Supporting young people to achieve their potential
A learning centre helping young people living in one of the UK’s most disadvantaged neighbourhoods to access further education, training and employment is celebrating its fifth anniversary.
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Explore, learn and create at Be Curious 2022
Be Curious, the University of Leeds’s annual research event, is back on campus for the first time since going virtual in 2020.
Fourth DARE Art Prize opens for applications
Challenging artists and scientists to collaborate on new approaches to the creative process, the next DARE Art Prize, awarded by the University and Opera North, is open for applications.
Unique service to tackle anti-social behaviour and noise
A unique service tackling anti-social behaviour and noise in inner north-west Leeds launched this week, thanks to a unique partnership between the city's two biggest universities and the city council.
How science will reshape our lives
Physicist and TV and radio presenter Professor Jim Al-Khalili is to share his insight into how emerging technologies will transform society, in a public lecture hosted by the University.
Upskilling the nation’s workforce
From nursing to computer science, apprenticeships at the University of Leeds offer an alternative route into higher level qualifications.
Leeds Cancer Research Centre is officially launched
An ambitious vision placing Leeds at the global forefront of cancer research is officially set out today.
‘Effective, but not the silver bullet’ – air cleaning devices in schools
Leading researchers involved in studying how COVID-19 spreads in enclosed spaces have compiled ten tips to help school leaders decide whether to use air cleaning technologies in classrooms.
Tracking a city’s young people as they come of age
Researchers have secured £7 million to fund the next stage of the pioneering Born in Bradford study into the health and wellbeing of the city’s young people.
University home for Brontë treasure trove
Rare handwritten manuscripts and printed books by the Brontës have been entrusted to the University's Brotherton Library.