Working with business News

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.

Amy plays with her hair as she faces the camera.

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.

Rachel Woolford, Jane Slimming and Becky Dam with a large group of students.

Young entrepreneurs pitch to business experts

Published
7 May 2024
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University
Working with business

Students from Leeds University Business School (LUBS) showed off their entrepreneurial spirit as they pitched business ideas to industry experts in the LUBS Entrepreneur Award 2024.

Dramatic shot of a cup of beer, the Northern Monk Mhór can and three candles

Research inspires beer based on ancient recipe

Published
25 April 2024
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Working with business
Arts & Culture
Research

Northern Monk Brew Co. and a historian at the University of Leeds have collaborated to brew Mhór, a beer inspired by a 5,000-year-old recipe made in Northern England.

Three journalism students in the former Channel 4 set at the School of Media and Communication, University of Leeds

Journalism students go on air in former Channel 4 set

Published
22 February 2024
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Working with business
Working with our region
Arts & Culture

Leeds journalism students are using a cutting-edge studio inherited from Channel 4 for the first time, showcasing their work in front of key members of the broadcaster's team.

Image shows Earth - in the black emptiness of Space - and a satellite orbiting above it.

Satellites ‘key to confronting global challenges’

Published
19 January 2024
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Environment
Technology
Working with business
Science

Science Minister Andrew Griffith says for the UK to become a Space superpower it must harness the talent of researchers and businesses involved in the analysis of satellite data.

Megan Greene standing in front of a microphone giving her speech

Students meet Bank of England policymaker

Published
4 December 2023
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Working with business
Business & Economy

A new member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has given her debut speech to University of Leeds students.

Two people are signing the paper agreement at a desk with a University of Leeds banner behind them.

Partnership seeks to break down barriers for students

Published
22 November 2023
Categories
University
Working with business

The University of Leeds has renewed its commitment to a partnership with Santander Universities that removes barriers to higher education, benefiting students, staff and the local community.