Faculty of Environment | University of Leeds

ITS Employer Visit Day connects students with leading transport employers

Students at the (ITS) had a unique opportunity to engage with transport industry professionals during the Employer Visit Day ...
Faculty of Environment | University of Leeds

Dylan S. Dearnaley

I am currently a first year PhD candidate in the School of Earth and Environment. My current research addresses the growing risk of climate-driven landslide damage and disruption to the British ...
Faculty of Environment | University of Leeds

Emin Huseynov

Tell us a bit about yourself, your background and what made you choose the University of Leeds?
Faculty of Environment | University of Leeds

IMechE Tribology Bronze Medal Awarded to Leeds food scientist

Dr Ben Kew has been awarded the Bronze Medal for Tribology by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE).
University of Leeds

Alternative proteins centre launches fully funded PhDs

The School of Food Science and Nutrition are pleased to announce five fully funded PhD studentships on alternative proteins. Successful candidates will join the National Alternative Protein Innovation ...
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New creative tools explore gender, justice and the climate in Indonesia

The collaboration includes Dr Desy Pirmasari and Dr Katie McQuaid in the School of Geography; Sanggar Seroja, a collective of transgender women in Jakarta; Mahawira Dillon, a leading Indonesian ...
University of Leeds

Global study uncovers best ways to change consumption to cut carbon footprint

Household activities account for around two-thirds of global greenhouse gases. As governments begin to plan for recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, consideration of these options would help to ...
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CO2 from ancient volcanoes was a hidden driver of Earth’s past climate

An international team of geoscientists including Professor Benjamin Mills has discovered that, contrary to present scientific understanding, ancient volcanoes released carbon dioxide (CO2) into the ...
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Partnership to deliver transport expertise

Currently Europe’s largest metropolitan area without a large-scale urban transit system, plans recently given the green light by government could see trams run between Bradford and Leeds by the ...
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Vietnamese teenagers face a double burden of malnutrition

Xiaomian Tan, Dr Pui Yee Tan, Somphos Vicheth Som, Professor Bernadette Moore and Professor Yun Yun Gong from the School of Food Science and Nutrition collaborated with researchers from the National ...
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Most people in the UK support all types of climate change policy, a new study finds

There are regional variations within this public support that are likely to be due to regional differences in ideology and public infrastructure. The paper, titled ‘Public support for decarbonization ...
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A joined-up approach to wetland restoration

The WaterLANDS UK team, with members from iCASP and water@leeds, collaborates across sectors and disciplines to restore the vital blanket bog at a large scale. Across Europe, WaterLANDS supports the ...