![A cardiac surgeon in the operating room observes on x-ray monitors a pacemaker installed in a patient.](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-pacemakers800x400_adobe.jpg")
Predicting and lengthening pacemaker battery life
Scientists have found a way to pick the best pacemaker for each patient, potentially making them last years longer. 聽
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![Sofia Martinho delivers a taster session in Portuguese to secondary school pupils at Ossett Academy. A map appears in the background, and in the foreground Sofia smiles at two students.](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-Leeds_Language_Week_jadu_resize.png")
Festival of languages to celebrate multilingual Leeds
Trying new languages, exploring creative activities and celebrating cultural diversity will be open to all as part of Leeds City of Languages.
![a teacher and child using sign language](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-SEND_800x400_jadu_adobe_2025.jpg")
'National emergency' over worsening SEND crisis
The special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system, already known to be in deep trouble, now faces 鈥榓 worsening crisis鈥� which, say experts, puts the UK on the brink of a national emergency.聽
![Elysia O' Neill and Della Claydon, who stands to the rear of Elysia present a workshop at Salford Students Union bar.](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-Workshop_delivery_800_x_400.jpg")
Anti-spiking campaign gathers momentum
Young entrepreneurs are lobbying the Government on how to tackle spiking incidents.
![Leeds University Business School with autumnal trees in the foreground.](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-Web_28571_800x400.jpg")
Supporting entrepreneurs to thrive
Entrepreneurs behind some of Yorkshire鈥檚 most promising early stage companies are receiving coaching and development support to help them grow.
![A tiny house made of colourful blocks is surrounded by fairy lights, with a miniature street lamp, on a grassy floor.](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-New_映客直播_Makers_Jadu_Cultural_Institute_800x400__1_.png")
Artworks for all ages illuminate campus
Music, magic and mind-bending research are transforming the 映客直播 campus for its most ambitious contribution to Light Night yet.
![A group of women before the meke (a traditional dance) in Fiji.](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-All_of_us_girls_before_our_meke_800x400.jpg")
Students build on skills from global opportunity
Student volunteers on a sustainable development project in Fiji have described how the experience taught them valuable career skills.
![Children running on the spot in a sports hall, accompanied by a teacher](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-COTN_physical_activity_Jadu_AdobeStock_448604228.png")
Inactivity and inequality fuelling children's health crisis in the North
Children across the North are facing a health crisis and experts say physical activity must be at the heart of the solution.
![Colorful coral reef with orange fish and various corals in a deep blue ocean](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-AdobeStock_JADU_1714642377.jpg")
鈥楴ew reality鈥� as world reaches first climate tipping point
Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.
![The Great Hall at the 映客直播](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-Great_Hall__University_of_Leeds_resize_2.jpg")
Leeds achieves highest ranking since 2008
The 映客直播 has achieved its highest ranking since 2008 in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings.