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Increased risk of coronary heart disease associated with shorter height
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/increased-risk-of-coronary-heart-disease-could-be-associated-with-shorter-height
The shorter you are, the more your risk of coronary heart disease, according to a new study led by Professor Sir Nilesh Samani (pictured), British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiology and Head of the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences.
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Leicester researchers partner with Youth Sport Trust to get Girls Active
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-researchers-partner-with-youth-sport-trust-to-get-girls-active
Leicester researchers are working with the Youth Sport Trust to determine whether a school-based physical activity programme could help provide the key to encouraging adolescent girls to be and stay active.
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Employer reference requests
https://le.ac.uk/library/information-hub/reference
Employer requests for references to the University through the JISC Prospects Higher Education Degree Datacheck (HEDD) service
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Research
https://le.ac.uk/hodgkinson-group/research
Get more information on the research undertaken in the Hodgkinson Group which is focused on the synthesis of novel chemical probes and compound libraries.
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PhD student receives prestigious research grant
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/phd-student-receives-prestigious-research-grant
A PhD student has been awarded funding to investigate the ‘fingerprint’ of organic matter in the Carboniferous Bowland Shale.
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Facilities
https://le.ac.uk/geography/study/facilities
Geography at the University of Leicester has state-of-the-art facilities, providing a world class environment for student learning. Find out more about our laboratories, our 3D stereo virtual reality theatre, our study centre, equipment and more.
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Tectonic shift in Southern Ocean caused dramatic ancient cooling event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/antarctica-tectonics
The study was led by Dr Isabel Sauermilch, researcher at the University of Tasmania and Utrecht University, and shows that these events were much more closely linked than previously thought.
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Unprecedented energy consumption is leaving a permanent stain on planetary history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/anthropocene
A new study co-authored by three professors at the University of Leicester’s School of Geography, Geology and the Environment argues that the speed and scale of human energy consumption has pushed the Earth towards a new geological epoch, the ‘Anthropocene’.
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Using the different types of blog in Blackboard
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2016/09/29/using-the-different-types-of-blog-in-blackboard/
Posted by Stephen Walker in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on September 29, 2016 Blogging is a good way to get students to engage with a topic and to collaborate with each other.
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Leicester researchers lay it on the line
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/leicester-researchers-lay-it-on-the-line
The work of Leicester engineers has been profiled in a national publication for industry. The National Grid (NG) Annual Summary 2015/16 by Nicola Shaw, the UK Executive Director of NG, features Leicester’s research as its very first case study.