Leeds helps students make most of rise in graduate jobs
A major new report has revealed that graduate recruitment is set to rise in 2014, with the University of Leeds among the top ten UK universities most targeted by Britain's top employers.
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University of Leeds receives new police grant
The N8 Policing Research Partnership, based at the University of Leeds, has been awarded £50,000 by the College of Policing to further links between a consortium of academics and police forces.
University to lead regenerative medicine training
A new £3.2 million training centre aimed at keeping the UK at the cutting edge of regenerative medicine research will be based at the University of Leeds, the government announced today.
Researchers grapple with nuclear legacy
The University of Leeds will lead a consortium of 10 universities in a national research programme looking at ways of dealing with Britain's nuclear waste.
Fundraising drive for brain research centre begins
University of Leeds experts are backing a fundraising drive to raise £2 million for a world-class brain research centre in Yorkshire by 2015.
New research opens door to Alzheimer's test
Scientists at the University of Leeds have developed a new technology that could form the basis of a simple blood test for Alzheimer's disease.
New Year's Honours 2014
Congratulations to Dr Alistair McFadyen (School of Philosophy, Religion and the History of Science) and alumnus Keir Starmer QC, along with other alumni who were recognised in the New Year's Honours.
Starless cloud cores reveal why some stars are bigger than others
For the first time, astronomers have observed a massive starless cloud, providing the answer to a long held question: How do some stars grow to be behemoths when the vast majority are much smaller?
Greater dietary fibre intake associated with lower risk of heart disease
Researchers at the University of Leeds have shown that greater dietary fibre intake is associated with a lower risk of both cardiovascular disease and coronary heart disease.
New gene mutation will help better diagnosis of myopathy
A new gene mutation which will help doctors give a more accurate diagnosis of a type of brain and muscle disease in children has been discovered for the first time by University of Leeds experts.