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Joint policing research centre launched

Published: 30 November 2021
Categories: Working with our region | Society & Politics

A £10m research centre dedicated to better understanding how the police and other services can prevent and reduce vulnerabilities is launched today by Leeds and the University of York.

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World Changers: essays with impact by early-career researchers

Published: 30 November 2021
Categories: University | Global

A collection of essays exploring how Leeds research is helping to change the world has been launched by the University’s Vice-Chancellor.

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Assessing household mixing during the pandemic

Published: 25 November 2021
Categories: Technology | Health | Coronavirus

Key data showing how people adhered to the UK government’s COVID-19 laws preventing household mixing in England have been analysed for the first time.

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Global research at Leeds recognised by top honour

Published: 25 November 2021
Categories: Environment | Global | University

The University of Leeds has been awarded the country’s most prestigious higher education honour.

Less healthy foods and drinks also damage climate

Published: 25 November 2021
Categories: Health | News

Cutting out your morning pastry and expensive coffee might help fight the climate crisis, a Leeds-led study published today reveals.

Leeds team to study impact of cannabis-based drug on most lethal brain tumour

Published: 25 November 2021
Categories: Science | Health

University of Leeds researchers are set to launch a major trial of a cannabis-based drug to treat the most aggressive form of brain tumour.

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Leeds wins funding to open up postgraduate research

Published: 24 November 2021
Categories: University

Two major new research projects to improve access to postgraduate study for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students are underway at Leeds.

Academic seeks to ‘open physics to the whole of society’

Published: 24 November 2021
Categories: Society & Politics | Science

An academic who has championed greater equality in physics is to advise on ways the subject can be opened up to people from under-represented groups.

Free green services could substantially reduce household emissions

Published: 23 November 2021
Categories: Society & Politics | Environment | Business & Economy

Using carbon tax revenue to fund free green electricity and public transport could significantly reduce individual households’ greenhouse gas emissions, a new study has found.

Plastic shields reduce COVID risk for motorbike taxis

Published: 18 November 2021
Categories: Science | Global | Health

Affordable plastic shields reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection for passengers on motorcycle taxis popular in developing countries, a new study suggests.

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Leeds academic awarded first 10 Downing Street data science Fellowship

Published: 18 November 2021
Categories: Society & Politics | Business & Economy | Environment

A University of Leeds data expert has been awarded a prestigious Fellowship, working in the heart of government.

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Nations are overusing natural resources faster than they are meeting basic human needs

Published: 18 November 2021
Categories: Society & Politics | Global | Environment

For at least the last 30 years, not a single country has met the basic needs of its residents without overconsuming natural resources, according to new research led by the University of Leeds.

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Published: 17 November 2021
Categories: Statements

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£3m test rig to spark innovation in UK nuclear industry

Published: 17 November 2021
Categories: Working with business | Technology

A test rig to help the nuclear industry design new reactors, decommission old ones and better dispose of waste from nuclear reprocessing is to be built at the University.

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Jonathan Wild: A million tree promise

Published: 12 November 2021
Categories: Alumni

Jonathan Wild (Hon LLD 2011), the former Chair and Managing Director of Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate, is dedicated to his mission to protect the planet.

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