2 weeks today! Join us to celebrate Professor Jim Morgan's inaugural lecture - From Eurostar to Yogurt: A Journey Superpowered by KTP 🗓️Weds 1 April 🕕18:00, LBU City Campus 🎫 bit.ly/3MozwcG Jim will reflect on 20 years of applying #psychology to improve #safety and #health #AcademicSky #research

Louisa had a great day at the Diabetes Research & Information event with colleagues at NIHR Leeds BRC. She delivered a session on diabetes & obesity with one of our fantastic PhD students Melissa Mukotekwa, and hosted a stall for the Obesity Institute & Obesity Voices. #Diabetes #Obesity

In our new LBU Research Voices interview, we met up with recent #PhD graduate Dr Gulala Aziz to find out all about her experience of preparing for her PhD #Viva exam 🔗 bit.ly/4ly84q9 Gulala shares her approach and strategies, what happened on the day and how it felt to hear she had passed! #PhDSky

Join us for Professor Claire Griffiths's inaugural lecture - From Silos to Systems: Transforming #Obesity #Research, Policy, and Practice 🗓️Weds 22 April 🕕18:00 - 19:00 🏛️Headingley Campus 🎫 bit.ly/4rqbQD6 Claire will reflect on 24 years at LBU! @obesityinst.bsky.social @carnegiesport.bsky.social

What's new in the #REF2029 guidance, and what does it mean for Leeds Beckett? 🔗 bit.ly/4sHeTrV Find out the latest news and guidance in our new blog post by Stuart Morris, LBU Research Excellence Manager. #AcademicSky #Research #REF

🥳Six LBU researchers have received their @ukcge.bsky.social Recognised Research Degree Supervisor accreditations in the latest round! 🔗 bit.ly/46UVpaO Congratulations to our talented and committed supervisors! #AcademicSky #PhDSky #research #researchdegrees #PhD

In our new LBU Research Voices interview, read #PhD supervisor Dr @fayedidymus.bsky.social's top tips for preparing for your PhD #viva examination! 🔗 bit.ly/3OPtLpw #LBUResearch #PhDSky #research @carnegiesport.bsky.social

In today's International Women's Day celebration post, we're shining a light on #PhD student Fatin Nabilah Azren, who is researching Muslim women's experiences as sports spectators in Malaysia and aims to increase inclusion, belonging and representation in sport. 🔗 bit.ly/4804eAP #IWD2026 #PhDSky

Today we are shining a light on @anneschiffer.bsky.social and Dr Tenley Martin - two of our brilliant LBU women researchers who share their experiences of taking a research sabbatical. bit.ly/3XLlJj4 ⬆️Read their top tips and advice in our Research Voices interview. #IWD2026 #AcademicSky

Continuing our posts highlighting the amazing women researchers here at LBU ahead of International Women's Day, read about #PhD student Misan Jekhine, who is researching #gender #diversity, focusing on corporate events in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. 🔗 bit.ly/3ZaJ3Y4 #IWD2026 #PhDSky

Ahead of International Women's Day this Sunday, we are sharing the stories of some of our inspirational women researchers at LBU. #IWD2026 To start the week, read about Prof Nnenna Ifeanyi-Ajufo and her amazing work influencing international cyber security policies! #AcademicSky 🔗 bit.ly/3H3jFgI

Join us for Professor Duncan Sharp's inaugural lecture, 'Serendipity, Strategy, and the Power of Partnerships', where he reflects on his career in #research and #health innovation 🗓️Wednesday 11 March 🕕18:00 - 19:00 🏛️Rose Bowl, City Campus or online 🎫 bit.ly/4c9Gk8G #AcademicSky

LBU Research Voices: From Corporate Sustainability to the History Archives! 📖Read all about #history #PhD student Teresa's research journey, and how the skills she has gained in the professional world have shaped the social sciences researcher she is today. 🔗 bit.ly/4aREJ5e #PhDSky #research

💡We are delighted to announce a new Knowledge Transfer Partnership #KTP with Zenergy Solar - a research-led project to make large-scale #solar #energy systems easier to install, monitor and manage – particularly for organisations operating across multiple sites. 🔗 bit.ly/4s51CJ8 #AcademicSky

🎧Hear Professor Brendan Gough talk about his research into how #masculinity disciplines men's bodies in a new episode of Now and Men podcast. bit.ly/3O8DE1b Brendan explores issues of online spaces, gender equality, body image, and the 'manosphere' #LBUResearch #AcademicSky @shsslbu.bsky.social

New on our blog: Prof George Lodorfos shares how Leeds Business School's teaching, knowledge exchange + regional engagement actively supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals #SDGs 🔗 bit.ly/4bRXHe8 #Sustainability in all its dimensions is embedded as a defining principle. #AcademicSky #research

From 'Corridor Kids' to Criminologists - read all about how Dr Bill Davies and Dr Alex Bradley are unlocking the doors to higher education in prisons, and ensuring education is open to others who never thought university could be for them. 🗞️ bit.ly/4qobjRX #AcademicSky #criminology #research

📣Announcement!📣 The Centre for Health Promotion Research are hosting our next seminar: CHPR Seminar Series - Covid, Community and How We Come Together 📅Thurs 26th Feb, 2026 ⌚5:30pm 🏨Rose Bowl, Leeds @leedsbeckett.bsky.social Tickets are limited, book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chpr-semin...

