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• Chronic kidney disease associated with atypically low levels of physical activity

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/10-kidney-research

  A study led by researchers at the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) – a partnership between Leicester’s Hospitals, the University of Leicester and Loughborough University – has highlighted chronic levels of physical...

• Critical Management in Action: “Social Media Free Day”

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/03/21/critical-management-in-action-social-media-free-day/

  Posted by Jennifer Smith Maguire in School of Business Blog on March 21, 2014 Jennifer Smith Maguire, Senior Lecturer in Cultural Production and Consumption at the School, outlines the motivation behind an experiment-in-abstinence undertaken by some of her freshman tutees.

• Founding benefactors families event: The Clarkes and the Gees

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/04/06/founding-benefactors-families-event-the-clarkes-and-the-gees/

  Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on April 6, 2018 In collaboration with colleagues from our Development and Alumni Relations Office , Archives and Special Collections recently contributed to an event welcoming to campus the descendants of some of our...

• Leicester pays tribute to scientist and humanitarian Sir Geoff Palmer

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/leicester-tribute-scientist-humanitarian-sir-geoff-palmer

  The University of Leicester has paid tribute to one of the institution’s most respected graduates: renowned scientist and humanitarian Professor Emeritus Sir Geoff Palmer KT OBE.

• New Centre highlights research into creativity social justice and inequality

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/new-centre-highlights-research-into-creativity-social-justice-and-inequality

  A new research Centre focusing on issues of social injustice both locally and globally is being formed by academics in the Department of Geography.

• New way of screening toxic chemicals mimics mammal senses

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/new-way-of-screening-toxic-chemicals-mimics-mammal-senses

  Researchers from our University have developed a new approach for analysing toxic chemicals in complex samples that mimics the way mammals smell and taste. The technique could reduce the need for laboratory animals in biomedical research and other areas of chemical testing.

• Research to investigate round mounds of the Isle of Man

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/research-to-investigate-round-mounds-of-the-isle-of-man

  Dr Rachel Crellin (pictured) from the School of Archaeology and Ancient History and Dr Chris Fowler (Newcastle University) aim to investigate what the round mounds of the Isle of Man, and associated burials, people and artefacts, can tell us about life on the island...

• Study into asthma provides a paradigm shift in understanding of lifethreatening condition

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/study-into-asthma-provides-a-paradigm-shift-in-understanding-of-life-threatening-condition

  A new study led by our University to understand how to improve the health of severe asthma patients has made a breakthrough finding, with the discovery being described as a ‘paradigm shift’ in understanding the life-threatening condition.

• Financial markets and the appliance of science

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/financial-markets-and-the-appliance-of-science

  A new study that brings together the disparate fields of physics and finance to provide unique insights into financial markets has been co-authored by a University of Leicester researcher.

• International Summer Programme scholarship 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/cite/eltu/short-courses/summer/international-summer-programme-scholarship

  International Summer Programme scholarships information