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Boosting children’s mental health

Published
Friday 26th April, 2024
Categories
Health

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

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

Get inspired at Be Curious 2024

Published
Friday 26th April, 2024
Categories
Working with our region
University

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

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

Research inspires beer based on ancient recipe

Published
Thursday 25th April, 2024
Categories
Working with business
Arts & Culture

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.

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

Pupils become knife crime ambassadors

Published
Wednesday 24th April, 2024
Categories
Working with our region

Campaigner Sarah Lloyd, whose 17 year-old son died after being brutally stabbed, has shared the devastating impact of his death with local schoolchildren in an anti-knife crime initiative.

Pupils from Leeds City Academy use brushes to detect fingerprints at a mocked-up crime scene.

Uncovering a CS Lewis poem in Special Collections

Published
Monday 22nd April, 2024
Categories
Arts & Culture

A forgotten poem by Chronicles of Narnia author CS Lewis reveals details of friendships between fantasy writers and medievalists at the University of Leeds.

Hands carefully holding ‘Mód Þrýþe Ne Wæg’, a handwritten manuscript by CS Lewis

Directing the stars: Alum film director on latest release

Published
Wednesday 17th April, 2024
Categories
News

Writer and director Brook Driver wrote his first full feature screen play during third year at Leeds. In April 2024, his debut film Swede Caroline was released in cinemas across the UK.

Brook Driver holds a prop sword on a film set

Scientists inspire the next generation

Published
Wednesday 10th April, 2024
Categories
Working with our region

School pupils have been inspired by world-renowned scientists as they learned about the latest innovations in molecular biology at The Astbury Conversation.

Students and Professor Xiaowei Zhuang smile at the camera at the Astbury Conversation