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The University of Leeds in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire was founded in 1904, but its origins go back to the nineteenth century with the founding of the Leeds School of Medicine in 1831 and the Yorkshire College of Science in 1874.
The University is a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive universities. It is also a founding member of the Worldwide Universities Network, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the European University Association, the White Rose University Consortium, the Santander Network and CDIO and is also affiliated to the Association of MBAs, EQUIS and Universities UK.
Vice-Chancellor Sir Alan Langlands, former Chief Executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), was appointed in October 2013.
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This increases the risk of disastrous flash flooding in the region’s coastal cities.
Meet the feuding scientists who battled for credit over the discovery of insulin.
In the end it may be a broken business model rather than animal rights activism that finally forces matadors to hang up their capes for good.
Many secondary school pupils regularly skip breakfast.
Millions of years of on-off ice ages have left behind a mix of different sediments.
The aesthetics of Allegra Stratton’s mock press conference made the revelations coming out of it so much worse.
Strengthen commitments to reduce emissions by 2030, redouble efforts to raise climate finance and junk fossil fuel subsidies.
People in some areas are paying hundreds of pounds more to heat their homes every year.
HS2 has been controversial from the outset, not least because experts don’t agree about its benefits. However, canceling the Leeds branch is to the region’s detriment.
US researchers have designed a special chewing gum to target SARS-CoV-2. But at this stage, it’s only been tested in a lab – not on real people.
We analysed mobility data provided by almost one million people in England between January 2020 and May 2021, seeking to understand trends in residential visits during the pandemic.
Experts from around the world react to the COP26 Glasgow climate summit. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Una comunidad agrícola del noroeste de España podría tener la fórmula para la coexistencia con los grandes depredadores.
A farming community in north-west Spain may hold the answer to coexistence with wild carnivores.
Has the summit delivered on its goals?
Mainstream reporters not familiar with the topic may spin the summit as a huge success or devastating failure.
Tea growers in Malawi and Kenya wanted site-specific climate information to help them manage and plan their farming practices to maximise yield and quality.
Once a Sandinista revolutionary, Ortega’s oppressive neoliberal regime now imprisons opponents and raids newspaper offices.
We talk to three experts who argue we governments need to find alternatives for their dependence on economic growth. Listen to episode 39 of The Conversation Weekly.
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Research Professor, University of Leeds
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Professor of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, University of Leeds
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Professor of Meteorology, University of Leeds
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Professor in Spanish Studies, University of Leeds
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Professor of Urban Analytics, University of Leeds
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Research Fellow in Virology, University of Leeds
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PhD Candidate, Sustainability Research Institute, University of Leeds
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Author and Honorary Fellow, School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science, University of Leeds
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Associate Professor of Quaternary Environmental Change, University of Leeds
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Professor of Spatial Science, University of Leeds
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Researcher in Simulating Urban Systems, University of Leeds
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Postgraduate Researcher in Nutritional Epidemiology, University of Leeds
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Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds
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Professor of International Politics, University of Leeds
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Professor of Political Communication, University of Leeds
