Society & Politics News

Thinking forward through the past

Published
Friday 19th September, 2014
Categories
Arts & Culture
Society & Politics

A major international research project led by the University of Leeds has attracted significant funding from the AHRC to shine new light on forgotten works by Jewish artists.

Global importance of pollinators underestimated

Published
Wednesday 17th September, 2014
Categories
Society & Politics
Environment

Declines in populations of pollinators, such as bees and wasps, may be a key threat to nutrition in some of the most poorly fed parts of the globe, according to new research.

Changing Faces of Heroism since the First World War

Published
Tuesday 22nd July, 2014
Categories
Arts & Culture
Society & Politics

A new online course about how the First World War changed traditional views of heroism is launched today by the University of Leeds, in partnership with the BBC.

Reality of living on benefits laid bare by research

Published
Tuesday 17th June, 2014
Categories
Society & Politics

A life on benefits is not a lifestyle choice, but rather, a desperate way of living for those with no alternative, new University of Leeds research has suggested.

'Often and early' gives children a taste for vegetables

Published
Friday 30th May, 2014
Categories
Society & Politics
Health

Exposing infants to a new vegetable early in life encourages them to eat more of it compared to offering novel vegetables to older children, new research from the University of Leeds suggests.