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Top image: Professor Ghazala Mir, Chair in Health Equity and Inclusion at the University of Leeds, who is featured in the exhibition.

Celebrating Muslims in the North

Published
Friday 8th March, 2024
Categories
Society & Politics

Trailblazing contributions of Muslims living and working in the North of England are being celebrated in a new museum display, based on University of Leeds research.

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Training park staff to increase women's safety

Published
Friday 8th March, 2024
Categories
Society & Politics

Parks staff and volunteers in West Yorkshire are being trained to intervene when they spot cases of discrimination, harassment or bullying in public spaces.

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Conference calls for cuckooing to be criminalised

Published
Monday 29th January, 2024
Categories
Society & Politics

There will be calls for cuckooing to be made a criminal offence at the first ever major conference on the issue at the University of Leeds.

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Leeds launches landmark early years research project 

Published
Tuesday 12th December, 2023
Categories
Working with our region
Society & Politics
Health

Improving the life chances of children in Leeds during their first 1,000 days is the focus of an ambitious new research project by the University of Leeds. 

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Early education provides sustained benefits

Published
Wednesday 29th November, 2023
Categories
Society & Politics

The more time pre-schoolers spent in childcare during the first year of the pandemic, the more their vocabulary grew, a new study has found.  

Hongqin You on placement

Celebrating World Children’s Day 2023

Published
Monday 20th November, 2023
Categories
News
Society & Politics

University of Leeds staff and students are making a difference to the futures of children and young people in local communities, the city of Leeds and around the world.