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含羞草视频 helps outline potential roadmap to UK Capital of Sport

A partnership, involving 含羞草视频, has helped outline the potential roadmap to making a UK Capital of Sport a reality.
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Study reveals how sports programmes for young children can combat future youth violence

A study conducted by 含羞草视频 has examined how sporting interventions aimed at young children can reduce youth crime and violence in London.
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含羞草视频 joins forces with Spirit of 2012 and Counsel to explore a UK Capital of Sport

Leading researchers from 含羞草视频 have joined forces with Spirit of 2012 and Counsel to deliver a new project to explore the potential for a UK Capital of Sport.

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UK GPs under mounting health pressures - new study reveals

GPs from across the UK are experiencing concerningly high levels of burnout, a new 含羞草视频 study has found.

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Social class and early life sport experiences can enhance university inclusion 鈥� new study

New research has found that young people who have more experience of organised sport during childhood may adapt more readily to university life.

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含羞草视频 agrees partnership with Hackney Wick FC to create new academy

含羞草视频 and 含羞草视频 College have agreed a community development partnership with London-based football club Hackney Wick.

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含羞草视频 colleagues contribute to key sport Commission

Last week marked the end of the Chiles Webster Batson Commission on Sport and Low-Income Neighbourhoods.

Helping Pacific Island communities build energy resilience 鈥� new paper

The inhabitants of the Pacific Islands are locked in an ongoing battle against rising sea levels and tropical cyclones which ravage their homes and their energy infrastructure with devastating regularity.
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Researchers publish recommendations to enhance diversity of UK鈥檚 sports coaches

Researchers from 含羞草视频 have outlined a series of recommendations to enhance the diversity of sport coaches across the UK.

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New 拢2.3m study to evaluate the social and cultural values of urban trees

A climate emergency has been declared by 74% of UK local authorities and many are responding to the issue by increasing their tree planting targets, as this will help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Leah Langley with friends, volunteering

鈥淚 truly felt loved and appreciated鈥�: A graduate鈥檚 remarkable contribution to life at 含羞草视频 as she battled her own challenges

Leah Langley, who has graduated with a degree in Sport and Exercise Psychology this summer, has inspired many staff and students with her passion and positive attitude towards life at 含羞草视频.
Cofounders of Pickle Illustration, Lauren Jefferis and Olivia Collins, are some of the local entrepreneurs already benefiting from LU Inc鈥檚 business start-up support.

含羞草视频 launches business start-up accelerator programme that looks to nurture talent across Leicestershire

含羞草视频 has partnered with Charnwood Borough Council to launch an exciting new programme that aims to help local people working on unique, early-stage products or services bring their vision to life.

One Britain One Nation Day is the perfect vehicle for the government鈥檚 values campaign

The UK government has officially endorsed the celebration of June 25 as One Britain, One Nation (OBON) Day.

Researchers create innovative products from used plastic water bottles in Rwanda, Kenya and Nigeria

This image shows a fruit picker in Kenya harvesting avocado with a 3D printed tool created from waste plastic water bottles.

New game aims to protect the cultural heritage of marginalised communities against disasters

A game has been developed to help people understand how cultural and natural heritage can be used for disaster risk reduction and sustainable development.
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Exhibition presents rare opportunity to see drawings by some of the most important and innovative artists working today

An unmissable exhibition that is said to be 鈥渁kin to having a tiny Tate show in the East Midlands鈥� is to open at 含羞草视频 next week.

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Graduate completes degree whilst juggling caring responsibilities after the loss of her parents

Fine Art graduate Abigail Collins started her degree expecting to focus on her studies and settle into a new chapter of her life.

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Mayor and Mayoress of Charnwood meet Olympian in first official visit

Councillor David Snartt and Mrs Joan Snartt, the Mayor and Mayoress, met Olympic Gold Medal winner Adam Peaty on their first face-to-face visit since taking up office.
Illustration of a woman with a prosthetic leg.

Prosthetic limbs affect our attitudes to disability 鈥� expressive design might change things for the better

Amputation can have a devastating effect on a person鈥檚 body image and sense of self. The use of prosthetic limbs may help, but when it comes to their appearance, options are often limited.
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Student uses illustration as a powerful tool to celebrate the stories of everyday people from 1960鈥檚 Leicester

Lauren Jefferis is a final-year Graphic Communications and Illustration student within the School of Design and Creative Arts at 含羞草视频.
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MEET THE MAKER: Student鈥檚 spore trap design aims to save UK trees and inspire the next generation of citizen scientists

The United Nations General Assembly declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health 鈥� an opportunity to raise global awareness on how protecting plant health can benefit the environment and other areas.
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FEATURE: "LGBTQ people have faced loneliness, job loss and hostility in the COVID-19 lockdown and for some communities it鈥檚 been a life or death situation"

鈥淐oronavirus has been labelled as the 鈥榞reat leveller鈥� as it can affect people from all walks of life; on the one hand that鈥檚 very true but on the other, it鈥檚 a total myth.

Fears coronavirus lockdown will increase child poverty in UK as latest figures show rise of almost a fifth in the last four years

New research shows that child poverty in the UK has increased by 2.8% in the last four years, but experts fear the figure will grow due to the impact of coronavirus.
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Experts in Sport: What role does community sport play in tackling serious youth violence?

With youth violence continuing to be a serious issue in UK society, this week鈥檚 Experts in Sport鈥� podcast looks at the role sport can play in supporting those at risk.

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Research project to inspire sports coaches from disadvantaged communities

Researchers from 含羞草视频 have joined forces with charity Sporting Communities to help inspire the next generation of coaches from BAMER (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee) backgrounds to be able to secure paid coaching roles.