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Animal mummies unwrapped: hi-res 3D X-rays reveal secrets of life and death in ancient Egypt
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/animal-mummies
Three mummified animals from ancient Egypt have been digitally unwrapped and dissected by researchers from the University of Leicester and University of Swansea, using high-resolution 3D scans that give unprecedented detail about the animals’ lives and deaths more than 2,000...
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Stop the clocks: Brisk walking may slow biological ageing process, study shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/walking-speed-ageing
A new study of genetic data published today (Wednesday) of more than 400,000 UK adults has revealed a clear link between walking pace and a genetic marker of biological age.
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Victorian Lives: Life-Writing in the Victorian Period
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en7125
Module code: EN7125 How did the Victorians write about their own and others’ lives? What did they reveal of their private lives, as well as their public personas? This module aims to explore 19th century life-writing (biography and autobiography) through a wide variety of...
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Victorian Lives: Life-Writing in the Victorian Period
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/en7125
Module code: EN7125 How did the Victorians write about their own and others’ lives? What did they reveal of their private lives, as well as their public personas? This module aims to explore 19th century life-writing (biography and autobiography) through a wide variety of...
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Victorian Lives: Life-Writing in the Victorian Period
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/en7125
Module code: EN7125 How did the Victorians write about their own and others’ lives? What did they reveal of their private lives, as well as their public personas? This module aims to explore 19th century life-writing (biography and autobiography) through a wide variety of...
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Will people in the UK live shorter lives?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/03/will-people-in-the-uk-live-shorter-lives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 3, 2018 This week the newspapers reported that life expectancy is falling or stalled in the UK for the first time since records began, but what are the facts on this? Here are some useful...
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Seven year itch Henry VIIIs secret love
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/seven-year-itch-henry-viiis-secret-love
The Tudor monarch King Henry VIII is perhaps best known for his prodigious appetite for marriage, famously taking six wives during his lifetime – and now former University lecturer David Baldwin has published a book suggesting that he was close to...
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Enhancing end of life care for BAME patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/17-end-of-life-care-study
LOROS community volunteers 0|University works with local charity LOROS Hospice and Leicester’s Hospitals to better understand the care needs of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities LOROS Hospice, in partnership with Leicester’s Hospitals and the University of...
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Achieving a work-life balance in the scientific field
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/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...
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Life as a Leicester postgraduate 2015 in review
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/life-as-a
The University of Leicester’s vibrant, active postgraduate research community participate in international conferences, are awarded prizes for their research, and share cutting-edge research with the wider community.