Our Professor of Poetry is the UK’s next Poet Laureate
University of Leeds Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage has been appointed the UK’s new Poet Laureate.
Arts & Culture News
Changing the relationship between disability and technology
A major new research project is harnessing a diverse range of disciplines to examine how technologists can learn from people with disabilities – and support them in the future.
Nature writing campaign aims to capture spring's arrival
Today wildlife lovers across the UK have the chance to contribute to the first ever crowd-sourced nature diary to celebrate the first official day of spring.
Opening up pioneering Jewish historian’s treasured collection
Looked at from one side, it’s the leather sole of a child’s shoe, a scarce resource re-purposed during wartime.
Swallows and Armenians – reappraising a children’s classic
John, Susan, Titty, Roger. The fictional Walker children are much-loved characters in Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons – a quintessentially English family in an archetypal children’s classic.
SOLD! The antiques trade gets its first museum exhibition
A new exhibition taking visitors on a journey through the history of antique dealing, curated by a Leeds academic, opens this week at The Bowes Museum, County Durham.
Poetry prize aims to nurture new talent
A new poetry prize aimed at nurturing previously unpublished poets is launched today by the University.
Light Night 2018 on campus
The University is playing a key part in next week's city-wide Light Night celebrations, with events ranging from live coding to a marvellous mushroom adventure.
University plays biggest role yet in Ilkley Literature Festival
The North of England’s longest running literature festival begins today – with more events on campus or featuring staff from the University than ever before.
And the Leeds International Piano Competition winner is…
Eric Lu, 20, from the US, has been awarded first place at the Leeds International Piano Competition, widely regarded as among the most coveted prizes in the musical world.