Prize challenge to artists and scientists
Challenging artists and scientists to collaborate on new approaches to the creative process, the £15,000 DARE Art Prize is open for applications.
Arts & Culture News
Can you tell ferntickles from branny-speckles?
A small army of volunteers is to be recruited to help update the most comprehensive survey of England’s dialects ever undertaken, thanks to an injection of funding.
Shining a light on creativity in Leeds
A confluence of art and biology forms part of University's Light Night offering this year.
New Executive Dean for the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures
Professor Andrew Thorpe has been appointed as the next Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures, and Professor of Modern History.
New chapter in Ilkley Literary Festival partnership
The University is an official partner of Ilkley Literature Festival (ILF) for the second year running.
First independent report into UK Hajj industry
The first independent report into the UK Hajj industry reveals a sector that is rapidly expanding and changing – and becoming increasingly expensive for British Muslims.
The words on the street: new public art
A new work of public art has been unveiled at the University.
Making Leeds Medieval: University turns back the clock
Leeds plays host to the world’s largest conference of its kind this week as the University’s International Medieval Congress (IMC) comes to the city once more.
Poet Laureate announces inaugural prizewinner
Simon Armitage has performed one of his first official duties since becoming Poet Laureate, announcing the winner of the University of Leeds’ new poetry prize.
Leeds to be home of UK’s first Centre for Cultural Value
Why do arts and culture matter? What difference do they make to people’s lives? How do we know what difference they make to individuals and communities?