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  • CArchipelago reaches its first birthday with the launch of its new blog

    Posted by in Carceral Archipelago on March 5, 2014 The Carceral Archipelago’ is a 5-year project that has been funded by the European Research Council under the direction of principal investigator Professor Clare Anderson . It runs from 2013 to 2018.

  • Walking pace found to strongly predict risk of death

    A new analysis of more than 400,000 UK adults by University of Leicester experts has found that easy to collect measures of physical health, particularly how fast someone walks, can significantly improve predictions of mortality risk.

  • Leicester – A Champions League City

    Posted by Martin Quinn in School of Business Blog on May 13, 2016   Martin Quinn discusses the urban policies and strategies which have made the city of Leicester so successful in recent years.

  • The Marketplace of Life? The Political-Economy of Emergent Water Markets

    Posted by Georgios Patsiaouras in School of Business Blog on December 4, 2013   The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives (American Indian Saying)   In 1776 Adam Smith introduced the paradox of value: diamonds are much more expensive than water, even...

  • New research could help detect early signs of heart failure in diabetic patients

    New research in Leicester, which has been funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF), could help understand how heart failure can develop in people living with Type 2 diabetes. An estimated 3.7 million people in the UK are diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.

  • Videos highlighting women's compelling stories shortlisted for AHRC film awards

    ‘The Saving Tree’ and ‘Our Home’ created by Dr Brett Matulis from our School of Geography, Geology and the Environment have been shortlisted for 2018 Research in Film Awards

  • Paul McMillan

    The academic profile of Dr Paul McMillan, Lecturer in Astrophysics at University of Leicester

  • Sociology

    Sociology is the study of humans in society. Our courses cover the fascinating areas of social existence, around the globe and every aspect of modern life.

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

    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...

  • Facilities

    The Department of Genetics and Genome Biology at the University of Leicester occupies a recently-refurbished, modern, purpose-built laboratory space, furnished with up-to-date equipment for the latest molecular genetic methods.

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