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• New research to help truck drivers get their health back on the road in the Midlands

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/new-research-to-help-truck-drivers-get-their-health-back-on-the-road-in-the-midlands

  A new NIHR-funded study led by Loughborough University in partnership with researchers from our University and the University of York is helping truck drivers in the Midlands get healthy by encouraging higher levels of physical activity and a healthier diet that fits in with...

• Student who started as a 12-year-old is youngest ever to graduate from our University

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/student-who-started-as-a-12-year-old-is-youngest-ever-to-graduate-from-our-university

  A remarkable student, who just turned 15 last month, has gained a first-class Honours BSc degree in Mathematics from our University. Yasha Asley was only 12 when he embarked upon the three-year undergraduate degree.

• Research aims to help patients with Type 1 diabetes to exercise safely

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/research-aims-to-help-patients-with-type-1-diabetes-to-exercise-safely

  People with Type 1 diabetes in the East Midlands are invited to test and develop an education programme on diet and exercise safety, which can be key to managing their blood glucose levels.

• University of Leicester explores further links with India during Consul General visit

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/india-consul

  The ties between India and the University of Leicester have been strengthened following a campus visit from a representative of the Indian government.

• Research aims to improve sleep for people with dementia

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/dementia-sleep

  Leicester expertise in behavioural science will feed into a research programme helping to find new ways of supporting people with dementia who experience problems with sleep. Across the world, around 55 million people have dementia. Up to 90% of them experience problems sleeping.

• India – Leicester Anniversary Discount

  https://le.ac.uk/study/postgraduates/fees-funding/scholarships-discounts/india-leicester-anniversary-discount

  Our India – Leicester Anniversary Discount offers Indian domiciled applicants a postgraduate taught tuition fee reduction.

• Unprecedented energy consumption is leaving a permanent stain on planetary history

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/anthropocene

  A new study co-authored by three professors at the University of Leicester’s School of Geography, Geology and the Environment argues that the speed and scale of human energy consumption has pushed the Earth towards a new geological epoch, the ‘Anthropocene’.

• Tectonic shift in Southern Ocean caused dramatic ancient cooling event

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/antarctica-tectonics

  The study was led by Dr Isabel Sauermilch, researcher at the University of Tasmania and Utrecht University, and shows that these events were much more closely linked than previously thought.

• Facilities

  https://le.ac.uk/geography/study/facilities

  Geography at the University of Leicester has state-of-the-art facilities, providing a world class environment for student learning. Find out more about our laboratories, our 3D stereo virtual reality theatre, our study centre, equipment and more.

• New asteroid catalogue allows glimpse into Solar System’s rock history

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/asteroid-catalogue-solar-system-rock-history-1-770

  Researchers at University of Leicester and the Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur use Gaia satellite data to collect spectra from our asteroid belt