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HELIX digital innovation space launches

Published
Thursday 5th October, 2023
Categories
Technology
University

A cutting-edge digital learning space for students, staff and the local community has opened at the University of Leeds.

Four people - Margaret Korosec, Simone Buitendijk, Bethan Corner and Jeff Grabill - stand in front of a screen.

Art, music and performances shine on campus for Light Night

Published
Wednesday 4th October, 2023
Categories
Working with our region
Arts & Culture

Visitors can experience the magic of the UK’s largest annual arts and lights festival, Light Night, on the University of Leeds campus on 12 and 13 October.

Glowing fireflies fly around a forest path at night.

An ice cream revolution starting in Leeds

Published
Wednesday 27th September, 2023
Categories
Alumni

Founder and director of Northern Bloc Dirk Mischendahl is doing ice cream differently. The serial entrepreneur returned to Leeds to support enterprising students starting their own business journeys.

Leeds alum Dirk Mischendahl and co-founder Josh Lee juggle ice cream pots in front of the Northern Bloc factory

Festival celebrates digital enterprise and innovation

Published
Monday 18th September, 2023
Categories
Technology
News

Leeds Digital Festival returns this year with more than 240 events designed to celebrate and explore the city's leading role in digital enterprise and innovation.

Young man wears a virtual reality headset

Online students meet for first time at graduation

Published
Tuesday 25th July, 2023
Categories
Global
University

A group of international and UK-based students who spent up to four years learning online together met in-person for the first time at their graduation.

The image shows three graduates in their graduation gowns, looking at the camera and smiling. From left to right they are Gani Sultanov, Alaaeldin Aly and Ryan Kean

Inspiring the next generation of data scientists

Published
Wednesday 5th July, 2023
Categories
Science

Excited pupils explored virtual landscapes and learned new digital skills when they visited state-of-the-art facilities at the University of Leeds.

Three high school pupils wearing VR headsets and using VR hand controls, seated in front of a screen showing a hospital scene

Virtual patient teaches real-life mental health skills

Published
Monday 3rd April, 2023
Categories
Technology
Health

Extended-reality assisted clinical training in perinatal mental health has been launched by Health Education England in collaboration with the University of Leeds.

A student wearing a virtual reality headset, interacting with Stacey the virtual patient, who is sitting on a chair with her baby next to her in a baby carrier

Graduate art prize winner announced

Published
Thursday 27th October, 2022
Categories
Arts & Culture

BA Fine Art student Astrid Butt has been awarded the 2022 Friends of University Art and Music Graduate prize.

Two still images from 'Bird Diaries' showing the subject of Astrid's film: a figure wearing a large bird mask and skin coloured body suit.

Leeds Digital Festival 2022

Published
Tuesday 20th September, 2022
Categories
Working with business
Working with our region
University
Technology

Leeds Digital Festival has announced the full schedule for its latest instalment of the tech showcase, with over 200 events taking place from Tuesday 20 to Friday 30 September.

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