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• Living in Arcadia: Sophie Swithinbank reflects on the early days of her David Bradshaw Creative Writ

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2019/05/02/living-in-arcadia-sophie-swithinbank-reflects-on-the-early-days-of-her-david-bradshaw-creative-writing-residency-2019/

  Posted by in Waugh and Words on May 2, 2019 Sophie is based at the Visiting Scholars’ Centre, Weston Library, Oxford Sophie Swithinbank reflects on the paradox of traditional and millennial values that exist in Oxford, in 2019, and her first week in Oxford, as part – time...

• 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.

• Ljiljana Marjanovic-Halburd

  https://le.ac.uk/people/ljiljana-marjanovic-halburd

  The academic profile of Professor Ljiljana Marjanovic-Halburd, Head of School of Engineering at University of Leicester

• Another award for Centre for Medicines sustainability credentials

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/another-award-for-centre-for-medicine2019s-sustainability-credentials

  Our landmark Centre for Medicine building has won the ProCon Leicestershire Awards Sustainable Development of the Year Award 2016.

• Cider in Unexpected Places? Rural Chile and the Cider Pressing – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/08/24/cider-in-unexpected-places-rural-chile-and-the-cider-pressing/

  Deborah Toner discusses the social and cultural importance of cider making in rural Southern Chile in South America, summarising the work of Anton Daughters that appears in recent book Alcohol in Latin America: A Social and Cultural History, edited by Gretchen Pierce and...

• 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...

• Aircraft keep tabs on the Amazons rising methane levels

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/greenhouse-gas-monitoring-aircraft-keep-tabs-on-the-amazon2019s-rising-methane-levels

  Research led by the National Centre of Earth Observation is going to new heights in the atmosphere to get a better handle on methane emitted from wetlands in the Amazon.

• Goal 5: Gender Equality

  https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/sdgs/gender-equality

  The fifth Sustainable Development Goal is to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

• Success for Richard III team at prestigious event

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/success-for-richard-iii-team-at-prestigious-event

  The team behind the scientific detective story of the decade, the discovery of King Richard III, proved to be a big hit at the Royal Society’s annual display of the most exciting cutting-edge science and technology in the UK.

• International Relations and World Order MA, PGDip, PGCert, by distance learning

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/international-relations-and-world-order-ma-dl/2026

  This is for you if... the flexibility of studying by distance learning whilst gaining a critical understanding of the nature and dynamics of international relations in the contemporary global system.