Join us to celebrate Professor Jim Morgan's inaugural lecture - From Eurostar to Yogurt: A Journey Superpowered by KTP! 🗓️Weds 1 April 🕕18:00 - 19:00 🏛️City Campus 🎫 bit.ly/3MozwcG Jim will reflect on 20 years of applying #psychology to improve #safety and #health #AcademicSky @shsslbu.bsky.social

🚀 Our annual Pitch-Off Competition is back at The Knowledge Exchange 👉 Are you an #entrepreneur with a strong business idea but limited by budget? Pitch your #business idea to a panel of industry experts for the chance to win a 12-month Virtual Office Package ✍️ Apply by 27 Feb bit.ly/46j2SQt

🏆Congratulations to the LBU Obesity Institute and Wrapped agency for winning Silver in the Northern Digital Awards' Best Digital Marketing Campaign - Education! The team won the award for the Every Body Deserves Kindness film project 🔗 bit.ly/3XOoAap #AcademicSky #NorthernDigitalAwards2026

📢New on LBU Research Voices - we met with Sheila Ball, a PhD student + Graduate Teaching Assistant in @lbu-schoolofed.bsky.social 🗞️ bit.ly/4t2RwK8 Sheila tells us all about her #research into Nancy Kline's Thinking Environment in schools, and how she uses this to support our LBU students. #PhDSky

🗓️Save the date! Our annual Postgraduate Research Conference is back on Tuesday 9 June! Organised by our LBU students - open to ALL PGR students at any university. Share your research, hear our inspiring speakers, and learn from each other. Booking info coming soon! #PhDSky #Research #Leeds

We are excited to launch a new Knowledge Transfer Partnership #KTP with Bradford-based Dent Steel. Our research-led project is set to strengthen #innovation, efficiency and long-term sustainable #growth within Dent Steel and the UK #steel sector. 🗞️ bit.ly/49MCeR4 #AcademicSky #research

📢In our latest LBU Research Voices interview, we spoke to Dr Jimi Adebayo, who was shortlisted in our #RKEFest25 Awards. Jimi tells us how he integrates his #research into his Real Estate teaching, giving LBU students current and relevant industry knowledge. 🔗 bit.ly/49HhTfR #AcademicSky

👏Congratulations to LBU Music Composition PhD student, Euripedes Bekos, who has been awarded Second Prize at the 17th International Dimitris Mitropoulos Competition for Composers in Greece! 🗞️ bit.ly/45W8WhB The competition is one of most prestigious platforms for emerging composers. #Music #PhDSky

Join us for Professor Daniel Kilvington's Inaugural Lecture, where he will reflect on his #research driving positive change tackling online hate in football and increasing #diversity in sport. 🔗 bit.ly/49hdpO0 🗓️Wednesday 11 February 🏛️Rose Bowl, City Campus 🕕18:00 - 19:00 #AcademicSky #LBUResearch

Read public health nutritionist Dr Beverley O'Hara's commentary on the new ban on adverts featuring unhealthy foods being broadcast before 9pm. #LBUResearch #health #nutrition #AcademicSky

Very welcome news today that the UK will join the Erasmus+ programme in 2027. This will enable greater opportunities for study abroad and contributions in UK universities, and is something we called for in our most recent Manifesto.

Join us for Professor Daniel Kilvington's Inaugural Lecture, where he will reflect on his #research driving positive change tackling online hate in football, increasing #diversity in sport and challenging social injustice. 🗓️Wednesday 11 February 🏛️Rose Bowl, City Campus 🕕18:00 - 19:00 #AcademicSky

New on LBU Research Voices - An International Student's PhD Journey 🔗 bit.ly/4q7DTHl Health Promotion PhD student Ruben Muhayiteto tells us all about what helped him settle into Leeds when he moved from Rwanda in 2021, sharing his advice for our new international students. #PhDSky #Leeds

🗞️"You could see the flames from 15 miles away." Read LBU historian Dr Shane Ewen's BBC interview, 50 years after Kirkgate Market was almost completely destroyed by fire: bbc.in/3MzKH28 #Leeds #history #AcademicSky

🗞️What is life like as an international researcher at LBU? Read our latest LBU Research Voices interview, with Dr Christina Le to find out all about her move from Canada to the UK and the groundbreaking #research, Project ACL, that attracted her to LBU. #AcademicSky 🔗 bit.ly/4rOgNHj

