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Edward Roberts holding a bar of Dairy Milk chocolate with his Platinum Jubilee design on the wrapper

Leeds student’s Jubilee emblem goes global

Published
30 May 2022
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Society & Politics
Working with business
Arts & Culture

It's emblazoned across London Buses and embellished on Krispy Kreme donuts; etched onto the Wimbledon Singles Final coin and stitched into socks.

Hondartza Fraga photographed in front of Saturn and Melancholy

Seeing Stars: New exhibition takes art into outer space

Published
11 May 2022
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Arts & Culture
Research

A new exhibition at The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery is shining a light on contemporary artists who use the newest technologies for space imaging in their art practice.

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Screen use soars among UK adults post-lockdown

Published
1 April 2022
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Health
Arts & Culture
Coronavirus
Research

New research warns that screen use significantly increased among adults during the COVID-19 lockdowns and has continued at a high rate since, highlighting the need for Government guidance.

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Fourth DARE Art Prize opens for applications

Published
8 March 2022
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Working with our region
Arts & Culture

Challenging artists and scientists to collaborate on new approaches to the creative process, the next DARE Art Prize, awarded by the University and Opera North, is open for applications.

A red banner in front of The Great Hall with text that says 'Welcome Leeds International Medieval Congress'

International Medieval Congress returns to campus

Published
2 March 2022
Categories
Arts & Culture

The largest academic conference of its kind in Europe, the International Medieval Congress (IMC), returns to campus for 2022 with the theme ‘Borders’.

The Lowry in lockdown - a building reflected in glass door showing a closed sign in the window.

Crisis-hit UK cultural sector ‘at a crossroads’

Published
3 February 2022
Categories
Working with business
Coronavirus
Arts & Culture
Research

New research has revealed the profound impact of COVID-19 on the UK cultural sector’s organisations, workforce and audiences.