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• Study proves reducing sitting time boosts office staff’s work engagement and wellbeing

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/11-reducing-sitting-time-boosts-office-staffs-wellbeing

  Teams from the University of Leicester and Loughborough University investigated simple solutions to reducing sitting time in the office.

• Rugby star’s inspirational journey from training ground catastrophe sees him honoured by the University of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/matt-hampson

  A former Leicester Tigers rugby player who was paralysed in an England U21 training session has been honoured by the University of Leicester for helping others who have suffered similar catastrophic injuries through sport.

• Sub-Saharan Africa’s knowledge economy

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/01/26/sub-saharan-africas-knowledge-economy/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 26, 2015 Geonet is a new project from the Oxford Internet Institute.   It is mapping  ICT developments and analysing their potential for economic and social development.

• COVID-19 treatment trialed at Leicester’s Hospitals shown to reduce deaths in sickest patients by one-fifth

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/covid-recovery

  John, a self-employed roofer, was approached by a research nurse to take part in the RECOVERY trial, where he was assigned the Regeneron monoclonal antibody combination. The treatment was delivered through an intravenous drip, which took about an hour to enter his body.

• Tree-mendous effort from Tom and his volunteers helps transform Leicester’s leafy oasis

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/arboretum

  A green oasis of calm nestled away in suburban Leicester is benefiting from the work of one University of Leicester man and his small band of volunteers.

• What do grasshoppers eat? It’s not just grass! New Leicester research shows similarities with mammal teeth like never before

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/grasshopper-mandibles

  But analysis of the ecological importance of grasshoppers is not straightforward, and finding out what they eat requires detailed study of the contents of their guts or painstaking and time-consuming observations of how they feed in the wild. There is, however, a better way.

• Chongqing Medical University - University of Leicester Bachelor’s Programme of Clinical Medicine and Clinical Science

  https://le.ac.uk/enterprise/global-partnerships/cqmu

  The Chongqing Medical University - University of Leicester Bachelor’s Programme of Clinical Medicine and Clinical Science is a Joint Education Programme with the approval of the China Ministry of Education.

• Joe Orton: Leicester’s literary anarchist

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/natural-heritage/literary-anarchist

  Dr Emma Parker explores the cultural significance of literary anarchist and Leicester native Joe Orton, over a half a century since his death.

• UNESCO’s inaugural World Radio Day.

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/02/17/unescos-inaugural-world-radio-day/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 17, 2012 Held on 13th February.  Find general statements and news on the website: http://www.worldradioday.

• The EU’s most digitally advanced nations

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/09/the-eus-most-digitally-advanced-nations/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 9, 2015 Denmark is the most digitally advanced nation According to the new Digital Society and Economy Index   from the European Commission which  measures progress in EU nations.