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  • 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.

  • Coronavirus: Media coverage

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 30, 2020 Media Cloud is monitoring global media  coverage of the pandemic and has some interesting facts and figures on its website.

  • Chemistry BSc

    Discoveries in chemistry can lead to all kinds of breakthroughs in fields like health and medicine, energy and the environment, technology and materials – to name just a few.

  • Adapted rooms policy

    Information on university of Leicester's adapted room policy for accommodation

  • The “Pains of Imprisonment”: an historical sociology of penal transportation?

    Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on November 11, 2016   A few years ago, the eminent scholar of the Russian Gulag , Professor Judith Pallot , challenged me to consider the relevance of the sociology of incarceration as a means of understanding convict...

  • Citizen science project makes 20 new astronomical discoveries

    The public has played an instrumental role in identifying cosmic explosions for a citizen science project involving the University of Leicester.

  • Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei

    Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

  • Remote sensing of greenhouse gases in the air over Jinja, Uganda

    Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 22 January 2020 A new ground-based measurement site in Uganda, set up by the University of Leicester in partnership with NaFIRRI, will provide a unique dataset of remotely sensed greenhouse gas observations...

  • Achieving a work-life balance in the scientific field

    An upcoming debate at Leicester will see esteemed academics lead a discussion on the importance of a work-life balance, designed to illuminate the challenges faced by those who work in the scientific field, and explore how we can make it easier for everyone to improve this...

  • Leicester University promotes LGBT+ inclusivity

    As Leicester Pride approaches, a programme to recognise LGBT+ inclusivity, set up by University of Leicester alongside other local organisations, is looking to expand through the region in the coming year.

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