Visualising your COVID-19 risk
A new interactive graphic developed by UK researchers and published by The BMJ will help people decide what to do in everyday situations to protect themselves, and others, from COVID-19.
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Joint policing research centre launched
A £10m research centre dedicated to better understanding how the police and other services can prevent and reduce vulnerabilities is launched today by Leeds and the University of York.
World Changers: essays with impact by early-career researchers
A collection of essays exploring how Leeds research is helping to change the world has been launched by the University’s Vice-Chancellor.
Assessing household mixing during the pandemic
Key data showing how people adhered to the UK government’s COVID-19 laws preventing household mixing in England have been analysed for the first time.
Global research at Leeds recognised by top honour
The University of Leeds has been awarded the country’s most prestigious higher education honour.
Less healthy foods and drinks also damage climate
Cutting out your morning pastry and expensive coffee might help fight the climate crisis, a Leeds-led study published today reveals.
Leeds team to study impact of cannabis-based drug on most lethal brain tumour
University of Leeds researchers are set to launch a major trial of a cannabis-based drug to treat the most aggressive form of brain tumour.
Leeds wins funding to open up postgraduate research
Two major new research projects to improve access to postgraduate study for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students are underway at Leeds.
Academic seeks to ‘open physics to the whole of society’
An academic who has championed greater equality in physics is to advise on ways the subject can be opened up to people from under-represented groups.
Free green services could substantially reduce household emissions
Using carbon tax revenue to fund free green electricity and public transport could significantly reduce individual households’ greenhouse gas emissions, a new study has found.