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• Nixon Court building works

  https://le.ac.uk/study/accommodation/faqs/nixon-court-building-works

  Learn more about building works taking place throughout Nixon Court during the academic year to refresh the exterior of the buildings.

• 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...

• Psychologists create first-ever body-maps of hallucinations

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/psychosis-hallucinations

  Psychosis is a term which describes experiences where an individual may have difficulties in determining what is real and what is not real.  Research indicates psychosis is associated with experiencing trauma, adverse life events, and stress.

• New resource strips everyday Roman handwriting bare

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/latinnow-manual

  A new open-access resource to help researchers study Roman handwriting has been released. Volume 1 of the Manual of Roman Everyday Writing is now available, produced by the European Research Council-funded LatinNow project.

• Genetics and genealogy

  https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/genetics

  More about the genealogical detective work involved in identifying King Richard III. Mitochondrial DNA and the Y-chromosome were used, after all these years, for the DNA identification purposes.

• Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

  https://le.ac.uk/enterprise/research/ktp

  With Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, you’ll discover that a little innovation can go a very long way. KTP comes in to provide the links to the expertise you need to grow your business and gain a competitive edge.

• Library and Learning Services: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 2

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/page/2/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• Talking statues

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/talking-statues

  Talking Statues was an innovative and novel project that used playwrights, actors and mobile technology to put words into the mouths of public statues.

• Bradgate Park mysteries to be revealed at archaeology discovery day

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/bradgate-park-mysteries-to-be-revealed-at-archaeology-discovery-day

  Members of the public are invited to learn about the latest archaeological discoveries being made by our University's Archaeology fieldschool at Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, during a free family Open Day on Sunday 3 July between 11.00am – 4.00pm.

• Socio-technical approach key to air safety, research suggests

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/sociotechnical-safety

  An innovative socio-technical approach provides the key to improving safety in aviation and astronautics, according to a University of Leicester expert.