News

Student rocketeers aim high with next mission

Published
Friday 18th November, 2022
Categories
Science

Rocketeers at the University of Leeds have launched a training academy to help engineering students prepare for the so-called “Mars generation” of space travel.

students carry Gryphon I to launchpad in New Mexico

'Decade of action' to restore world's forests

Published
Thursday 17th November, 2022
Categories
Science
Global
Environment

Leading researchers, including University of Leeds academics, want to see a decade of “global action” to restore the world’s lost and depleted forests.

Tropical forest

Preventing European cancer epidemic 

Published
Wednesday 16th November, 2022
Categories
Science
Coronavirus
Health

Europe will face a cancer epidemic in the next decade if weaknesses in cancer health systems and cancer research are not urgently addressed, say the authors of a major new report. 

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My Dad Wrote a Porno gang met at Leeds

Published
Monday 14th November, 2022
Categories
News

From a kitchen table to the Royal Albert Hall: how three Leeds alumni turned some dubious content into comedy gold.

My Dad Wrote a Porno friends throwing papers from manuscript in the air.

Benefit deductions are deepening poverty in Leeds

Published
Monday 14th November, 2022
Categories
Health
Working with our region
Society & Politics

Leeds residents are increasingly having to borrow from loan sharks and high-interest lenders to meet their basic needs because of issues with their benefits, according to new research.

A Trussell Trust food bank

Cost of living payments

Published
Friday 11th November, 2022
Categories
University
Statements

The University of Leeds has announced further cost of living support for staff, students and post-graduate researchers (PGRs). 

Fighting the climate crisis through film

Published
Friday 11th November, 2022
Categories
Alumni

Creative Producer and Co-founder of Duna Films Théo Grainzevelles uses video to inspire climate action. He plays a key role at COP, broadcasting proceedings around the globe.

Théo Grainzevelles sits on the stage at COP27

COP27 and research at Leeds

Published
Thursday 10th November, 2022
Categories
Society & Politics
Environment
Science
Global

The 2020s have been described as the critical decade for climate change.

People protesting for action on climate change with signs that read 'Our house is on fire', 'There is no planet B' and 'System change not climate change'.

'Communicate smarter' about climate change action

Published
Thursday 10th November, 2022
Categories
Society & Politics
Science
Environment

Policy analysts and planners will be able to “communicate smarter” about climate change action by using a new online decision-support tool which has been launched at COP27.

A green cycling traffic light

Communities needing help to put food on tables

Published
Tuesday 8th November, 2022
Categories
Health

Communities across the UK which need help to access affordable food have been identified in a groundbreaking study by researchers at the University of Leeds.

A supermarket trolley in a supermarket aisle