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  • All rise! Height-adjustable desks can reduce workplace sitting by over an hour a day

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/standing-desk-research

    Researchers have developed a programme that, when paired with a height-adjustable desk, can reduce the time people spend sitting by over an hour.

  • Urgent action required to protect world’s coral reefs from disappearing within three decades, warn experts

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/coral-reefs

    In 2018 the Vibrant Oceans group identified 50 reefs that are most likely to resist and survive climate change. The habitats are located largely in the Pacific and Indian oceans, with further reefs in the Caribbean and east of Africa.

  • Company’s mission to revolutionise agriculture and eliminate global waste takes off at Space Park Leicester

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/messium-space-park

    Agri-tech start-up Messium joins the European Space Agency – Business Incubation Centre for the United Kingdom (ESA-BIC UK) programme at Space Park Leicester.

  • Strawbs founder honoured by University of Leicester

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/david-cousins-honorary-degree

    The University of Leicester conferred an honorary Doctor of Music (DMus) degree on David Cousins, musician, songwriter and founder of UK rock group Strawbs, at its graduation ceremonies on Friday 20 January.

  • Brian Burch OBE

    https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2021/brian-burch

    We have learned, with regret, of the death of Brian Burch OBE, who served as University Librarian  from 1982 to 1995 and also wrote the definitive history of the University.

  • Protecting sex workers

    https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/social-justice/sex-workers

    In considering sex work, police and health practitioners have focused on ‘the street’ as the main location for sex workers. However, in the 21st century the sex industry has changed enormously, and today most commercial sex work happens online.

  • Publications

    https://le.ac.uk/history/research/publications

    This list provides information about books published by historians at Leicester. More information about publications can be found within individual staff pages. 2024 The Routledge Companion to British Womens' Suffrage  By: Krista Cowman (ed.

  • Ordinances

    https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/documents/ordinances

    The University’s Ordinances offers information on the rules and practical framework within which the University conducts its business.

  • Research Project

    https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/md7437

    Module code: MD7437 The Research Project module accounts for two-thirds of the overall credit weighted average of the MSc Medical Research programme. Students are matched with a research project that interests them following confirmation of their place on the course.

  • Principles of Banking

    https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/af7093

    Module code:AF7093 The latest global financial crisis caught many economists and regulators by surprise. Indeed, the crisis has revealed an inadequate appreciation of banking risks not only by the industry itself but also by central bank economists and other regulators.

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