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Internships boost student skills

Published
13 May 2025
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Business & Economy
Working with business

Students are working with businesses to become the next generation of financial climate risk analysts.

A large group of students with the LUBS Entrepreneurship Awards panel and teaching staff.

Future entrepreneurs pitch to the experts

Published
12 May 2025
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Business & Economy

Students' entrepreneurial ideas ranging from toppling dominoes to sustainable fashion solutions have been come under scrutiny from business experts.

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Bank policymaker delivers first speech in Leeds

Published
16 January 2025
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Working with business
Business & Economy

A leading economist delivered the first speech in his new role for the Bank of England at the University of Leeds.

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Innovative solutions to business challenges

Published
10 December 2024
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Working with business

University of Leeds students have been praised by industry experts for their creative solutions to real world business problems.

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Students meet Bank of England Deputy Governor

Published
22 November 2024
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Working with business

The Bank of England's Deputy Governor has delivered a speech to University of Leeds students outlining how the UK economy has developed over the past 12 months.

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Driving sustainability in fashion

Published
21 October 2024
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Working with business

International fashion brands are working with the University of Leeds to understand how textile manufacturing impacts the environment.

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Student insight influences recruitment decisions

Published
11 October 2024
Categories
Business & Economy
Working with business

Insight from business students at Leeds is influencing government recruitment policy for neurodivergent applicants.

Joe Lawrence and Jonathan Gilbert are stood in the street holding the defib machines they rent out for £1 a day

Lifelong friends build up life-saving business

Published
13 August 2024
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Working with business

Lifelong friends Jonathan Gilbert and Joe Lawrence have found the University of Leeds' Help to Grow management course hugely beneficial in developing a business that now turns over £2.2m a year.

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University course lights up Amy's business

Published
13 August 2024
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Working with business

Handling large budgets and dealing with rock stars such as the Rolling Stones and Kings of Leon was all in a day's work for Amy Hogarth.