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Study sheds light on the genetics of stopping smoking
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/study-genetics-stopping-smoking
The effectiveness of a common drug to quit smoking could be down to people’s genes, according to a study from the University of Leicester.
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Leading steel technology specialists discuss why decarbonising the industry is vital for climate change
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/decarbonising-steel-industry
Government advisor and world-leading steel technology specialists to discuss why decarbonising the steel industry is vital for climate change
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Geographies of the Market Place
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/gy3413
Module code: GY3413 This module explores the premise that the ‘economy’ swirls around us, systemically through ‘relations of flows’. It stems from the everyday, social, material, discursive and sensual interactions that define particular places that we call ‘marketplaces’.
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Geographies of the Market Place
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/gy3413
Module code: GY3413 This module explores the premise that the ‘economy’ swirls around us, systemically through ‘relations of flows’. It stems from the everyday, social, material, discursive and sensual interactions that define particular places that we call ‘marketplaces’.
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Geographies of the Market Place
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/gy3413
Module code: GY3413 This module explores the premise that the ‘economy’ swirls around us, systemically through ‘relations of flows’. It stems from the everyday, social, material, discursive and sensual interactions that define particular places that we call ‘marketplaces’.
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Future health technology needs to take into account children and young people’s preferences, say researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/health-technologies
Health technology should be easy to use, have the ability to be personalised, allow the user to choose how their information is shared and where possible, have in-built games and incentives according to children and young people
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Expert reaction to the Manchester moorland fires
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/expert-reaction-to-the-manchester-moorland-fires
Sue Page, Professor of Physical Geography from our School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, has provided expert comment on the Saddleworth Moor fire which has been raging for three days.
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Silent witnesses: corals pinpoint the start of deforestation in Borneo
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/corals-pinpoint-deforestation-borneo
University of Leicester scientists analyse the chemical composition of corals to spot the signs of deforestation, filling a huge gap in environmental data on deforestation impacting coastal ecosystems
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Leicester academic leads study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/when-should-blood-transfusions-be-given-after-cardiac-surgery
Professor Gavin Murphy (pictured), British Heart Foundation (BHF) Professor of Cardiac Surgery in our Department of Cardiovascular Sciences at Leicester is the lead author of a new study that has shown that patients having heart surgery do not benefit if doctors wait until a...
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Government Responds to the Review of Modern Working Practices: Into the Long Grass?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2018/04/11/government-responds-to-the-review-of-modern-working-practices-into-the-long-grass/
Posted by hconnolly in School of Business Blog on April 11, 2018 Trevor Colling is Associate Professor in the Division of Work and Employment. His research explores the impact of the law on employment practice within the workplace.