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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...

• 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.

• 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’.

• Speaker biographies

  https://le.ac.uk/genetic-epidemiology/respiratory-genomics-conference/speakers

  Speakers

• Physics and Astronomy Blog: Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/page/4/

  Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in the School of Physics and Astronomy.

• Diabetes MSc, PGDip, PGCert, by distance learning

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/diabetes-msc-dl/2025

  This is for you if...you want to specialise in Diabetes Care through flexible, world-class learning in order to improve outcomes in patient care and progress your career.

• Year in industry with Deutsche Bank sets student Cybill Smith up for a career at Barclays

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/year-in-industry-with-deutsche-bank-sets-student-cybill-smith-up-for-a-career-at-barclays

  One of this week’s graduating students has expressed how pausing academic study, to spend a year working for Deutsche Bank, was an invaluable experience in terms of developing her professional skills and preparing her for the next step in her career.

• Scientists investigate bumblebee decline due to particulate pollutant exposure

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/bees-gut-microbiome-pollution

  By studying bumblebee exposure to particulate air pollutants scientists at the University of Leicester have determined that the diversity and behaviour of the bee gut microbial community is altered when exposed to black carbon found in air pollution, disrupting the beneficial...

• Food and drink

  https://le.ac.uk/food-drink

  Find out more about food and drink at Leicester, including our outlets, UPAY Rewards and our sustainability.

• The 100 hours of work-related learning guarantee

  https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/careers/100-hours

  The University of Leicester is offering guaranteed work-related learning for undergraduate students, as part of their degree.