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• Stop the clocks: Brisk walking may slow biological ageing process, study shows

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/walking-speed-ageing

  A new study of genetic data published today (Wednesday) of more than 400,000 UK adults has revealed a clear link between walking pace and a genetic marker of biological age.

• University thanks legacy donors and their families for their generous support

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/legacy-event

  A special event has taken place to thank supporters and their families for pledging to leave a gift in their will.

• Increased activity during the summer caused by genes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/increased-activity-during-the-summer-caused-by-genes

  The warm temperature on a summer’s day is often a time for relaxing, but researchers from the Department of Genetics have suggested that a ‘thermosensory’ gene could be responsible for changes in behaviour in different climates.

• Learning Outcomes Project: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/loproject/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• Immigration and indigenism in popular historical discourses

  https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/the-impact-of-diasporas-on-the-making-of-britain/the-diasporas-projects/immigration-and-indigenism-in-popular-historical-discourses

  Academic advisors Professor Steve Brown Professor Simon James The purpose of this project is to explore the ways in which popular narratives of historical migrations shape contemporary identities.

• D-Day memories are unearthed for 80th anniversary of the Landings

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/d-day

  East Midlanders’ D-Day memories have been unearthed by the University of Leicester to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings.

• Leicester engineer receives top award from HRH The Prince of Wales

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/leicester-engineer-receives-top-award-from-hrh-the-prince-of-wales

  Mechanical Engineering student Abike Looi- Somoye has been presented with a national award by HRH The Prince of Wales at the annual Industrial Cadet Awards event in London.

• 24-hour Summer Solstice walking challenge raises funds for refugee project

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/24-hour-summer-solstice-walking-challenge-raises-funds-for-refugee-project

  Staff from our School of Arts undertook a 24-hour Summer Solstice walking challenge across Leicestershire in aid of a pioneering new project to resettle a refugee family from Syria to South Leicestershire.

• A change of scenery mankinds unprecedented transformation of Earth

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/a-change-of-scenery-mankind2019s-unprecedented-transformation-of-earth

  Human beings are pushing the planet in an entirely new direction with revolutionary implications for its life, a new study by researchers from the Department of Geology and published in The Anthropocene Review suggests.

• Carceral Archipelago: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester