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Statement

Published
Thursday 10th March, 2022
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Statements

Statement from Vice-Chancellor Professor Simone Buitendijk on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Creating new diets to extend healthy old age

Published
Thursday 10th March, 2022
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Health

Older adults could benefit from the development of a new research network into new diets and foods that reflect their specific needs, thanks to new funding. 

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“Seafloor fertiliser factory” helped breathe life into Earth

Published
Thursday 10th March, 2022
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Environment
Science
Research

Scientists reveal a new part of the recipe for complex life on planets, and it involves the onset of a microbial fertiliser factory on the Earth’s seafloor roughly 2.6 billion years ago.

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Changing the story

Published
Tuesday 8th March, 2022
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Alumni

PR and Marketing Communications expert Annalise Coady has launched and transformed brands all around the world.

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Fourth DARE Art Prize opens for applications

Published
Tuesday 8th 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.

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International Women's Day honour for Leeds alumna

Published
Tuesday 8th March, 2022
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Alumni
University

A new University of Leeds building named in honour of an heroic graduate who helped countless refugee academics is to be officially opened on International Women's Day.

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Former TV journalist delves into the past

Published
Friday 4th March, 2022
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Alumni

When his home made the shortlist for the BBC’s A House Through Time, former ITV journalist Peter Cullimore was inspired to explore the untold stories of its former occupants for himself.

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Experience of arm pain needed for new research 

Published
Friday 4th March, 2022
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Science

People living with painful hand and arm conditions are invited to take part in research and help create a new online support platform for patients. 

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International Medieval Congress returns to campus

Published
Wednesday 2nd March, 2022
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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’.

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Why exercise gets harder the less you do 

Published
Tuesday 1st March, 2022
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Science
Health

Doing less exercise could deactivate a vital protein in the body, causing further inactivity and making exercise more difficult, new research suggests.