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  • Study shows regularly standing up helps prevent Type 2 diabetes

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/study-shows-standing-up-helps-prevent-type-2-diabetes

    Women who have an inactive daily routine and are at high risk of Type 2 diabetes can help prevent the condition by regularly standing up or walking for five minutes at a time, a new study has found.

  • Back to the Future Why it should never be remade

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/back-to-the-future-why-it-should-never-be-remade

    To film aficionados, today is a very special day - 21 October 2015 is famous amongst Back to the Future fans as it is the day to which Marty McFly, played by Michael J. Fox, travels when he is sent to the future in Back to the Future II.

  • Sofa generation causing epidemic of Type 2 diabetes

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/sofa-generation-causing-epidemic-of-type-2-diabetes-researchers-suggest

    The nation’s lack of physical activity is leading to a new “sofa generation” at risk of Type 2 diabetes, according to Professor Melanie Davies (pictured), an internationally renowned expert in Type 2 diabetes and Co-Director of the Leicester Diabetes Centre.

  • Pokmon Go helps highlight Leicesters inventive approach to communications

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/pokemon-go-helps-to-highlight-leicesters-inventive-approach-to-communications

    The Pokémon Go craze has helped millions of people around the world to ease the Type 2 diabetes burden by walking and catching digital monsters. Now, the viral app has helped our University snag an accolade for its 'inventive' approach to communications.

  • Art and sociology help to reveal lives of British South Asian Women

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/art-and-sociology-help-to-reveal-lives-of-british-south-asian-women

    Leicester sociologists will collaborate with a local artist to bring new insights to their research into the experiences of migrant communities in the UK.

  • Blood suckers fluid dynamics explain how quickly a vampire could drain your blood

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/out-for-blood-fluid-dynamics-explain-how-quickly-a-vampire-could-drain-your-blood

    Throughout human history there have been tales of vampires – bloodsucking creatures of folklore that prey on their victims by draining their life essence, usually via the blood.

  • Work begins to transform Freemen’s Common

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/14-work-begins-freemens-common

    Freemens A group of people on a construction site posing for a photo|The transformation of the Freemen’s Common area, at the University of Leicester, began today with a ground breaking ceremony.

  • University of Leicester signs agreement with Shanghai Polytechnic University 

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/university-of-leicester-shanghai-polytechnic-university-partnership

    The University of Leicester has strengthened its ties with Shanghai Polytechnic University following a visit to the United Kingdom.

  • Wonders of space inspire students at special camp

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/wonders-space-inspire-students-camp

    Five-day camp at SaxaVord Spaceport supported by Space Park Leicester

  • New learning resources

    https://le.ac.uk/library/news/new-learning-resources

    Browse all new learning resources that University of Leicester Library offers

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