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Register now for our open days on Tuesday 18 June, Friday 21 June and Saturday 22 June. Book your place

Fat Alfie and friend

Fat or fiction?

A new study of suggests young children shun fictional overweight story character, ‘Fat Alfie’, but not disabled characters. Learn more

Tree frog

Engineering agility

University of Leeds engineers are using the feet of tree frogs as a model for a tiny robot that could be deployed during keyhole surgery. Learn more

Sir Alan Langlands

New Vice-Chancellor

Sir Alan Langlands will take up the post on 1 October 2013. Learn more

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Our research excellence has been recognised in the prestigious QS World University Rankings for 2012. Learn more

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Bee and wild flower biodiversity loss slows

Declines in the biodiversity of pollinating insects and wild plants have slowed in recent years, according to a new study.

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Global warming continues but most extreme projections ‘less likely’

Observations of the climate’s response to rising greenhouse gas levels are consistent with conventional estimates of long-term ‘climate sensitivity’, despite a “warming pause” over the past decade.

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