Benefit deductions are deepening poverty in Leeds Published 14 November 2022 Categories Health | Working with our region | Society & Politics Leeds residents are increasingly having to borrow from loan sharks and high-interest lenders to meet their basic needs because of issues with their benefits, according to new research.
Cost of living payments Published 11 November 2022 Categories University | Statements The University of Leeds has announced further cost of living support for staff, students and post-graduate researchers (PGRs).
Fighting the climate crisis through film Published 11 November 2022 Categories Alumni Creative Producer and Co-founder of Duna Films Théo Grainzevelles uses video to inspire climate action. He plays a key role at COP, broadcasting proceedings around the globe.
COP27 and research at Leeds Published 10 November 2022 Categories Society & Politics | Environment | Science | Global The 2020s have been described as the critical decade for climate change.
'Communicate smarter' about climate change action Published 10 November 2022 Categories Society & Politics | Science | Environment Policy analysts and planners will be able to “communicate smarter” about climate change action by using a new online decision-support tool which has been launched at COP27.
Communities needing help to put food on tables Published 8 November 2022 Categories Health Communities across the UK which need help to access affordable food have been identified in a groundbreaking study by researchers at the University of Leeds.
Scientists and engineers champion building ventilation Published 8 November 2022 Categories Working with business | Science | Global | Health A campaign promoting the role of better building ventilation to support health and wellbeing has been launched by a coalition of scientists and engineering bodies.
New materials to drive UK economic growth Published 7 November 2022 Categories Working with business | Science | Technology The Government has announced a £95 million boost to develop the new materials of the future through research at the Henry Royce Institute, a consortium of nine institutions including Leeds.
Negotiating on behalf of the UK Published 4 November 2022 Categories Alumni Acting on behalf of the UK in climate negotiations, Leeds alum Kate Fearnyough travelled to COP27 hoping the conference would accelerate mitigation action around the world.
Power Meri: The rise of women’s Rugby League in Papua New Guinea Published 4 November 2022 Categories Alumni A film created by a Leeds alum charts the rise of women’s rugby league in Papua New Guinea, helping to tackle gender inequality in the country. They arrived in Leeds for the Rugby League World Cup.
Magnetism could help explain Earth’s formation Published 3 November 2022 Categories Science A peculiar property of the Earth’s magnetic field could help us to work out how our planet was created 4.5 billion years ago, according to a new scientific assessment.
Reassessing Sir Herbert Read Published 2 November 2022 Categories Alumni The Henry Moore Foundation's new research season features former Leeds student Sir Herbert Read.
Congo peatlands could release billions of tonnes of carbon Published 2 November 2022 Categories Science | Environment | Global The world’s largest tropical peatland turned from being a major store of carbon to a source of carbon dioxide emissions as a result of climate change thousands of years ago, new research has revealed.
Fighting Egypt's plastic waste Published 28 October 2022 Categories Alumni When growing up in Cairo, plastic pollutants had a devastating impact upon Aya Al-Sharqawy and her family. It was the motivation she needed to tackle the crisis head on after Leeds.
Graduate art prize winner announced Published 27 October 2022 Categories Arts & Culture BA Fine Art student Astrid Butt has been awarded the 2022 Friends of University Art and Music Graduate prize.