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Fintech placements for students as new centre launches in Leeds

Published
28 February 2023
Categories
Technology
Business & Economy

University of Leeds students will have the opportunity to take up placements in some of the UK’s leading fintech companies, in a fresh announcement confirmed at the launch of a new nationwide centre.

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Satellites reveal speed-up of Antarctic glaciers

Published
27 February 2023
Categories
Science
Environment

Glaciers along the Antarctic peninsula are flowing faster in the summer because of a combination of melting snow and warmer ocean waters, say researchers.

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University of Leeds providing skills for life

Published
6 February 2023
Categories
University
Business & Economy
Working with business

Offering lifelong opportunities to learn new skills and prepare for changing career demands is a key ambition of the University of Leeds.

A wool cardigan in a washing machine.

How much microfibre do we emit with our washing?

Published
6 February 2023
Categories
Working with business
Technology
Environment

The UK’s laundry releases microfibres weighing the equivalent of up to 1,500 double-decker buses every year, according to new research. 

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Leeds spinout Slingshot Simulations secures £3m investment

Published
24 January 2023
Categories
Business & Economy
Working with business
Technology
Research

Slingshot Simulations, a spinout from the University of Leeds, has secured a £3 million round of investment led by Northern Gritstone, alongside Mercia and the Northern Powerhouse Fund.

A nurse sitting next to a patient and administering chemotherapy via a tube into the patient's hand

'Remarkable' results in colon cancer trial

Published
20 January 2023
Categories
Science
Health
Research

Giving colon cancer patients chemotherapy before surgery cuts the risk of the disease coming back, according to the results of a new clinical trial.