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University athletes competing in Commonwealth Games

Published
4 April 2018
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University

Eight University of Leeds students and alumni, including the Brownlee brothers Alistair and Jonny, have travelled to the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia to compete for their countries.

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Antarctica is retreating across the sea floor

Published
2 April 2018
Categories
Environment
Science

Antarctica’s great ice sheet is losing ground as it is eroded by warm ocean water circulating beneath its floating edge, a new study has found.

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Links between red meat and distal colon cancer

Published
2 April 2018
Categories
Health
Science

A new study suggests that a diet free from red meat significantly reduces the risk of a type of colon cancer in women living in the United Kingdom.

Image shows the early morning sun rising over Roundhay Park in Leeds with people walking in the distance

'Target investment at poorer-quality parks'

Published
22 March 2018
Categories
Society & Politics
Arts & Culture
News

A major report into the future of parks in Leeds has recommended the council gets them all up to Green Flag or equivalent standard, the national benchmark for high-quality recreational open spaces.

Northern School of Contemporary Dance students perform Taking a Position, created by Sharon Watson with Professor Stephen Coleman. Picture: Drazen Priganica

Taking a Position – dance inspired by Brexit

Published
22 March 2018
Categories
Arts & Culture

Their fields of expertise are apparently worlds apart – one is an internationally-respected choreographer, the other a professor of political communication.

Students at the University of Leeds in pre-coronavirus times

Students vote Leeds top three in the UK

Published
22 March 2018
Categories
University

The University of Leeds has come third in the UK in a major survey that asks students about their experience while studying.

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Surgeons’ performance benefits from ‘warm-ups’

Published
20 March 2018
Categories
Science
Health

Surgeons progressively ‘warm-up’ as they repeat a procedure on their operating list, akin to the way athletes’ performance improves across a competition – according to new research.

Dan Hurdiss

PhD researcher to meet Nobel scientists

Published
12 March 2018
Categories
Science

Nobel laureates from across the scientific spectrum and around the world will be sharing their expertise and insight with a University of Leeds researcher later this year.