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Ten years leading the Seychelles economy

Published: 19 May 2022
Categories: Alumni

As Governor of the Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS), Caroline Abel (Economics Studies 1999) is one of the most influential figures in a country navigating extraordinary global events.

Science Minister George Freeman visits Nexus

Published: 19 May 2022
Categories: Working with business | Working with our region | Science

The UK Science Minister visited the University to learn how its state-of-the-art innovation hub is helping the city region become a global force in health technology.

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BAFTA-winning producer learnt his trade at Leeds Student Television

Published: 18 May 2022
Categories: Alumni

BAFTA award-winning producer Trevor Klein (Political Studies 2006) explains how his time in Leeds Student Television society changed his career, as he launches another hit TV show.

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Investigating how scarred hearts affect athletes

Published: 16 May 2022
Categories: Science | Health | Research

New research will monitor the heartbeats of more than 100 athletes over two years to measure how endurance exercise impacts their heart.

Building teenagers’ resilience to say 'No' to smoking

Published: 16 May 2022
Categories: Society & Politics | Science | Health

A training programme to help teenagers say “No” if they are offered a cigarette or asked to vape is being offered to schools under a licensing deal signed by the University.

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Revolutionary dyeing process wins Circular Future Fund prize

Published: 16 May 2022
Categories: Arts & Culture | Science

A ground-breaking project to develop a new polyester dyeing technology has beaten more than 240 projects in a competition to win a share of the Circular Future Fund.

REF 2021: University of Leeds research delivers real world impact

Published: 12 May 2022
Categories: University | News

The results of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 identified that over 90% of University of Leeds research has an overall quality rating of “world leading” or “internationally excellent”.

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Seeing Stars: New exhibition takes art into outer space

Published: 11 May 2022
Categories: Arts & Culture | Research

A new exhibition at The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery is shining a light on contemporary artists who use the newest technologies for space imaging in their art practice.

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New study shines light on inequalities in gestational diabetes research

Published: 11 May 2022
Categories: Global | Health | Research

Researchers have found a concerning lack of robust data for non-white European women in previous studies examining the impact of diet on gestational diabetes.

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Novel approach to brain tumour treatment

Published: 9 May 2022
Categories: Science | Health

A potential new approach to treating one of the most common and devastating forms of brain cancer in adults has been developed in a seven-year research project.

A radiotherapy machine in a hospital treatment room.

Clinical trial opens new way of treating prostate cancer

Published: 4 May 2022
Categories: Health

A different way of treating people with prostate cancer will be investigated by researchers at the University of Leeds in a new clinical trial funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research.

Drink in the latest discoveries at Pint of Science

Published: 29 April 2022
Categories: Events

A global festival bringing people with a thirst for knowledge together with scientists at the frontiers of discovery is back in Leeds for 2022.

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Loneliness leads to higher risk of future unemployment

Published: 28 April 2022
Categories: Science | Society & Politics

Experiencing loneliness appears to lead to a higher risk of future unemployment, according to new research.

Professor Neil Ranson, Professor Simone Buitendijk and Dr Richard Henderson posing with a frame with the text 'Astbury Conversation 2020'.

Arms race to track the changes in structural biology

Published: 28 April 2022
Categories: Health | Science

Scientists are locked in an arms race to understand the ever-changing structure of proteins, argues a Nobel Prize winning structural biologist.

A mid 20th century picture showing a researcher holding a microphone in front of another person.

Historic dialect recordings archive digitised for the public

Published: 28 April 2022
Categories: Society & Politics | Arts & Culture

If you are feeling a bit peckish do you enjoy a bit of scran or docky? Perhaps if you have a sweet tooth then a bag of cooshies or jumbles might hit the spot.

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