Experts tackle social mobility in Westminster Published 13 June 2011 Categories Society & Politics University of Leeds academics are today leading calls for a change in government policy and social service provision, at a conference on social mobility in Westminster.
'Practice makes perfect' for nurses and doctors Published 13 June 2011 Categories Health Health professionals, trainee doctors and student nurses can now sharpen their skills in a state-of-the-art training centre in Leeds.
C-Capture could bring cleaner energy to the North East Published 10 June 2011 Categories Environment | Working with business A University of Leeds spin-out company aiming to reduce the UK's carbon dioxide emissions has received seed capital totalling £160,500.
The delights of Dante Published 9 June 2011 Categories Arts & Culture A theatre company is looking for 30 teenagers to join a free open-air production of Dante's Inferno in Millennium Square, Leeds
Religion, Security and Policing - Responding to Prevent Published 7 June 2011 Categories Society & Politics Academics, policy-makers and police have gathered for a major international colloquium on religion, policing and security, coinciding with the Government's review of the Prevent strategy.
Fossil find gives hope for animal life in 'lost cities' Published 7 June 2011 Categories Environment The world's oceans could be littered with thousands of undiscovered 'lost cities' housing communities of creatures that thrive in some of the Earth's most extreme conditions, a new discovery suggests.
Methane gas from cows - the proof is in the poo! Published 6 June 2011 Categories Environment | Science Scientists could have a revolutionary new way of measuring how much of the potent greenhouse gas methane is produced by cows and other ruminants, thanks to a surprising discovery in their poo.
University's historic ceramics offer inspiration to local artists Published 6 June 2011 Categories Arts & Culture A new exhibition at the University of Leeds will see ceramic artworks made by customers from a local centre for people with disabilities sit alongside some of Yorkshire's most historic ceramic art.
Partnership to improve rehabilitation for spinal injury patients Published 2 June 2011 Categories Health Researchers and clinicians in Yorkshire have teamed up to improve rehabilitation programmes for people who have suffered severe spinal injuries.
Leeds student to study mysterious deep-sea 'zombie worms' Published 1 June 2011 Categories Environment | Science University of Leeds PhD student Nick Higgs is jetting off to California this week to study a mysterious type of bone-eating 'zombie worms' that live off the skeletons of whales deep on the ocean
Predictive model offers accurate remote mapping of plant communities Published 1 June 2011 Categories Environment | Science A PhD student at the University of Leeds has developed a fast, accurate and inexpensive method of creating detailed vegetation community maps over very large areas.