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Dillon Jaxx, winner of the 2024 Brotherton Poetry Prize, with Professor of Poetry and Poet Laureate, Simon Armitage, at the Awards Ceremony.

Winner of Brotherton Poetry Prize announced

Published
16 May 2024
Categories
Arts & Culture

A poet who once wrote in secret has been awarded the University of Leeds Poetry Centre’s 2024 Brotherton Poetry Prize by a panel of judges including Poet Laureate and Professor, Simon Armitage. 

Rack of book bags and coats on pegs

‘Urgent’ need to boost school-based support for families

Published
15 May 2024
Categories
Health | Society & Politics | Research

A report co-led by the University of Leeds calls for joined up support around schools and nurseries to reduce absences, tackle the impact of poverty and boost children’s readiness for the day.

an aerial shot of the Zambezi river

How climate change will affect malaria transmission

Published
10 May 2024
Categories
Environment | Research

A new model for predicting the effects of climate change on malaria transmission in Africa could lead to more targeted interventions to control the disease according to a new study.

Rachel Woolford, Jane Slimming and Becky Dam with a large group of students.

Young entrepreneurs pitch to business experts

Published
7 May 2024
Categories
University | Working with business

Students from Leeds University Business School (LUBS) showed off their entrepreneurial spirit as they pitched business ideas to industry experts in the LUBS Entrepreneur Award 2024.

Four members of University staff standing in front of equipment in new nuclear research facility

Facility to advance new-era nuclear research

Published
3 May 2024
Categories
News

The creation of a new cutting-edge facility has established the University of Leeds as the UK’s leading experimental nuclear institution in the field of multiphase fluid flow.

Lyndon Timings-Thompson and James McBride are pictured outside Nexus on the University of Leeds campus

Alum makes Forbes entrepreneur list

Published
1 May 2024
Categories
Business & Economy

The founder of a social enterprise that helps disadvantaged people back into work has been recognised in a list of Europe’s top young entrepreneurs.

A child and a parent sit across from a doctor, who is making notes on a clipboard.

Boosting children’s mental health

Published
26 April 2024
Categories
Health

A new plan for Government to boost children’s mental health through the education system is released today.

Two children are watching a Professor show them the parts of the human body on a model.

Get inspired at Be Curious 2024

Published
26 April 2024
Categories
Working with our region | University

Be Curious, the annual University of Leeds family open day, is back for 2024.

Dramatic shot of a cup of beer, the Northern Monk Mhór can and three candles

Research inspires beer based on ancient recipe

Published
25 April 2024
Categories
Working with business | Arts & Culture | Research

Northern Monk Brew Co. and a historian at the University of Leeds have collaborated to brew Mhór, a beer inspired by a 5,000-year-old recipe made in Northern England.