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EPSRC delegation meets engineering researchers at Leeds

Published
21 February 2020
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News

Engineering leaders from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) visited the University this week to find out more about the breadth of engineering research taking place here.

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High-performance computing to aid scientific discovery

Published
17 February 2020
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Technology
Science
Technology
Science

The University is to be part of two supercomputing centres - to boost the ability of researchers to make major scientific breaththroughs.

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Showcasing the breadth of health research at Leeds

Published
14 February 2020
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Health

Senior leaders from the Medical Research Council (MRC) visited the University today to find out more about the interdisciplinary health research taking place here.

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Helping a heavy industry reach net-zero

Published
13 February 2020
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Environment
Technology

Scientists have secured funding to investigate ways the UK steel industry can be decarbonised within 30 years.

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Success in key international ranking

Published
10 February 2020
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University

The University of Leeds has once again been recognised as one of the world's most international universities.

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How technology is changing the world of work

Published
27 January 2020
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Working with business
Society & Politics

A new £8 million research centre exploring how technology is changing the world of work will officially launch this week.

The images shows Nicky Morgan, Secretary of State for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport, Lisa Roberts, the Deputy Vice Chancellor and students on the doctoral training programme for AI in medical diagnosis

Using artificial intelligence to speed up cancer detection

Published
24 January 2020
Categories
Science
Technology

The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport visited the University today to hear how researchers are being trained to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) in the fight against cancer.

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Rail research centre on track to boost economy

Published
22 January 2020
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Business & Economy
Technology

A cutting-edge rail research centre being built by the University of Leeds has the potential to contribute billions of pounds to the UK economy, according to consultants GENECON.