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Language change harms ability to communicate and understand
Changes to the definitions of conceptual words like ‘woke’ and ‘gaslighting’ are harming our ability to communicate and understand our experiences, a Leeds academic argues.
Changes to the definitions of conceptual words like ‘woke’ and ‘gaslighting’ are harming our ability to communicate and understand our experiences, a Leeds academic argues.
The risk to public health from human faeces in our rivers and seas will increase without action to create a wastewater system fit for the future, according to a Leeds academic.
A move by the Ministry of Defence to amend the records of LGBT service personnel unfairly discharged prior to 1967 has been welcomed by the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences.
A climate education hub that will help young people across all educational settings turn their sustainability ambitions into action will be hosted by the University of Leeds.
Professor Ken Carslaw has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in recognition for his invaluable contribution to science.
A poet who once wrote in secret has been awarded the University of Leeds Poetry Centre’s 2024 Brotherton Poetry Prize by a panel of judges including Poet Laureate and Professor, Simon Armitage.
A report co-led by the University of Leeds calls for joined up support around schools and nurseries to reduce absences, tackle the impact of poverty and boost children’s readiness for the day.
A new model for predicting the effects of climate change on malaria transmission in Africa could lead to more targeted interventions to control the disease according to a new study.
A multimillion-pound project to encourage people in Leeds to design and try an alternative to private vehicle ownership has been announced by researchers.
Patients’ risk of falling in the next 12 months could be predicted from their NHS data using a newly developed calculator.