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Woman wearing cold and turquoise carnival costume with Afrofuturism theme

Collaboration achieves 鈥渁lmost impossible鈥 design challenge

Published
29 July 2024
Categories
Working with our region

A showstopping carnival costume 鈥 featuring mechanical elements previously thought 鈥渋mpossible鈥 to make by hand 鈥 has been created in a ground-breaking collaboration between engineers and designers.

Medicine graduate Phil Sesemann, who graduated in 2017, will take part in the marathon for Team GB. He is pictured racing along a road.

Leeds athletes going for gold

Published
26 July 2024
Categories
University

As all eyes focus on athletes taking centre stage at the Paris Olympics, we鈥檒l be cheering on some of our very own students who are competing at the Games.

Exterior of the Parkinson Building taken in the distance along Woodhouse Lane

Appointment of new University Council members

Published
23 July 2024
Categories
University

Leaders in social enterprise, the arts, regional government and finance are to join the University Council as lay members of the University鈥檚 governing body.

Two people, their backs to camera, painting words and pictures on a very large canvas.

Leeds researchers named Future Leaders

Published
18 July 2024
Categories
Research

Two of Leeds' most promising research leaders have earned national fellowships to advance their work aimed at tackling global challenges.

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Forests continue to capture carbon despite challenges

Published
17 July 2024
Categories
Research
Environment

The world鈥檚 forests have absorbed more than 100 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide over the past three decades, but they need more protection, according to a new study.

Participants in the Equity in Leadership programme

Developing equity in leadership

Published
9 July 2024
Categories
Working with our region

A new cross-institutional programme has launched at the 映客直播, with the aim of helping to accelerate progress on diversifying leadership in higher education.

Professor Hai-Sui Yu with SWJTU President Xuedong Yan shaking hands and holding a strategic agreement.

A decade of engineering excellence

Published
8 July 2024
Categories
Global

The 映客直播 and Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU) have marked the 10th anniversary of a Joint School of Engineering and Computer Science.

Two people dressed in armour pose for the camera, holding their swords up,

World鈥檚 medievalists flock to Leeds

Published
5 July 2024
Categories
Global
Research
Arts & Culture

Thousands of medieval enthusiasts have flocked to the 映客直播 for the largest humanities research conference in Europe, featuring fighting knights, music and rare works by JRR Tolkien.