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• Urbanisms

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ar3604

  Module code: AR3604 It is estimated that by 2050, almost 70% of the world’s population will be living in cities – but what is it that makes a city, and how have people changed and adapted to urban living? Archaeology is well-placed to examine a range of information about...

• Online fact-checking – a growing trend

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/06/online-fact-checking-a-growing-trend/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 6, 2016 A recent report from the Reuters Institute has traced the rise of political fact-checking sites in Europe. It recorded 113 such groups are active today.

• Cycling study transforms heart health of dialysis patients

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/cycle-hd

  Cycling at moderate intensity during dialysis could drastically improve the heart health of patients with kidney failure and result in significant savings for the NHS, according to new research by the University of Leicester supported by the charity Kidney Research UK and...

• Mexican Cookery and the Importance of Chilies – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/07/22/mexican-cookery-and-the-importance-of-chillies/

  Project PI Deborah Toner writes about Mexican cookery and the use of dried chilies therein, based on a weekend of cookery-based relaxation, following the completion of the Consuming Authenticies recipe book.

• Continuing inequalities contribute to the wide variation in rates of stillbirths and neonatal deaths across the UK

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/perinatal

  The MBRRACE-UK Collaboration, jointly led by Oxford Population Health’s National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU) and the University of Leicester’s The Infant Mortality and Morbidity Studies (TIMMS) research group, has published a ‘State of the Nation’ report on perinatal...

• Thick Translation of Chin Ping Mei by David Roy: Type, Function and Features

  https://le.ac.uk/translation-interpreting-studies/events/chin-ping-mei

  Find out more about our event: Thick Translation of Chin Ping Mei by David Roy: Type, Function and Features, with speaker Professor Xiuying Wen.

• Scientists develop new product to tackle Salmonella

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/salmonella

  Scientists have successfully developed a bacteriophage product to prevent Salmonella in broiler chickens.

• Conference shows how empathy can help patients and healthcare professionals

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/empathy-conference-leicester-patients

  A major conference in Leicester has shown how using empathy in healthcare consultations can improve outcomes for both patients and clinicians

• Expert comments on Theresa Mays General Election announcement

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/experts-comment-on-theresa-mays-calling-of-a-general-election-in-june

  Dr Rob Dover from the School of History, Politics and International Relations has written an article for Think: Leicester discussing Theresa May's surprise announcement to hold a General Election in June of this year.

• Trio of honorary graduates recognised with Leicester awards

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/honorands1

  Journalist-turned-novelist Robert Harris, who was educated in Leicestershire as a boy, was awarded a Doctorate of Letters on Friday.