We are delighted to welcome the first cohort of #PhD students to the Yorkshire Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership this semester! 🔗 bit.ly/3KEJsOv The programme is a collaboration across 9 universities, to train the #bioscience researchers of the future. #PhDSky #AcademicSky #research

The events industry contributed £11.5bn to the UK economy in 2024, supporting more than 126,000 jobs. Now, researchers at LBU have developed a new #Events industry #careers guide for students, parents and teachers to support progression in the industry. 🔗 bit.ly/4rHehm7 #AcademicSky #LBUResearch

👏Seven LBU colleagues have been recognised by @ukcge.bsky.social for their commitment to high quality supervision of our postgraduate #research students! 🗞️ bit.ly/48KBbBE ⬆️ Read all about our colleagues receiving the Recognised Supervisor and Associate Supervisor Awards. #PhDSky #AcademicSky

If you know a researcher whose work should feature on Radio4 - technology, humanities, social sciences & arts - consider telling them to apply for the AHRC BBC New Generation Thinkers scheme www.ukri.org/opportunity/...

✍️Every 2 years we ask our Postgraduate Researchers to tell us all about their experience at LBU. Find out all about this year's feedback, what we've learnt, what we've done so far, and what we're planning next to improve our PGR student experience! ➡️ bit.ly/4ixiXHj #PhDSky #PGR #ResearchCommunity

🌟This year we are celebrating 50 years of Knowledge Transfer Partnerships! #KTP Read our blog post to find out how we've been celebrating at LBU, where we have more now 20 active KTPs and have been part of the programme since the late 1970s! 🔗 bit.ly/49U8SSB #AcademicSky #research

Our final Research and Knowledge Exchange Award blog post is all about our Research-Informed Teaching Impact stars. 🏆 bit.ly/485PXD0 Our winners were the cross-university team, Being Here, a fantastic research-led initiative to encourage community-building for international students. #RKEFest25

Our next Research and Knowledge Exchange Awards spotlight is on the Professional Excellence Award, which was won this year by Katherine Moss in our School of Health. 🏆 bit.ly/4oqcqQ3 Congratulations Katherine! #RKEFest25

Huge congratulations to Dr Bill Davies and Dr Alexandria Bradley who have won the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education for their pioneering partnership with HMP Full Sutton! bit.ly/3KddU24 We were thrilled to be able to support them with additional HEIF funding for this amazing project.

Our next feature is on the Inclusive Research Culture Award, which was won this year by Dr Helen Dampier for her inspiring work building a Postgraduate #research community in the Centre for Culture and Humanities 🏆 bit.ly/3XNVkR8 Congratulations! #PhDSky #AcademicSky #RKEFest25

In our next Research and Knowledge Exchange Awards blog post, we shine a spotlight on the Open and Responsible Research Award, won this year by Dr Sofia Persson @shsslbu.bsky.social for her fantastic work with @ukrepro.bsky.social 🏆 bit.ly/4rmcHpD #RKEFest25 #AcademicSky #research

In our second Research and Knowledge Exchange feature, read all about our Community Impact Award winners and shortlistees. 🏆 bit.ly/4pu5pOX Congratulations to @drswaite.bsky.social and Dr Alexandria Bradley who won the award for their research on Women’s Problem-Solving Courts! #RKEFest25

Read all about our Research and Knowledge Exchange Award winners and shortlistees in our new blog series! In our first post, find out all about our Collaborative Partnerships and Networks projects, including winners Digital Sport North and @carnegiesport.bsky.social #RKEFest25 🏆 bit.ly/49EX8Di

We are delighted to share that our Obesity Institute's Every Body Deserves Kindness film project, in collaboration with Leeds Children's Hospital Appeal, SHINE, Wrapped, and young people and their families - has been shortlisted in the Northern Digital Awards! #AcademicSky bit.ly/3XOoAap

🎉Last week we held our annual Festival of Research and Knowledge Exchange - a fantastic two-day event collaborating, sharing expertise, and celebrating our inspiring work taking place across LBU through our Awards! 📰 bit.ly/3XaX0nD Read all about it in our news story! #RKEFest25 #AcademicSky #LBU

💬Loss of Firth Carpets mills from Bailiff Bridge made villagers feel 'homesick at home' says Dr Lisa Taylor in her new interview at @yorkshirepost.co.uk 🗞️ bit.ly/3JZipNC Lisa's new book, Threads of Labour, looks at how the loss of Clifton Mills affected her village. #AcademicSky #research

It was such a pleasure to share the next part of my research on Polish defence lawyers & bringing women into the European/Cold War legal historical narrative. Great questions & listening to what colleagues are working on was icing on the cake, super job @lbu-rae.bsky.social