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Families invited to get creative on campus

Published
19 June 2026
Categories
Arts & Culture

Families can dive into a day of art, music, theatre and making at the University of Leeds’ brand-new cultural open day, ‘play up’.

Members of the Leeds Anchor Network mark the Vision Zero pledge with a mascot owl.

Supporting active travel in Leeds

Published
18 June 2026
Categories
Environment
Working with our region

Leeds Anchor Network has launched a new active travel map on Clean Air Day (18 June) to encourage bike travel and wellbeing across the city and up to Otley.

The Great Hall at the University of Leeds

Leeds strengthens global top 100 position

Published
18 June 2026
Categories
Global

The University of Leeds has risen nine places to 77th in the latest QS World University Rankings, strengthening its position among the world’s top 100 universities.

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Protecting insurance in a changing climate

Published
16 June 2026
Categories
Environment
Research
Business & Economy

An early warning system that detects increasing levels of climate impacts is being developed by academics, insurance industry partners and the Met Office.

Patient Brenda Iveson sitting in a chair

Robotic treatment offers new hope for liver cancer patients

Published
9 June 2026
Categories
Science
Health
Research

A 92-year-old woman from North Yorkshire has become the first UK patient to receive a pioneering robotic-assisted treatment for a liver tumour which previously had no viable options.

Two children wearing helmets sit in the front cargo area of a black electric cargo bike while an adult in a high-visibility jacket cycles behind them across a narrow metal bridge, surrounded by dense green trees in bright sunlight.

Trial shows e-cargo bikes can replace cars

Published
4 June 2026
Categories
Environment
Research

A major trial of e-cargo bikes which saw dozens of families use them for shopping, leisure and commuting shows they have the potential to reduce car use and improve health, say researchers.

Interior view of a large concrete tunnel under construction, showing a multi-level scaffold structure spanning the width of the tunnel, with workers and equipment along a wet walkway and temporary lighting illuminating the curved tunnel walls.

New rail tunnels could heat homes

Published
1 June 2026
Categories
Research

New railways could hold the key to cleaner, cheaper heating, through using underground tunnels as a heat source.

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'Learn as you earn' route to success

Published
1 June 2026
Categories
News
Working with business

A University of Leeds degree apprentice says the ‘learn while you earn’ route was invaluable in gaining a national award at the age of 22.

Dr Shaunna Burke and her climbing team at the summit of Everest (left) and Dr Burke on the Everest climb (right). They wear large insulated orange suits and oxygen masks.

Summiting Everest with incurable cancer

Published
27 May 2026
Categories
Research
Global
Health

Leeds researcher Dr Shaunna Burke has become the first woman with stage four incurable cancer to summit Mount Everest, after reaching the peak at 3am on Saturday 23 May.