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Boosting UK economy by £38 billion

Published
Wednesday 28th February, 2024
Categories
Business & Economy

Leading research-intensive universities, including Leeds, contribute almost £38 billion to the UK economy, analysis has revealed.

Split screen of a real and a digital representation of a rainforest.

Investment to improve health outcomes

Published
Monday 26th February, 2024
Categories
Business & Economy

University of Leeds spinout adsilico has received an investment boost to scale up its ground-breaking work and accelerate life-saving benefits for patients.

A graphic showing three humans, each with a virtual pair of organs in front of their chest.

Journalism students go on air in former Channel 4 set

Published
Thursday 22nd February, 2024
Categories
Working with business
Working with our region
Arts & Culture

Leeds journalism students are using a cutting-edge studio inherited from Channel 4 for the first time, showcasing their work in front of key members of the broadcaster's team.

Three journalism students in the former Channel 4 set at the School of Media and Communication, University of Leeds

Groundbreaking proton beam therapy cancer trial opens

Published
Wednesday 21st February, 2024
Categories
Science
Health

A cancer treatment that is currently available to only a limited number of UK patients is to be tested in a clinical trial to see if it causes fewer long-term side effects than standard radiotherapy.

Patient Radiation proton therapy fixing mask showing laser lines for targeting cancer cells in the brain

Creative approach to maths wins DARE Art Prize

Published
Tuesday 20th February, 2024
Categories
Arts & Culture

Keisha Thompson has been awarded this year’s DARE Art Prize for taking an innovative, playful look at mathematics to make the subject less intimidating.

A dramatic black-and-white image of Keisha Thompson wearing an aviation helmet with dots drawn above their eyebrows

Preserving the Passion: Northern Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet

Published
Tuesday 13th February, 2024
Categories
Arts & Culture

Ahead of Northern Ballet’s revival of Romeo and Juliet, an exhibition at the University of Leeds brings together archival photos, drawings, costumes and props to tell the story of the hit production.

Jayne Regan Pink as Juliet balances with her hands on the shoulders of William Walker as Romeo. Pink holds her legs out and Walker holds his arms out so they form a figure like a cross.