848 metres. On Wednesday 6 May, between 9.30am and 3.
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Expert opinions cover childbirth and the media Junos goals and Theresa May
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/expert-opinions-cover-childbirth-and-the-media-junos-goals-and-theresa-may
Dr Ranjana Das from the Department of Media and Communication has written an article for Think: Leicester discussing why we need to look at childbirth and the media, and the 'Birth Stories' project she is involved in.
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Join Jane Austen and zombie experts for pre-Halloween screening and panel
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/11-pp-and-zombies
Experts on 19th century literature and the undead will come together for a pre-Halloween event at the University of Leicester on 29 October when the Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies presents a free screening of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, followed by a discussion...
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Historian in TV series
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/historian-in-tv-series
Dr Michael Lynch (pictured), Honorary Fellow in our School History, Politics & International Relations, has been involved in a number of TV series on modern history in recent years.
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Experiential learning: what does sleeping on cardboard tell me about homelessness?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2019/03/21/experiential-learning-what-does-sleeping-on-cardboard-tell-me-about-homelessness/
Posted by apatel in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on March 21, 2019 Trigger warning: this blog may be TMI for some people, so don’t read on if you are easily offended.
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National accreditation for University Library Archives and Record Office
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/national-accreditation-for-university-library-archives-and-record-office
Our University Library and the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland have both been awarded Archives Service Accreditation.
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Leicesters clinical trials expertise highlighted in international review
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/leicester2019s-clinical-trials-expertise-highlighted-in-international-review
The UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) Registered Clinical Trials Units Network has announced that 46 clinical trials units - including the University of Leicester’s Clinical Trials Unit - have been successfully registered following the 2017 Registration Review...