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Three yellow tents in a row in bright sunshine on the Khumbu Glacier on Mount Everest with the Himalayan mountain range in the background

Research to explore why Everest glacier is so warm

Published
20 March 2025
Categories
Research

A team of researchers is making final preparations for a trip to Mount Everest in Nepal next month to explore why the ice of one of the mountain’s most iconic glaciers is so close to the melting point

Antara Mulhotra and Yun Ci Liu hold up self portraits on a mirror and a perspex sheet.

Bringing Extraordinary Portraits to life

Published
18 March 2025
Categories
Arts & Culture

Two talented students from the University of Leeds have developed an interactive experience for visitors to an art exhibition based on the hit BBC TV series Extraordinary Portraits with Bill Bailey.

A group of students stand by the wetland area they help manage in Woodhouse Ridge.

Wetland warriors promote biodiversity

Published
17 March 2025
Categories
Working with our region

University of Leeds students who call themselves the ‘Woodhouse Wetland Warriors’ are working with local schoolchildren to encourage biodiversity.

A group of four people stood in Cloth Hall Court smiling at the camera.

Funding supports cardiovascular research

Published
17 March 2025
Categories
Health

The British Heart Foundation has funded a Leeds-based project which will improve understanding of the links between Type 2 Diabetes and heart failure.

Two women walk up some steps into a tree-lined path in a park

Public invited to share views on park life

Published
17 March 2025
Categories
Working with our region

Thousands of people living in Leeds and Bradford are to be surveyed about the way they use parks and green spaces to try to improve access for all.

Children in red and white school uniform singing in a choir

Embed creativity in the curriculum, report urges

Published
14 March 2025
Categories
Research

Children’s creative talents must be nurtured in state schools to reduce inequalities and boost the economy, the final Child of the North education campaign report says.

Students who completed the RAISED in Yorkshire programme hold up their certificates.

Brushing up skills to boost access

Published
12 March 2025
Categories
Working with our region

The University of Leeds is partnering with local secondary schools and sixth form colleges to raise students’ aspirations.

IntoUniversity pupils with staff member

Supporting children into university

Published
10 March 2025
Categories
Working with our region

Students have shared their first-hand experience of a programme supporting young people from disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Leeds, as it celebrates ten years of changing lives.

A person in a high vis vest and hard hat stands in front of wind turbines looking at a clipboard

Making the net zero transition fair for workers

Published
10 March 2025
Categories
Business & Economy | Environment

Ministers must work with unions to make the journey to net zero fair for workers, and guarantee good jobs for those leaving carbon heavy industries for a new green economy, say researchers.

A group of high-school pupils use fans to power a miniature sail boat, on wheels, that they've created.

Event celebrates women engineers and inspires pupils

Published
10 March 2025
Categories
Working with our region

Using Lego to design a sustainable music festival and experimenting with bioenergy were on the timetable for around 100 Yorkshire teens with a passion for problem-solving.

A baby grasps their parent's little finger.

Supporting new parents and caregivers in Leeds

Published
4 March 2025
Categories
Research

Parents and caregivers in Leeds can receive free support in the crucial first 1000 days of their newborns’ lives as part of a study led by the University of Leeds.

A large group of people are holding up their certificates for participating in the Kenyatta University hackathon.

Building global research impact

Published
26 February 2025
Categories
Global

International education providers across the UK and Africa are working together to build skills in machine learning and data science.