Students show entrepreneurial spark
Two young entrepreneurs are forging ahead with business start-ups following backing from the University of Leeds.
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New Year Honours at the University of Leeds
Members of the University of Leeds community are among those recognised in the New Year Honours.
University of Leeds alumni excel at prestigious awards in China
Leeds achievement in China at British Council Study UK Alumni Awards 2023.
Supporting students through grief
Anna May experienced loss from an early age. She used her experiences and knowledge to set up the Student Grief Network, which aims to soften the impact of bereavement in universities across the UK.
Helping the aviation sector to reach net zero
From Eurostar to the Heathrow Express, Paul Le Blond has been involved with some of the UK’s most important transport projects in recent times. He’s now helping the aviation sector to reach net zero.
The power of horror
Award-winning horror writer Tananarive Due knows how to scare. She explains what attracts us to the genre, how she creates horror, and how her time at Leeds played a key role in her success.
Baroness Warsi delivers University guest lecture
Alum Baroness Sayeeda Warsi has delivered a guest lecture at the University.
An ice cream revolution starting in Leeds
Founder and director of Northern Bloc Dirk Mischendahl is doing ice cream differently. The serial entrepreneur returned to Leeds to support enterprising students starting their own business journeys.
Leeds alum becomes paramedic at 64
To Peter Watters (Pharmacology 1980), age is just a number. After a varied career in teaching and IT, he retrained to work as a paramedic on the NHS frontline, aged 64.
Transforming cystic fibrosis care
Director of Medical Affairs at the Cystic Fibrosis Trust Dr Keith Brownlee has played his part in transforming treatment of the condition – while raising two of Leeds’ most successful sporting alumni.