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Graduate Emily Tennant with her three children stood outside the Great Hall smiling at the camera

Early years graduates inspire next generation

Published: 15 August 2024
Categories: University

Graduates from the School of Education are inspiring the next generation of children and the future early years workforce.

A doctor using a pipette to sample genomes.

Genetics behind colorectal cancer revealed in new study

Published: 14 August 2024
Categories: Health | Research

A new study identifies over 250 genes that play a part in the development of colorectal cancers.

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University course lights up Amy's business

Published: 13 August 2024
Categories: Working with business

Handling large budgets and dealing with rock stars such as the Rolling Stones and Kings of Leon was all in a day's work for Amy Hogarth.

Joe Lawrence and Jonathan Gilbert are stood in the street holding the defib machines they rent out for £1 a day

Lifelong friends build up life-saving business

Published: 13 August 2024
Categories: Working with business

Lifelong friends Jonathan Gilbert and Joe Lawrence have found the University of Leeds' Help to Grow management course hugely beneficial in developing a business that now turns over £2.2m a year.

Sam Dickinson and team mates celebrate their medals with the Union Jack flag

Five moments to make Leeds proud at Paris 2024

Published: 13 August 2024
Categories: Alumni

At the close of the Paris Olympics look back on five memorable moments for Leeds students and alumni at the Games.

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Ancient volcanoes sound 'warning bell' over climate warming

Published: 12 August 2024
Categories: Environment | Research

Catastrophic volcanic eruptions that warmed the planet millions of years ago shed new light on how plants regulate climate and sound a warning about rising temperatures.

Dr Andrew McCaig holding a long core section of Harzburgite rock from the Earth’s mantle. he is wearing a mask and gloves as a precaution

Recovery of rocks in Earth’s mantle could reveal secrets of planet’s history

Published: 9 August 2024
Categories: Research

Scientists from the University of Leeds have helped to recover the first long section of rocks that originated in the Earth’s mantle, the layer below the crust and the planet’s largest component.

Double delight for outstanding academics

Published: 8 August 2024
Categories: University

Outstanding contributions to learning and teaching have seen leading lights at the University of Leeds celebrate success in two major national award schemes.

Founding father of ground-breaking cancer treatment leaves a lasting legacy

Published: 7 August 2024
Categories: Alumni

Clinical pharmacologist Craig Jordan died in June 2024, but his research into targeted cancer treatment and his support for Leeds students continue to change lives today.

Ash Palmisciano who plays Matty Barton in Emmerdale helps maintain the trees in Gair Wood.

Emmerdale team helps University wood flourish

Published: 6 August 2024
Categories: Environment

Emmerdale cast and crew members have joined forces with the University of Leeds to ensure a vital ecological corridor continues to flourish.

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Special educational needs and disabilities crisis revealed

Published: 6 August 2024
Categories: Science | Health | Research and innovation

The scale of the crisis facing many children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) has been revealed in a new report.

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AI bowel cancer test can tell whether patients need chemotherapy

Published: 1 August 2024
Categories: Research and innovation | Health | Science

A new artificial intelligence (AI) test to determine the risk of bowel cancers coming back could help patients avoid chemotherapy, according to new research led by the University of Leeds.

A group of 15 people taking part in a Dragon Boat race at Leeds Dock.

Leeds hosts UK Corporate Games

Published: 31 July 2024
Categories: University

More than 70 businesses came together in Leeds as the city hosted the 2024 UK Corporate Games.

Blood cancer pioneer awarded rare degree

Published: 30 July 2024
Categories: Health

One of the UK’s leading researchers into myeloma blood cancer has received a rarely awarded degree from the University of Leeds.

Woman wearing cold and turquoise carnival costume with Afrofuturism theme

Collaboration achieves “almost impossible” design challenge

Published: 29 July 2024
Categories: Working with our region

A showstopping carnival costume – featuring mechanical elements previously thought “impossible” to make by hand – has been created in a ground-breaking collaboration between engineers and designers.

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