Research and innovation News

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Celebrating our community with Campus Live

Published
Friday 14th October, 2022
Categories
Arts & Culture

The University of Leeds has launched its Campus Live programme, inviting students, staff and the local community to get involved in an inspiring series of exhibitions, events and workshops on campus.

An x-ray image of a person's upper arm, right ribs and shoulder

Major boost for healthcare research centre

Published
Friday 14th October, 2022
Categories
Health

A successful musculoskeletal research partnership between the University of Leeds and the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has been extended for a further five years.

Peter Robinson receives his Honorary Degree

Author and Leeds alum Peter Robinson dies

Published
Friday 14th October, 2022
Categories
Alumni

The DCI Banks author leaves a lasting legacy through his best-selling novels, and a scholarship for less advantaged students.

Fossil records of the first animals to emerge.

Dynamic oxygen levels may have accelerated animal evolution 

Published
Friday 14th October, 2022
Categories
Science
Environment

Oxygen levels in the Earth’s atmosphere are likely to have “fluctuated wildly” one billion years ago, creating conditions that could have accelerated the development of early animals, say researchers.

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Explaining inconsistencies in nutritional research

Published
Thursday 13th October, 2022
Categories
Science

People often wonder why one nutritional study tells them that eating too many eggs, for instance, will lead to heart disease and another tells them the opposite.

The Parkinson Building lit up pink as part of Light Night

Lighting up campus: Light Night 2022

Published
Wednesday 12th October, 2022
Categories
Arts & Culture
Working with our region

The University of Leeds is hosting three spectacular art installations as part of Light Night 2022.

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Vulnerability and policing research centre launches

Published
Wednesday 12th October, 2022
Categories
Working with our region
Society & Politics

A ground-breaking new research centre aims to change how the police, public services and local government work together to help vulnerable people.

Professor Cath Noakes

Leeds professor heads new HSE science group

Published
Tuesday 11th October, 2022
Categories
Business & Economy
Working with business
Technology
Science

A leading researcher who played an important role in Britain’s response to the pandemic has been appointed to chair a new science committee.

A couple sit on a sofa looking concerned as they read their bills.

Cost of living crisis highlights racial inequalities

Published
Tuesday 11th October, 2022
Categories
Society & Politics

Black and minority ethnic people are disproportionately falling faster and further below the poverty line amidst the cost of living crisis, according to a new report.

A young woman working as a barista makes coffee.

Rethinking young women's working lives

Published
Thursday 6th October, 2022
Categories
Business and partnerships
Society & Politics

New research will examine how women’s early experiences of employment shape long-term career paths and reinforce inequalities in the labour market.