A Leeds alum will be inaugurated as President of Ireland following the country’s election vote. Catherine Connolly became the country’s 10th president after Irish voters went to the polls on Friday 24 ...

Trying new languages, exploring creative activities and celebrating cultural diversity will be open to all as part of Leeds City of Languages. The fortnight-long festival, led by the University, is ...

The Bragg Centre aims to discover, create and design new materials. We bring together scientists and engineers across a wide range of disciplines to work on our six research themes, pursuing both ...

We welcome mature undergraduate students from all backgrounds and the range of experiences they bring. Mature students are students over 21 years old, or students who have been out of compulsory ...

'Tickling' the ear with a small electrical current appears to rebalance the autonomic nervous system for over-55s, potentially slowing down one of the effects of ageing, according to new research.

Ecologists can find no evidence Japanese knotweed causes significant structural damage. Automatically refusing mortgages on properties where Japanese knotweed is found is out of proportion to the risk ...

University of Leeds scientists have invented a new type of polymer gel that can be used to make safer, smaller and cheaper lithium batteries. The technology, developed by Professor Ian Ward FRS, a ...

A new study from the University shines a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste in the first ever global plastics pollution inventory. University of Leeds ...

The central estimate of the remaining carbon budget for 1.5°C is 130 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide and will be exhausted in a little more than three years at current levels of emissions. The latest ...

A new laser sensor that monitors blood glucose levels without penetrating the skin could transform the lives of millions of people living with diabetes. Currently, many people with diabetes need to ...

The University of Leeds is ranked 123rd in the new Times Higher Education World University Rankings, moving up six places from last year and securing its highest position for more than a decade. Out ...