Working with our region News

Students at Leeds Mathematics School celebrate together

Star students at Mathematics School

Published
27 August 2025
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The first cohort of students to complete A-levels at Leeds Mathematics School is celebrating outstanding results.

A young woman wearing a hijab and another woman in an outdoor setting, looking at grasses and plants.

Yorkshire test-bed for innovative business and community grants

Published
19 August 2025
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Business & Economy
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Yorkshire companies will be offered help to “youth-proof” their businesses and harness neurodiversity in their workforce, under two of the awards made by an innovative grant project.

Representatives of the universities of Leeds and Huddersfield alongside Mayor Tracy Brabin at a conference stand.

Partnership to deliver transport expertise

Published
24 July 2025
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Transport experts from Leeds and Huddersfield have joined forces to drive forward West Yorkshire’s £2.5bn Mass Transit scheme.

Mustafa Mohammadi

University granted Sanctuary status

Published
8 July 2025
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University

An academic who left his home country of Afghanistan with his wife and young daughter to pursue a new life in the UK has hailed the support from the CARA fellowship as “a window of hope”.

Hussain with Elise holding compost buckets.

Driving innovation and growth

Published
2 July 2025
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Working with business

Leeds-based start-ups are receiving expert guidance to accelerate their business plans, thanks to a collaboration between universities and an innovation specialist.

Wes Streeting, Secretary of State with a virtual reality headset on talking to Peter Woodthorpe and Dr Yee Mun Lee.

Hi-tech healthcare in Leeds

Published
5 June 2025
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Health

Leeds plays a crucial role in driving improved patient care through hi-tech advancements, according to Health Secretary Wes Streeting.

Be Curious

Sparking curious minds

Published
7 May 2025
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News
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Enquiring young minds are set to be inspired at the University of Leeds’ flagship family event, Be Curious.

Members of the Seacroft Community Garden group with University of Leeds researchers. pictured at the garden surrounded by trees.

Community garden born from collaboration

Published
29 April 2025
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An eyesore plot of land has been transformed into a thriving community garden thanks to the power of collaboration.

A group of schoolchildren from Wakefield comb a mocked up crime scene on the University of Leeds campus to learn about what forensics officers look for.

Junior detectives investigate crime scene

Published
7 April 2025
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Schoolchildren investigated a mocked-up ‘crime scene’ on the University of Leeds campus as part of a knife crime reduction campaign.

A group of students stand by the wetland area they help manage in Woodhouse Ridge.

Wetland warriors promote biodiversity

Published
17 March 2025
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University of Leeds students who call themselves the ‘Woodhouse Wetland Warriors’ are working with local schoolchildren to encourage biodiversity.