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Sofia Martinho delivers a taster session in Portuguese to secondary school pupils at Ossett Academy. A map appears in the background, and in the foreground Sofia smiles at two students.

Celebrating multilingual Leeds

Published
21 November 2024
Categories
Working with our region
Global
Arts & Culture

Hundreds of people have tried a new language for the first time as part of Leeds Language Week, a University-led initiative to celebrate the city’s linguistic diversity.

Fire-blackened multi-storey buildings destroyed by war in Ukraine, stand in rubble, beside diggers.

Project to aid Ukraine’s recovery

Published
20 November 2024
Categories
Research
Global

A new project is under way to radically transform the rebuilding of post-conflict Ukraine – aimed at both accelerating its recovery and helping to ensure that its reconstruction is more eco-friendly.

In the foreground, researchers in orange high vis-vests conducting field measurements on the Kasai River, one of the major tributaries of the Congo basin

Protecting the vulnerable Congo Basin

Published
18 November 2024
Categories
Environment
Research
Global

A project to protect the world’s second largest area of tropical rainforest has received £9.1m from the Government.

A large group of students stood on a rooftop with a building and a mountain in the background.

Broadening horizons with international visits

Published
28 August 2024
Categories
Global

University of Leeds students designed a prototype product for visually impaired schoolchildren as part of a global classroom experience in Mexico.

Professor Hai-Sui Yu with SWJTU President Xuedong Yan shaking hands and holding a strategic agreement.

A decade of engineering excellence

Published
8 July 2024
Categories
Global

The University of Leeds and Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU) have marked the 10th anniversary of a Joint School of Engineering and Computer Science.

Two people dressed in armour pose for the camera, holding their swords up,

World’s medievalists flock to Leeds

Published
5 July 2024
Categories
Global
Research
Arts & Culture

Thousands of medieval enthusiasts have flocked to the University of Leeds for the largest humanities research conference in Europe, featuring fighting knights, music and rare works by JRR Tolkien.

Masud Khokhar and Jeroen Geurts both wearing suits signing a document.

Dutch declaration signing marks milestone

Published
26 June 2024
Categories
Global

More than 20 Higher Education Institutions have now signed up to a ground-breaking network that seeks to tackle humanity’s greatest challenges and unlock a fair future for all.