New Director for Bragg Centre for Materials Research Published 7 June 2019 Categories University The University has appointed Professor Edmund Linfield as the first Director for the Bragg Centre for Materials Research.
Improving mental health support for international students Published 5 June 2019 Categories University The University is helping to develop a sector-wide approach to supporting the mental health of international students coming to the UK.
New Executive Dean for Leeds University Business School Published 5 June 2019 Categories University Professor Julia Bennell has been appointed as the new Executive Dean of Leeds University Business School.
Research Spotlight - May 2019 Published 3 June 2019 Categories University May's round-up of some of the latest research and education stories from the University.
New Executive Dean for Engineering and Physical Sciences Published 31 May 2019 Categories University Professor Nora de Leeuw has been announced as the inaugural Executive Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences.
New regulator of immune responses discovered Published 29 May 2019 Categories Science | Global Scientists have identified a new internal regulator that helps control the body’s response to fight infection.
Using the past to unravel the future for Arctic wetlands Published 29 May 2019 Categories Global | Environment A new study has used partially fossilised plants and single-celled organisms to investigate the effects of climate change on the Canadian High Arctic wetlands and help predict their future.
Northern universities to tackle transport emissions Published 22 May 2019 Categories Science | Environment Leeds scientists are leading a research network of northern universities to find new ways to rapidly decarbonise UK transport.
Finding a safer way to make the Polio vaccine Published 16 May 2019 Categories Science | Health Researchers at the University of Leeds are developing a cheaper and safer way of making the polio vaccine.
Nearly a quarter of West Antarctic ice is now unstable Published 16 May 2019 Categories Science | Environment In only 25 years, ocean melting has caused ice thinning to spread across West Antarctica so rapidly that 24% of its glacier ice is now affected, according to a new study.
University partners with CBI to unveil major new report Published 14 May 2019 Categories University | Business and partnerships Advanced data analytics is opening up a "new frontier" for business research and development (R&D), according to a new report from Nexus and the Confederation of British Industry.
Our Professor of Poetry is the UK’s next Poet Laureate Published 10 May 2019 Categories University | Arts & Culture University of Leeds Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage has been appointed the UK’s new Poet Laureate.
Leeds Health and Care Academy helps enhance local workforce Published 8 May 2019 Categories Health A groundbreaking collaboration of health, care and university partners across the city of Leeds is helping to enhance the local workforce.
Future leaders to deliver global impact Published 7 May 2019 Categories University | Science Three University of Leeds researchers have received a prestigious fellowship aimed at tackling global challenges.
Oxygen linked with the boom and bust of early animal evolution Published 6 May 2019 Categories Science | Environment New research reveals clues to a crucial period of rapid evolution in complex animals that began roughly 540 million years ago.