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Too Good To Go: Protecting pockets and the planet

Published
Thursday 18th May, 2023
Categories
News

At a time of rising food prices and a deepening climate crisis, Jamie Crummie has created a global phenomenon which helps customers rescue unsold food from businesses, saving it from going to waste.

Profile image of a smiling Jamie Crummie

Ukraine

Published
Wednesday 19th April, 2023
Categories
University

Update from Vice-Chancellor Professor Simone Buitendijk on the University’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The flag of Ukraine: equally sized horizontal bands of blue (top) and yellow.

Leading banking expert delivers Leeds masterclass

Published
Friday 10th March, 2023
Categories
Working with business
University
Business & Economy

One of the UK’s leading banking experts has given a masterclass on careers in the financial sector during a special talk at the University of Leeds.

Sarah Breeden speaks to two female students in a lecture hall

Reporting from the epicentre of the story

Published
Tuesday 7th March, 2023
Categories
Alumni

Hind Hassan broadcasts from the most hostile environments in the world – from the conflict in Ukraine, to the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria – elevating the voices of those unheard.

Hind Hassan wearing a Press vest and helmet in Iraq

Paolozzi sculpture arrives at University

Published
Monday 6th March, 2023
Categories
Alumni
University
Arts & Culture

A famous sculpture by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, donated by a Leeds alumnus, has joined a growing collection of public art on the University’s campus.

The bronze sculpture faces the camera head-on with campus in the background. The figure in the sculpture crouches over a compass. Its body is welded together, giving it a mechanical feel.

A looming water crisis at the world’s highest glacier

Published
Monday 27th February, 2023
Categories
Alumni

Climate change is hitting the hardest in the world’s mountain ranges. We learn how Leeds glaciologist Professor Duncan Quincey is helping locals at the world's highest glacier.

Mountain view in Himalayas

Wild time on campus

Published
Tuesday 21st February, 2023
Categories
Alumni

Live stream of peregrine falcon nest

Peregrine looks down at incubating partner in the Parkinson tower

Powering the future

Published
Monday 20th February, 2023
Categories
Alumni

Charlie Jardine (Design 2013) started his first company when studying at Leeds. Ten years on, the CEO and Founder of EO Charging is creating the infrastructure for a transport revolution.

Charlie Jardine stands before a wall with his hands in his pockets