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Inspiring career growth at Africa Week

Published
22 May 2025
Categories
University

University leaders have joined up with those at the start of their careers to support female professional development.

IntoUniversity pupils with staff member

Supporting children into university

Published
10 March 2025
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Working with our region

Students have shared their first-hand experience of a programme supporting young people from disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Leeds, as it celebrates ten years of changing lives.

A baby grasps their parent's little finger.

Supporting new parents and caregivers in Leeds

Published
4 March 2025
Categories
Research

Parents and caregivers in Leeds can receive free support in the crucial first 1000 days of their newborns’ lives as part of a study led by the University of Leeds.

Reid Jacoby stands next to Trib Gosain as they pitch their high performance umbrellas to the investor dragons on the BBC series Dragons' Den.

Bright sparks enter the Dragons' Den

Published
14 February 2025
Categories
Business & Economy

Spark scholar and award-winning University of Leeds graduate Trib Gosain caught the eye of super investor Peter Jones on Dragons’ Den last night with his high-performance umbrella.

Amara Relf and the Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin

Partnerships tackling sexual violence

Published
10 February 2025
Categories
Working with our region

The Mayor of West Yorkshire has urged people to step up and say “we’ve had enough of this” at an event looking at how to tackle sexual violence.

Tom Milner is sat at a desk in Helix on the University of Leeds campus making one of his bracketless plant pot holders.

Sparking life into seedling ideas

Published
13 January 2025
Categories
Business & Economy

A young entrepreneur who pioneered bracketless plant pot holders for tenants has urged students to pursue their business dream.