1723 results for 'press statements'
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- 20 December 2021
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- Science | Coronavirus | Health
Following in a long line of eminent scientists and engineers, Professor Cath Noakes will stand in the Royal Institution’s iconic auditorium and explain the big ideas reshaping society.
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- 20 December 2021
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- Global | Environment
The accelerating melting of the Himalayan glaciers threatens the water supply of millions of people in Asia, new research warns.
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- 16 December 2021
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- Working with our region | Arts & Culture
Rare handwritten manuscripts and printed books by the Brontës have been entrusted to the University's Brotherton Library.
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- 14 December 2021
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- Environment | Working with our region | University
The University of Leeds is making the single biggest investment in its history to achieve a low carbon future.
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- 13 December 2021
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- Science | Environment
A new study reveals that disabled households in the Europe Union currently consume 10% less energy than other households, as well as being 5% more likely to experience energy poverty.
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- 9 December 2021
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- Arts & Culture
Professor Martin Iddon, Head of the School of Music at the University of Leeds, has won the Ivors Composers Award for Solo Composition.
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- 8 December 2021
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- Science | Health
People who watched a loved one die with dementia were more likely to support euthanasia for patients with the disease, a new study has found.
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- 7 December 2021
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- Society & Politics | Working with our region | Coronavirus | Health
Children growing up in the North of England face greater poverty and are more likely to die before reaching their first birthday than children in other parts of England, according to a new report.
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- 6 December 2021
- Categories
- Environment
Special status has been awarded to the habitat of a species of seal left endangered due to human activity.
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- 2 December 2021
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- News | Environment
Scientists discover two intense periods of volcanism triggered a period of global cooling and falling oxygen levels in the oceans, causing one of the most severe mass extinctions in Earth history.
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- 2 December 2021
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- Science | Global | Environment
Plans to restore Indonesian peatlands are a cost-effective strategy for reducing the impacts of peatland fires to the environment, climate and human health, says a new study.
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- 1 December 2021
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- University
Fanny Passavant, the first Librarian of the University Of Leeds, has been honoured with the unveiling of a blue plaque.
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- 30 November 2021
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- Coronavirus | Science | Health
A new interactive graphic developed by UK researchers and published by The BMJ will help people decide what to do in everyday situations to protect themselves, and others, from COVID-19.
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- 30 November 2021
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- Working with our region | Society & Politics
A £10m research centre dedicated to better understanding how the police and other services can prevent and reduce vulnerabilities is launched today by Leeds and the University of York.
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- 30 November 2021
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- University | Global
A collection of essays exploring how Leeds research is helping to change the world has been launched by the University’s Vice-Chancellor.