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Celebrating what makes Leeds special ❤️🏳️‍🌈🌍
Glaciers are a vital water source but how much longer will we have them?🏔️

Scaling some of the most challenging heights and battling extreme conditions, our researchers have found some shocking truths about the glaciers❄️

To read more about their journey, click the link below👇
https://bit.ly/4nP14EZ
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
This year’s conference is being held in the city of Belem, Brazil. Various themes will be covered across the two weeks, such as:

🪴 Agriculture
👩‍👦 Children and youth
⚡ Energy
💰 Finance
🟰 Gender equality
🧑‍⚕️ Health
❤️‍🩹 Peace, relief, and recovery
🔬 Science and tech
🌍 Tourism
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
‘COP’ stands for ‘Conference Of the Parties’, with this year being the 30th edition of the annual conference. The UNFCCC parties come together to discuss the world’s progress on the Paris Agreement's climate targets and to plan future steps to limit global temperature rise below 2℃.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Today is the first day of #COP30! 🌍 What is COP? What’s on the agenda this year? How is the university involved? Here’s everything you need to know 👇🧵
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Ready to take your studies further? 💭

Discover what postgraduate life at Leeds could look like at our Virtual Open Day on 29 November.

🎓 Careers, funding advice, and more, all in one place.
👉 Book your spot now: https://bit.ly/49yraZe
November 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Glaciers are melting at an alarming rate, threatening lives and livelihoods. How can we minimise the impact?

Leeds academics Duncan Quincey and Lauren Rawlins, with alum Kenton Cool, are searching for answers on our latest How To Fix… podcast.

Listen: listen.podmasters.uk/HTFCleanAir?...
November 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Did you go to @lightnightleeds.bsky.social last week? ✨

If you were on campus, you might’ve seen our carnival piece, Banyan 💃

Listen to @drbrionythomas.bsky.social, from our School of Mechanical Engineering, and Rhian Kempadoo-Millar, Creative Lead at Mango Arts, share the story behind Banyan 👇
October 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Happy Halloween to everyone who’s celebrating! 🎃

We hope you have a fun time with your loved ones during this spooky season.

Ghouls and ghosts have been making themselves comfortable on campus… beware!👻
October 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Boost your career with a postgraduate degree 🎓

Explore postgraduate study at Leeds at our Virtual Open Day on 29 November!

Find out about funding, careers, accommodation, and what life’s really like as a postgrad student.

📅 Save the date and book your spot now!
🔗 https://bit.ly/4ntL8ry
October 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
What a fantastic evening at @lightnightleeds.bsky.social yesterday — full of striking, creative, and fun installations 💡

If you missed it, there’s still time to catch it tonight from 6–10pm.

Check out some of the impressive light displays on campus and across the city 👇
www.lightnightleeds.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
If you missed out, why not join our webinars 👇

💻 Applying through UCAS
📅 Today (Wednesday 22 October)
🕰 4:30-5:15pm

💷 Student finance, budgeting and scholarships
📅 Wednesday 5 November
🕰 4.30–5.15pm

🎓 Student life at Leeds
📅 Wednesday 19 November
🕰 4.30–5.15pm

Book your place➡ bit.ly/47oukfr
October 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Our Autumn Open Days concluded on Saturday 🍂

Thank you to everyone who joined us - we hope you had an enjoyable time and got to see what makes our campus and community so special.
October 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Everyone has an accent, a way of speaking that reflects different aspects of our identities.

At the University of Leeds, we’ve launched the All Accents Welcome campaign to celebrate the diversity of voices across our community and raise awareness of accent bias.
October 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
We wish everyone who’s celebrating a happy Diwali🪔
We hope you and your loved ones have a joyous celebration full of light 🌟✨
October 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Looking to the future, some of the students have been inspired to pursue careers in mental health, global development and sustainability, driven by a desire to support communities like those they met in Fiji.

To find out more about the programme here 👇 www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
October 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Partnering with the Fijian government, students lived in remote villages, led workshops, and saw climate change’s impact on the community.🌱

“Seeing the way cross cultural collaboration enriches learning and outcomes was an extremely valuable experience for me.” - Lauren Baker, fourth year student 💬
October 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Students volunteered in sustainability project in Fiji 🌎

The students recently joined the expedition through Think Pacific, a social enterprise and international charity co-founded by Leeds alum Harry Hunter.

The initiative began at the University’s SPARK business start-up programme🤝
October 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Recut, Retake, Regrow – A projection-mapped installation inspired by Kashmiri textiles in the University of Leeds collections.

Patterns and colours unfolding across Laidlaw Library reveal links between South Asian textiles and their British copies.

📍 Laidlaw Library, Hillary Place
October 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Banyan - RJC Dance and the School of Mechanical Engineering return with a new carnival routine and costumes designed by engineers and Rhian Kempadoo-Millar (Mango Arts), inspired by the mighty Banyan tree 🌳🎉

🕰 Catch them every hour from 7pm

📍 From LUU precinct to Sign for Art Sculpture
October 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Network - Have you ever thought about what goes on inside your brain? Developed in collaboration with Gemma Wood and Leeds' neuroscientist Jessica Kwok, Network is made up three huge inflatable neurons. They invite you to embark on a journey inside of the mind.

📍 Outside Baines Wing
October 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In a City of Flowers – Step up to one of 12 wooden shelters, peek inside, and see a beautiful British butterfly appear to rest on your hand like a hologram 🦋

The shelters prompt us to consider where butterflies live and how planting wildflowers can help them thrive again 🌸

📍 LUU precinct
October 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Leeds’ annual arts and light festival @lightnightleeds.bsky.social will be taking place across Leeds City Centre on Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 October!

Find out more ➡ www.lightnightleeds.co.uk

This year there will be 16 installations and activities held on campus, here's some more information 👇
October 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
At Open Day you can take a look around ⬇

🗣 Information Fair
🏋️‍♀️ The Edge – our gym and sports centre
📚 Libraries
👥 Leeds University Union – home to 300+ clubs and societies
🏠 Accommodation
…and so much more!

Find out more 👇
bit.ly/3WHV7yi
October 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
There’s still time to come to the last of our Autumn Open Days this Saturday (18 October) 🍂

You will be able to discover your course, chat with staff and students, and experience what campus life is really like 🎓
October 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
How can we help women thrive in menopause?

Ahead of World Menopause Day this Saturday, Leeds academics Bee MacPherson, Janet Cade, and Hannah Campbell are searching for the answers on our latest episode of the How To Fix… podcast.

Listen to the episode here: listen.podmasters.uk/HTFCleanAir?...
October 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM