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• A Promising Future: Convict Voyages to Western Australia by Kellie Moss

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/10/06/a-promising-future-convict-voyages-to-western-australia-by-kellie-moss/

  Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in Carceral Archipelago on October 6, 2014 During a recent research trip to the State Library of Western Australia I had the opportunity to examine the journal compiled by William Smith, Surgeon Superintendent, on board the Merchantman’s second...

• Studying antimicrobial resistance: Interdisciplinary research is critical, but challenging

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/2017/07/04/studying-antimicrobial-resistance-interdisciplinary-research-is-critical-but-challenging/

  Posted by carolyntarrant in SAPPHIRE (Social science APPlied to Healthcare Improvement REsearch) on July 4, 2017 In March 2017 I travelled down to Bristol for a two day meeting on interdisciplinary research into antimicrobial resistance (AMR), organised by Helen Lambert (ESRC...

• ca270: Page 2

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/author/christopher_allen/page/2/

  The Invisible Religious Hate Crime: Shiaphobia Amid Ashura Commemorations Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on October 27, 2023 Michael Dhanoya – PGR Researcher Earlier this year around the 27-28 July crowds of Muslim men...

• The cotton bobbin: symbolic of a lost heritage?

  https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/cotton-bobbin

  Read the article "The cotton bobbin: symbolic of a lost heritage?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.

• New exercise app using space data aims to help those with long-term health conditions

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/p-step

  A personalised new exercise app for people with long-term health conditions including heart and lung disease and diabetes is set to be piloted by researchers from the University of Leicester.

• Sweet genes – not sweet dreams - could explain why a bad night’s sleep makes you older

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/sleep

  New funding support to research teams at University of Leicester to study sleep’s effects on ageing epigenetics Changes to our DNA occur as we get older and could be affected by sleep disturbance Scientists aim to find out whether this epigenetic clock plays a...

• Leicester diabetes figures up by a third in five years

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/leicester-diabetes-figures-up-by-a-third-in-five-years

  The number of adults in Leicester with diabetes has risen by 33 per cent in the last five years, according to new figures.

• A Tale of Muslim Britain

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/a-tale-of-muslim-britain

  Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, the first British Muslim woman to attend Parliament, spoke to a large and diverse audience at a Unit for Diversity, Inclusion & Community Engagement (DICE) public event held on 21 June at the University of Leicester.

• New clues about why non-smokers, as well as smokers, develop chronic lung disease revealed

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/25-copd

  chest xray showing lungs|Researchers reveal findings that explain why some people who have never smoked develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

• Tradition meets AI as Leicester scientists help tackle Amazonian biodiversity crisis

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/tradition-ai-leicester-scientists-amazonian-biodiversity-crisis

  Scientists led by University of Leicester working with universities in Brazil will support traditional communities to monitor biodiversity in the Amazon, developing an AI toolkit to catalogue local knowledge and understanding