If you would like to keep up with what our delegation is doing throughout COP30, follow the @priestleycentre.bsky.social for regular updates ✅

Find out more about our involvement in COP below👇

climate.leeds.ac.uk/leeds-at-cop...

The University has official observer status, which means we can apply to attend COP conferences and participate in activities.

We are proud to be sending a delegation to Belem itself this year, with further delegates also attending online.

See our delegation 👇

climate.leeds.ac.uk/leeds-at-cop...

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

‘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℃.

With 2025 declared the International Year of Glaciers' Preservation by the United Nations, this episode aims to help people understand these frozen worlds and how, by acting fast, we can secure a future where glaciers —and the billions who depend on them —endure.

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

Accent bias is often overlooked in academic and professional settings, yet it deeply affects confidence, participation, and belonging.

📢 It’s time to tackle bias together, and create a campus where all accents are welcome.

Find out more: youtu.be/U4I8TPJpJD8

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...

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 💬

Join us for an immersive, family-friendly evening of creativity, light and art! 💡

Enjoy refreshments, hands-on activities, and free parking after 6pm in the campus multi-storey car park.

Find out more about Light Night on campus 👇

openup.leeds.ac.uk/event-groupi...

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

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

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