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Behind the scenes of a city’s season of triathlon

Published
1 June 2017
Categories
Arts & Culture

A photojournalist who captured candid scenes from Yorkshire’s successful Grand Depart is training her lens on triathlon as part of a unique new project.

Film student Kyle Withington, Col Needham, Karen Emanuel, Paul Cooke, Stuart Clarke and Alan Langlands

New prize highlights talented student filmmakers

Published
26 April 2017
Categories
Arts & Culture

A new competition established by the University's Cultural Institute has encouraged student filmmakers to showcase some of its ground-breaking research.

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A rare glimpse of Leeds' parks through time

Published
24 April 2017
Categories
Society & Politics
Arts & Culture

A new exhibition and online photographic archive will allow residents of Leeds to get a glimpse of the city's parks and green spaces since the early 1900s.

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Photo exhibition with an eye on Asia

Published
13 March 2017
Categories
Arts & Culture

A lens-eye view of Asia is presented at an exhibition of photography launched today at the University of Leeds.

Curator Richard Davies pictured in exhibition

Revolutionary Russia revealed in Leeds

Published
2 March 2017
Categories
Arts & Culture

A new exhibition reveals the dramatic events of the Russian Revolution from a fresh, British, perspective.

The DARE Art Prize 2017 is announced by Dominic Gray of Opera North. Credit: Malcolm Johnson

Breaking sonic boundaries: DARE Art Prize winner announced

Published
13 February 2017
Categories
Science
Arts & Culture

A composer working with sounds below the limits of human hearing has been announced as the winner of the inaugural £15,000 DARE Art Prize by Opera North and the University's Cultural Institute.

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DARE Art Prize shortlist announced

Published
19 January 2017
Categories
University
Science
Arts & Culture

The University's Cultural Institute and Opera North have announced the shortlist for their inaugural DARE Art Prize.

Being Human

Events explore what it means to be human

Published
7 October 2016
Categories
Arts & Culture
Society & Politics

A series of free public events has been organised by the University of Leeds as part of Being Human 2016, the UK’s only national festival of the humanities.