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• New research finds singing at work reduces stress and loneliness

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/15-singing-work-reduces-stress-loneliness

  New research led by Dr Catherine Steele and Joanna Foster from our Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour has revealed that belting out a tune in a choir at work can help to reduce workplace stress and feelings of social isolation.

• 31st January 2015 Sol 885

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/01/31/31st-january-2015-sol-885/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 31, 2015 The second attempt at drilling Mojave has been succesfull by both the minidrill and main drill hole (diameter 1.5 cm, depth ~6 cm).  Now we are analysing the tailings with ChemCam and APXS.

• Experiential learning: what does sleeping on cardboard tell me about homelessness?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2019/03/21/experiential-learning-what-does-sleeping-on-cardboard-tell-me-about-homelessness/

  Posted by apatel in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on March 21, 2019 Trigger warning: this blog may be TMI for some people, so don’t read on if you are easily offended.

• Addressing Liberty: Hayek, Gibraltar and The Road to Serfdom

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2015/02/04/addressing-liberty-hayek-gibraltar-and-the-road-to-serfdom/

  Posted by Chris Grocott in School of Business Blog on February 4, 2015 Lecturer in Management and Economic History at the School, Chris Grocott , outlines a little known escapade of a largely known economist     Friedrich Hayek’s ideas on how economies should...

• Lady in Lead Coffin revealed

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/lady-in-lead-coffin-revealed

  A mysterious lead coffin found close to the site of Richard III's hastily dug grave at the Grey Friars friary has been opened and studied by experts from the University of Leicester’s Archaeological Services (ULAS).

• EU students

  https://le.ac.uk/study/welcome/your-arrival/identity-check-visa-checkpoint/visa-checkpoint/eu-students

  If you’re an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen you can continue to travel to the UK to study on courses of up to 6 months in duration without needing a visa. You can cross the UK border using a valid passport which should be valid for the whole time you are in the UK.

• 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...

• Facilities

  https://le.ac.uk/ggb/study/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.

• Alumni stars are recognised at glittering awards night in London

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/alumni-stars-awards-night-london

  The University of Leicester recognised its inspiring alumni for their achievements at a special awards evening held in London.

• Sydney Holloway

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/sydney-holloway

  We have recently learned with great sadness of the death of Sydney Holloway, who was a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Leicester from the early 1960s to the early 2000s.