News

Leeds engineer heads global body

Published
12 November 2012
Categories
University

Professor Barry Clarke has been elected as the 148th president of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), the professional body for chartered civil engineers.

Students take to the stage in China

Published
8 November 2012
Categories
Arts & Culture

A student-led theatre company from the University of Leeds is taking to the stage in China this week, following a successful tour to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

University of Leeds student wins national media award

Published
8 November 2012
Categories
University

A former University of Leeds student has been recognised as one of the best breakthrough talents at the Guardian Student Media Awards, winning Student Broadcast Journalist of the Year

Breast cancer drug could halt other tumours

Published
7 November 2012
Categories
Health

A drug commonly used in treating breast cancer could have far wider benefits, offering a new way of preventing cancers spreading through the body, according to a University of Leeds-led study.

Alt-J win Mercury prize

Published
2 November 2012
Categories
University
University

A group of students who met five years ago at the University of Leeds have won the Mercury Prize for the best album of the year.

Jonathon Porritt joins campus panel discussion

Published
2 November 2012
Categories
Environment

Low carbon technologies such as solar power could support almost the entire global economy by 2050, environmentalist Jonathon Porritt told an alumni audience at the University of Leeds last night.

Opening of new terahertz lab

Published
30 October 2012
Categories
Technology
Science
Working with business

The University of Leeds in collaboration with Agilent Technologies Inc. recently opened a new terahertz measurement research lab in the School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering.

Report highlights eco-friendly brick research

Published
25 October 2012
Categories
Environment
Technology

A technique developed at the University of Leeds that makes carbon-negative bricks from waste materials is featured in a new report on the social and economic benefits of academic research.