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STAR treatment

Published
Monday 30th January, 2012
Categories
Health

A major new national clinical trial for patients with kidney cancer is being led by a team at Leeds, and the first patients have already started receiving treatment.

Seeking benefits, avoiding conflicts

Published
Friday 13th January, 2012
Categories
Business & Economy

A new report on Uganda's emerging oil and gas industry says companies can improve their corporate social responsibility (CSR) to give fairer employment, compensation and land deals to communities.

Winning Partnership

Published
Thursday 24th November, 2011
Categories
University
Working with business

The University of Leeds, working in partnership with Sellafield Ltd, has won the Core Chemical Engineering Award at the Institution of Chemical Engineers 2011 Awards.

Leeds 'sludge team' targets nuclear waste

Published
Friday 21st October, 2011
Categories
Technology
Science

It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it. Researchers from the University of Leeds have teamed up with Sellafield Ltd to clean up radioactive sludge produced by the UK nuclear industry.

Leeds students debate Europe's future

Published
Thursday 6th October, 2011
Categories
Society & Politics

University of Leeds students are to get a once in a lifetime opportunity to contribute to European Union policy when two EU Vice Presidents visit campus next week.

Dying 'monster' star discovered

Published
Wednesday 28th September, 2011
Categories
Science
Technology

The final throes of one of the largest and rarest stars in our galaxy have been discovered by astrophysicists using the European Southern Observatory (ESO).