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

This afternoon we have been celebrating our fantastic research community with our annual Research and Knowledge Exchange Awards! Congratulations to Katherine Moss, the Being Here team, Dr Helen Dampier + the Digital Sport North Team! @carnegiesport.bsky.social @shsslbu.bsky.social #RKEFest25

It is Day 2 of our Festival of Research and Knowledge Exchange #RKEFest25 and we've heard inspiring and fascinating research talks from PhD student @mariellereuser.bsky.social and colleagues @agatafijalkow.bsky.social and Dr Sandra Obiora. Thank you for sharing your work! #PhDSky #AcademicSky

What a fantastic panel discussion this afternoon at #RKEFest25! @emilyzmarshall.bsky.social @suebackhouse.bsky.social @silkemachold.bsky.social Prof Jill Dickinson and Dr Jamiu Dauda have shared their experience of everything from balancing teaching and research to pracademia! #AcademicSky

Next in our Festival of Research and Knowledge Exchange, our #EDI team are leading group discussions around how we use EDI-related language at work, and what terms feel outdated, or empowering and inclusive. #RKEFest25 #AcademicSky #PhDSky

"Belonging fuels excellence; and people do their best work when they feel valued." - An inspiring keynote talk on inclusivity and diversity this morning from @uduakarchibong1.bsky.social, to launch our Festival of Research and Knowledge Exchange! #RKEFest25 #AcademicSky @silkemachold.bsky.social

Join Tanya Arnold as she brings you a very special episode, we celebrate the remarkable people who’ve passed through the doors of the Leeds Beckett University. 🎧 Listening: open.spotify.com/episode/3w17... 📽️ Watch: youtu.be/XCsdU_-a1vo #LBUSportHallofFame #CarnegieConversations

Up to 83% of the world's glaciers are expected to vanish by 2100. New #research led by Dr Jenna Sutherland is turning glacier retreat into climate opportunity by studying how newly exposed land in Alaska can give rise to carbon-absorbing peatlands. 🔗 bit.ly/4o5qJJF #climateresearch #AcademicSky

Why Evidence Matters! Last week, @jharrison66.bsky.social + @drlewissimpson.bsky.social took part in Evidence Week at UK Parliament. 🔗 bit.ly/47DTurO ⬆️Read all about their experience of showcasing #LBUResearch and lobbying for prisons policy change. @senseaboutsci.bsky.social #AcademicSky

🤝New on our blog, Prof Anne-Marie Bagnall shares how our LBU Centre for Health Promotion Research is a leading force in public health innovation, actively contributing to the UN #SDGs 🔗 bit.ly/3WPQiDo Read about how the team is empowering communities and reducing health inequalities #AcademicSky

Join us on Wednesday 26 November for the Inaugural Professorial Lecture by @theo-ispoglou.bsky.social - Fuel and Force – Re-imagining Healthy Ageing 🕕18:00 - 19:00 🏛️Headingley Campus 🎫 bit.ly/47ykI39 #LBUResearch #AcademicSky #Nutrition #HealthyAgeing @carnegiesport.bsky.social

In our latest LBU Research Voices, we met up with Fatin Nabilah Azren, a PhD student and MSc grad in @carnegiesport.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/4804eAP Fatin shares her reflections on studying in the UK as an international Muslim woman and her goal to increase inclusion in sports spectatorship. #PhDSky

🔬We are delighted to share that LBU is spearheading a new collaboration with universities across West Yorkshire to fast-track innovation in health technologies 🗞️ bit.ly/47I3wqK The Innovation Pathways (In-Path) Programme will support businesses to bring new ideas to market. #AcademicSky #healthtech

An interesting read on The Conversation by @beverleyoh.bsky.social in the School of Health at LBU - 'Why stigmatising UPFs could be doing more harm than good' #research #LBUresearch #nutrition #AcademicSky

❓What is life like as a #PhD student at Leeds Beckett? In our new LBU Research Voices interview, we spoke to @jessbenton.bsky.social all about her experience of her 1st year, from accessing disability advice to building awareness of her #research outside of the university. #PhDSky 🔗 bit.ly/4ou6uFV

Today is the official publication date of my new book 'Severe and Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties in School'. I am excited to hear what people think of some of the ideas outlined within it: www.routledge.com/Severe-Profo...

📢We are excited to announce that LBU is set to open a pioneering Sport Health Tech Incubator, using cutting-edge #research to help tackle health inequalities, spark innovation and drive business grown in the region’s #healthtech sector. 🔗 bit.ly/4o024XL @carnegiesport.bsky.social #AcademicSky

Read all about Professor Paul Warmington, our new Professor of Race and Education and Research Lead for the Centre for Race, Education and Decoloniality, in our new interview on our blog. 🔗 bit.ly/47qDidb #AcademicSky #LBUResearch #research #education @lbu-schoolofed.bsky.social

🤝Our engineering and #AI experts at LBU have teamed up with Leeds-based Control Station Ltd on a new Knowledge Transfer Partnership. 🔗 bit.ly/4qcR3Uq The team are developing and embedding advanced AI capabilities to organise complex data sets for customers. #research #AcademicSky

🎉Congratulations to Dr Christian Bök, who has been elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS). 🔗 bit.ly/3KGQHoS #AcademicSky #LBUResearch

Confessions of an Early Career Researcher, a podcast by ECRs, for ECRs. Brought to you by @britishacademy.bsky.social and the Leverhulme Trust. Listen and subscribe: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/audio-video/...

🗞️Read all about how our Centre for Health Promotion #Research team are evaluating the new Leeds Community Vaccine Champions programme on our blog: 🔗 bit.ly/4oflzLr In collaboration with @leedscitycouncil.bsky.social @forumcentral.bsky.social + @volactionleeds.bsky.social #AcademicSky #publichealth

🤝In our latest LBU Research Voices, we asked Dr Hajar Fatorachian all about her experience of preparing for academic promotion - and her career journey leading to her recent promotion to Reader. 🔗 bit.ly/3VX3hmg Read about her advice and the milestones that have shaped her career! #AcademicSky

📚LBU research colleagues and PGR students - join us for two online workshops during Open Access Week 2025! 🗓️Accessing Knowledge Freely: What You Read Shapes Research, Mon 20 October bit.ly/46HCm44 🗓️Sharing Knowledge Freely: How Your Publishing Choices Shape Access, Weds 22 October bit.ly/4nekX8d