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• Number Theory

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ma3153

  Module code: MA3153 Number theory is one of the oldest branches of pure mathematics, and one of the largest. It concerns questions about numbers, usually meaning integers or rational numbers (fractions).

• Leaders join delegation to India to promote UK higher education

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/leaders-join-delegation-to-india-to-promote-uk-higher-education

  A large number of UK university leaders, including our University's Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Paul Boyle, are in India this week (9-11 Dec) as part of a delegation to raise the profile of UK higher education.

• Office health to be boosted by stand up campaign

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/office-health-to-be-boosted-by-stand-up-campaign

  Office workers at Leicester’s three hospitals are being encouraged to stand up more on the job as part of a new health drive.

• Link between inherited DNA sequences and heart disease identified

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/link-between-inherited-dna-sequences-and-heart-disease-identified

  A study to examine recessively inherited genome-wide DNA sequences has for the first time discovered a potential link with Britain’s biggest killer – Coronary Artery Disease (CAD).

• Research shows professionals moving from private sector into teaching experience significant levels of frustration

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/research-shows-professionals-moving-from-private-sector-into-teaching-experience-2018significant-levels-of-frustration2019

  Professionals moving from the private sector into teaching experience ‘significant levels of frustration’ with a perceived lack of acknowledgement from colleagues about the ‘added value’ they bring to the role, according to research led by Dr Chris Wilkins (pictured) in...

• New research compares diet and exercise in controlling diabetes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/new-research-compares-diet-and-exercise-in-controlling-diabetes

  Exercise is being pitted against diet in a straight contest to find out which results in better diabetes control and the effect on heart function as part of a new study.

• Research suggests exposure to violence during pregnancy increases risk of prematurity and low birthweight

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/research-suggests-exposure-to-violence-during-pregnancy-increases-risk-of-prematurity-and-low-birthweight

  Exposure to violence during the first trimester of pregnancy could lead to an increase in the risk of prematurity and low birthweight, according to research by our University and Queen Mary University of London.

• Research to examine how children use social media to promote mental wellbeing and seek health advice

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/research-to-examine-how-children-use-social-media-to-promote-mental-wellbeing-and-seek-health-advice

  A new project led by Dr Michelle O'Reilly from the Department of Sociology aims to explore the role social media plays in promoting mental health and wellbeing in children.

• New Alzheimers Advance

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/new-alzheimer2019s-advance

  Work done at Leicester has helped to identify a new drug target for not only improving symptoms of brain degeneration – but also to extend the life-span of the terminally ill mice.

• Leicester pupils learn about research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/leicester-pupils-learn-about-research

  Pupils from Beaumont Leys School had a guided tour around the Leicester Diabetes Centre, based at Leicester General Hospital, as part of a study into the prevention of Type 2 diabetes in young people.