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Winners of the awards gathered on stage together

Awards showcase research impact

Published
22 November 2024
Categories
Research

University of Leeds researchers and support teams who strive to make a meaningful difference in the world have been recognised for their exceptional contributions.

Sir Dave Ramsden delievering a speech in a lecture hall full of students.

Students meet Bank of England Deputy Governor

Published
22 November 2024
Categories
Working with business

The Bank of England's Deputy Governor has delivered a speech to University of Leeds students outlining how the UK economy has developed over the past 12 months.

Sofia Martinho delivers a taster session in Portuguese to secondary school pupils at Ossett Academy. A map appears in the background, and in the foreground Sofia smiles at two students.

Celebrating multilingual Leeds

Published
21 November 2024
Categories
Working with our region | Global | Arts & Culture

Hundreds of people have tried a new language for the first time as part of Leeds Language Week, a University-led initiative to celebrate the city’s linguistic diversity.

Fire-blackened multi-storey buildings destroyed by war in Ukraine, stand in rubble, beside diggers.

Project to aid Ukraine’s recovery

Published
20 November 2024
Categories
Research | Global

A new project is under way to radically transform the rebuilding of post-conflict Ukraine – aimed at both accelerating its recovery and helping to ensure that its reconstruction is more eco-friendly.

In the foreground, researchers in orange high vis-vests conducting field measurements on the Kasai River, one of the major tributaries of the Congo basin

Protecting the vulnerable Congo Basin

Published
18 November 2024
Categories
Environment | Research | Global

A project to protect the world’s second largest area of tropical rainforest has received £9.1m from the Government.

Two researchers wearing white jackets, working in a lab

Supporting the next generation of researchers

Published
14 November 2024
Categories
Working with our region

Yorkshire is to play an expanded role in training the researchers of the future, following a significant government investment.

Professor Catherine Johnson wearing a white blouse and glasses smiles directly at the camera.

Helping shape the future of TV broadcasting

Published
12 November 2024
Categories
Arts & Culture | Research

As new research finds the shift towards online TV viewing could exclude some viewers, Professor Catherine Johnson joins government efforts to scrutinise the future of linear broadcasting.

A temperate rainforest in Ennerdale, Cumbria, showing trees and moss in the foreground against a blue sky

Climate change threatens rare temperate rainforests

Published
12 November 2024
Categories
Research

Up to two thirds of the world’s temperate rainforests could fall victim to climate change by the year 2100 according to a new study by researchers at the University of Leeds.