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Art, music and performances shine on campus for Light Night

Published
Wednesday 4th October, 2023
Categories
Working with our region
Arts & Culture

Visitors can experience the magic of the UK’s largest annual arts and lights festival, Light Night, on the University of Leeds campus on 12 and 13 October.

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Investing in carbon removal

Published
Thursday 28th September, 2023
Categories
Environment
Business & Economy
Working with business

A spinout company from the University of Leeds has received investment to scale up its pioneering carbon dioxide removal technology.

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Fresh support for care-experienced students

Published
Thursday 28th September, 2023
Categories
Working with our region
University

Higher Education (HE) providers across West Yorkshire have developed a collaborative response to support care-experienced students.

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Leading the way in knowledge exchange

Published
Wednesday 27th September, 2023
Categories
University
Working with our region
Working with business

The University of Leeds remains a leading higher education institution for knowledge exchange, according to Research England.

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An ice cream revolution starting in Leeds

Published
Wednesday 27th September, 2023
Categories
Alumni

Founder and director of Northern Bloc Dirk Mischendahl is doing ice cream differently. The serial entrepreneur returned to Leeds to support enterprising students starting their own business journeys.

Leeds alum Dirk Mischendahl and co-founder Josh Lee juggle ice cream pots in front of the Northern Bloc factory

Driving diversity on digital courses

Published
Monday 25th September, 2023
Categories
Technology

The University of Leeds is working with businesses to help even more students achieve their dreams of a career in data science and AI.

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Extreme heat likely to cause next mass extinction

Published
Monday 25th September, 2023
Categories
News

A new study shows unprecedented heat is likely to lead to the next mass extinction since the dinosaurs died out, eliminating nearly all mammals in some 250 million years time.

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