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Book your placePlant-based swaps at football matches can help tackle climate change
Switching to plant-based pies, burgers and hot dogs at home football games over the Green Football Weekend would save more than 250,000kg of carbon emissions, new research shows
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This apprenticeship will provide you with an extensive understanding of the ground, geological and design processes vital to all construction and infrastructure projects
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in the world for Earth and Marine Sciences
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024
96%
'world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent'
Submitted research - REF 2021
16th
in the world for Geology
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024
Research and innovation
We are a major international powerhouse for environmental research that has wide-ranging and positive impacts on the world that we live in. Our research is carried out within five institutes which represent our core research areas, but much of our work is cross-cutting, tackling complex global challenges.
Professor Dave Healy joins as Director of Geosolutions Leeds
As the director, Professor Healy will lead the research, innovation and…
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Be Curious, the annual University of Leeds family open day, is back for 2024.
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The Faculty of Environment held its first Alumni Careers Day for postgraduate…
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Higher education providers across Europe are joining forces to tackle global…
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Monday 3 June 2024, 17:30 - 18:30
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Thursday 16 May 2024, 09:30 - 12:00
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Saturday 18 May 2024, 10:00 - 16:00
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A Queen's Anniversary Prize - the UK’s highest accolade for universities and colleges - has been awarded to the University of Leeds for research into tropical weather systems and climate science.
Outreach and public engagement
We deliver events and activities to showcase this fascinating subject area to students at schools and colleges across the UK.
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Explore the relationships between people and nature, and the challenging and difficult decisions we face when managing natural resources, through this flexible program of online courses.
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We provide businesses with access to our talented students through a free end-to-end, managed recruitment service.
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The University community is made up of a wide range of people with diverse backgrounds and circumstances, which we value and regard as a great asset.
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