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Young children playing with building blocks in a nursery

Call for extra funding for early years care

Published
Tuesday 25th May, 2021
Categories
Coronavirus
Society & Politics

Extra funding should be made available for early years care in the wake of the pandemic, researchers say.

A tiger mosquito on skin, which has been responsible for the spread of dengue fever and yellow fever

Species invasions can teach us about COVID-19

Published
Tuesday 18th May, 2021
Categories
Science
Health

Invasions by alien insect and animal species have much in common with outbreaks of infectious diseases and can tell us a lot about how pandemics spread, according to new research.

Leeds chosen by WHO to help create global health strategy

Published
Friday 14th May, 2021
Categories
Coronavirus
Health
Global

The University has partnered with the World Health Organisation to create a global strategy to protect populations against future threats such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

'Boost air quality in buildings to reduce respiratory infections'

Published
Thursday 13th May, 2021
Categories
Coronavirus
Science
Health
Be Curious

Leading experts in the transmission of airborne pathogens are calling for tighter regulations to control air quality in buildings – as a way of reducing the spread of COVID-19 and other illnesses.

A blurry close up of an old manuscript

‘Medieval Glastonbury’ to focus on climates: IMC 2021

Published
Thursday 25th February, 2021
Categories
Arts & Culture

The International Medieval Congress (IMC), one of the biggest academic conferences taking place online in the world this year, is to take climates as its theme.

A pile of British coins

Benefits system needs to be made simpler and fairer

Published
Monday 22nd February, 2021
Categories
Coronavirus
Business & Economy
Society & Politics

The benefits system needs to change in order to properly support claimants during and after COVID-19, a major national research project has concluded.

A person wearing a mask that says 'Racism is a Virus'

Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on BAME groups

Published
Tuesday 9th February, 2021
Categories
Coronavirus
Society & Politics

The ways in which discrimination is worsening the impact of COVID-19 on people in Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) groups in the UK will be explored in a new research project.

Students at the University of Leeds in pre-coronavirus times

Giving back: students volunteer throughout the pandemic

Published
Tuesday 9th February, 2021
Categories
Coronavirus

As Student Volunteering Week kicks off around the UK, we celebrate the huge contribution that University of Leeds students make locally, nationally and internationally.