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Updating the most comprehensive dialect survey ever

Published
Friday 20th October, 2017
Categories
Society & Politics
Arts & Culture

A National Lottery grant is allowing the University to update the most comprehensive survey of the dialects of England ever undertaken.

Stanley Ellis, Survey of English Dialects fieldworker, with microphone, with 'informant' Tom Mason, near Ilkley in 1967

Behind the scenes of a city’s season of triathlon

Published
Thursday 1st June, 2017
Categories
Arts & Culture

A photojournalist who captured candid scenes from Yorkshire’s successful Grand Depart is training her lens on triathlon as part of a unique new project.

New prize highlights talented student filmmakers

Published
Wednesday 26th April, 2017
Categories
Arts & Culture

A new competition established by the University's Cultural Institute has encouraged student filmmakers to showcase some of its ground-breaking research.

Film student Kyle Withington, Col Needham, Karen Emanuel, Paul Cooke, Stuart Clarke and Alan Langlands

Forging powerful Chinese partnerships and celebrating alumni

Published
Tuesday 28th February, 2017
Categories
Working with business
University

The University is helping lead a high-level delegation to China this week, forging partnerships and opportunities between Chinese provinces and Leeds City Region, Council, universities and businesses.

Shanghai

Stay on and help shape Leeds' future, students are urged

Published
Tuesday 28th February, 2017
Categories
Business & Economy
Working with business
University

The University is taking part in an initiative aimed at encouraging students to stay on in Leeds after graduation, to help shape its future.

Aerial view of Leeds city.

Celebrating student volunteering

Published
Monday 20th February, 2017
Categories
Working with business
University

The University is celebrating the impact of student volunteering for National Student Volunteering Week.

Volunteering

The new Brownlee Centre

Published
Wednesday 15th February, 2017
Categories
Health
University

A new £5m University of Leeds sports facility is to be named after its most successful alumni athletes, Olympic heroes Alistair and Jonny Brownlee.

Alistair and Jonny Brownlee at the site of University of Leeds' new cycle track

Leeds' expertise showcased at Indian Tech Summit

Published
Monday 7th November, 2016
Categories
University
Health
Technology

A University delegation is focussing on significant education and research partnerships with businesses and academics in India, as well as encouraging its students to study in Leeds.

Jo Johnson