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Obesity ‘accelerates’ COVID-19 mortality risk amongst ethnic minorities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/covid-19-obesity
A stronger association exists between deaths from COVID-19 and obesity in people of Black, South Asian and other ethnic minority groups than in White people, latest research published in the journal Nature Communications demonstrates.
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Leicester researchers contribute to House of Lords report on reducing the risks of premature birth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/houseoflordsreport
Research into how to meet the needs of children born prematurely by academics at the University of Leicester forms part of a new report by the House of Lords
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University of Leicester gets £1.3m boost to turn bright ideas into world-changing impacts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/iaa-funding
The University of Leicester has received £1.3m in funding to help turn the brightest research ideas into world-changing impacts.
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Patients at higher risk of developing ME after COVID-19 diagnosis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/coronavirus-me-risk
On ME Awareness day today (Tuesday 12 May) researchers at the University of Leicester have warned that up to one in ten patients who have had coronavirus could be at higher risk of developing Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME).
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New study calls for action on air pollution in Northern India
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/north-india-air-pollution
New research led by the University of Leicester calls for urgent action on open field burning to reduce the intensity of post-monsoon air pollution in Northern India.
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Honorary Degree for Bishop of Loughborough
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/16-bishop-guli-honorary
Guli Francis-Dehqani, Bishop of Loughborough Guli Francis-Dehqani, Bishop of Loughborough|The Right Reverend Doctor Guli Francis-Dehqani, Bishop of Loughborough, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by the University of Leicester.
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Economics Skylark Scholarship and Economics Award
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/scholarships-bursaries-discounts/economics-skylark
The Economics Skylark Scholarship and Economics Award are intended for applicants with Black African or Caribbean heritage from socio-economically challenged backgrounds who will be commencing study of an Economics undergraduate degree programme.
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One down… seven to go
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/licl/2015/04/29/one-down-seven-to-go/
Posted by ekirk in Law in Children's Lives on April 29, 2015 School staff member Sam Simmonds playing the game Things are charging ahead here in the Law in Children’s Lives project.
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Evelyn Waugh and His Circle: Reading and Editing the Complete Works
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/05/27/evelyn-waugh-and-his-circle-reading-and-editing-the-complete-works/
Posted by Barbara Cooke in Waugh and Words on May 27, 2014 As many of you might know already, in 2015 we are planning a glitzy international Evelyn Waugh conference here in Leicester. Richard III is SO 2013.
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22nd March was World Water Day
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/24/22nd-march-was-world-water-day/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2016 The official website has details on this year’s theme water and work. It includes a link to the full text of the 2016 UN World Water Development Report.