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Prof Corneille Ewango of the University of Kisangani, DRC, takes notes in a peat swamp forest along the Ikelemba River in DRC.

True size of largest tropical peatland revealed

Published
Thursday 21st July, 2022
Categories
Global
Environment

A new study has mapped the full scale of a vast region of peatland in the heart of the Congo Basin, revealing it to be 15% bigger than previously thought.

John Pares runs to the finish line in the 24 hour race

24 hours to gold: The reigning Commonwealth champion

Published
Thursday 21st July, 2022
Categories
Alumni

From the Leeds marathon to 24 hour ultra racing, ahead of Birmingham 2022, John Pares (Chemical Engineering 1987) describes his journey to claim a Commonwealth Championship gold.

Mark England poses in Team GB tracksuit

Mark England OBE: the hopes of a nation

Published
Monday 18th July, 2022
Categories
Alumni

After making history as Team GB Chef de Mission at the Rio 2016 Olympics, Mark England OBE hopes to guide Team England to gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

A close-up of a pink Bromeliad plant

Education system ‘neglecting the importance of plants’

Published
Monday 11th July, 2022
Categories
Environment
Science

People are becoming “disconnected from the botanical world” at a time when plants could help solve global environmental problems, warn a group of research scientists.

The lower arms and hands of an adult couple holding hands, both with rainbow coloured friendship bracelets.

Equality marriage bill introduced in Lords

Published
Friday 8th July, 2022
Categories
Society & Politics
Society & Politics

Legal moves to allow same sex marriages in all British Oversea Territories have been introduced in the House of Lords.

The red brick Great Hall building at the University of Leeds

Honorary Degrees 2022

Published
Tuesday 5th July, 2022
Categories
University

After a pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, honorary degree ceremonies are returning to University of Leeds to celebrate the success of key figures in the worlds of law, art, science and more.

Two people dressed in medieval armour reenacting a battle

Celebrating the medieval congress' return to campus

Published
Monday 4th July, 2022
Categories
Working with our region
Arts & Culture

The International Medieval Congress (IMC), the largest conference of its kind in Europe, gives scholars and medievalists from across the globe a platform to share all elements of the Middle Ages.