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Kate Fearnyough head and shoulders profile

Negotiating on behalf of the UK

Published
Friday 4th November, 2022
Categories
Alumni

Acting on behalf of the UK in climate negotiations, Leeds alum Kate Fearnyough travelled to COP27 hoping the conference would accelerate mitigation action around the world.

Vice-Chancellor Professor Simone Buitendijk on stage and speaking to the audience with Tracy Brabin and Professor Piers Forster

Getting Yorkshire to net zero

Published
Friday 21st October, 2022
Categories
Society & Politics
Environment
Working with our region

Regional leaders and organisations must work ever more closely to achieve net zero in Yorkshire and the Humber.

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Vulnerability and policing research centre launches

Published
Wednesday 12th October, 2022
Categories
Working with our region
Society & Politics

A ground-breaking new research centre aims to change how the police, public services and local government work together to help vulnerable people.

A couple sit on a sofa looking concerned as they read their bills.

Cost of living crisis highlights racial inequalities

Published
Tuesday 11th October, 2022
Categories
Society & Politics

Black and minority ethnic people are disproportionately falling faster and further below the poverty line amidst the cost of living crisis, according to a new report.

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Rethinking young women's working lives

Published
Thursday 6th October, 2022
Categories
Business and partnerships
Society & Politics

New research will examine how women’s early experiences of employment shape long-term career paths and reinforce inequalities in the labour market.

Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh poses for profile photo

Using Leeds knowledge to save lives

Published
Monday 26th September, 2022
Categories
News

Poison Information Coordinator Sherika Whitelocke-Ballingsingh (MPh Public Health 2016) has received international recognition for her work to prevent lead poisoning in children across Jamaica.

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New method to assess health of ozone layer

Published
Friday 26th August, 2022
Categories
Health
Science
Environment

Researchers have developed a new method for assessing the impact of ozone-depleting chemicals released into the atmosphere. 

Three caught fish that were subject to shark attack

Shark impact on fishing communities

Published
Wednesday 24th August, 2022
Categories
Science
Environment

People who make a living fishing off the coral reefs around the Maldives say their daily income is down by almost a quarter due to sharks stealing their catch.