Cec Thompson: The most remarkable of graduates
Cec Thompson's (Economics, 1968, Hon MA, 1994) remarkable rise on the rugby field is matched only by his achievements off it, as he pushed himself from illiteracy to graduation.
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Claire Cashmore: The road to Tokyo
Claire Cashmore MBE (Linguistics and Phonetics, 2011; Hon LLD, 2013) goes into her fifth Paralympic Games facing a whole new challenge.
Olivia Strong: A £7 million idea
A challenge between friends went on to raise over £7 million for NHS Charities Together during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Leeds to South Korea: Students tackling global problems
Students from Leeds and South Korea's KAIST University are working together in a global leadership programme to develop solutions to some of the world’s greatest challenges.
Lucy Clayton: How to go to work
Lucy Clayton (English Literature, 2003) draws on years of experience and insight from her latest book to answer student and graduate career questions.
Escaping poverty: the learnings that shaped Madan Luthra
As a refugee growing up in India, Dr Madan Luthra (PhD Biochemistry, 1972) learnt that education would prove his lifeline.
Giving back: students volunteer throughout the pandemic
As Student Volunteering Week kicks off around the UK, we celebrate the huge contribution that University of Leeds students make locally, nationally and internationally.
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Brexit – a message from the Vice-Chancellor and Leeds University Union
Using targeted microbubbles to administer toxic cancer drugs
University of Leeds research has shown how microbubbles carrying powerful cancer drugs can be guided to the site of a tumour using antibodies.
University researchers recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
Three leading academic researchers, two alumni and a former Pro-Chancellor at the University of Leeds have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.