The Astbury Conversation is nearly here! 🧪 A two-day conference on 20–21 April, connecting people with a passion for structural and chemical biology, biophysics, and biotechnology. Learn about the organiser and host behind the public event ➡️ bit.ly/41CLTWu More about the public event below 👇

A new public footpath has opened at Gair Wood in North Leeds, connecting with two popular routes, helping visitors avoid walking alongside busy roads 🌳👣 More than 60k trees were planted there three years ago to enhance the local environment and provide a valuable resource for research and teaching.

We hope you have a peaceful bank holiday and a happy Easter to everyone celebrating this weekend 🐣 🌺 The University will be closed from Thursday 2 April, reopening on Wednesday 8 April. Find information about opening hours, activities and support over the break here 👇 https://bit.ly/42v3wrs

Want to boost your career prospects? 🎓 As the 6th most targeted university by the UK’s top graduate employers, a Masters from Leeds could be your next step. Join our Postgraduate Virtual Open Day on Saturday 25 April 💻

Eid Mubarak to everyone in our Leeds community celebrating 🌙 May this special occasion bring you success, good health, joy and connection. Find out more about Eid activities and events on campus and in the city 👇 https://students.leeds.ac.uk/faith-based-support/doc/ramadan-support

A business founded by a University of Leeds alum has won £100,000 of funding to commercialise its wearable health technology business ❤️ Asclepius Medtech Ltd has developed a small biosensor patch that is fitted to patients’ chests to gather real-time health data ahead of surgery 📊 [1/2]

What do the different grazing styles of sheep and cows have to do with the number of butterflies you might find in an area? 🦋 Leeds researchers studied Ingleborough landscapes and found that cattle grazing boosts nature recovery in the Yorkshire Dales. Read the story👇 https://bit.ly/4rm1unV

Discover your next steps to postgraduate study at our Masters Discovery Fair on Wednesday 11 March: 🧑‍💼 Explore career support and opportunities 💰 Get funding advice 💬 Speak to academic staff 🏙️ Learn about life as a postgraduate student at Leeds Find out more 👇 https://bit.ly/4s6w5GX

Ramadan Mubarak to all those observing across our Leeds community. We wish you a month of peace, blessings, community and happiness ☪️ If you’re observing Ramadan while studying or working at the University, find out more about the support available 👇 https://students.leeds.ac.uk/ramadansupport

Happy Year of the Fire Horse! 🔥🐎 We would like to wish everyone here at Leeds a year of passion, progress, and positive change. Keep exploring, keep learning, and make the most of every moment on campus.

Researchers from Leeds are helping to strengthen sanitation systems across sub‑Saharan Africa and South Asia. Read more about the work researchers are doing to support the production of clean water and reduce preventable deaths 🔽 www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

Did you miss our Postgraduate Virtual Open Day? We’ve got you! Watch online talks from our postgraduate community specialists on demand now. Find out about: ️ ✍️Admissions 💰Funding and scholarships 🏡Accommodation 🤩Student experience 📈Advancing your career Watch now ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4tqYqsY

Are you Team Traitor or Team Faithful for tonight's finale? 🗡️ Professor Beth Johnson (Media and Communication) reflects on how #TheTraitors is bringing workplaces, families and friendship groups together for a collective TV experience with @itvnews.bsky.social 📺 ⬇️ www.itv.com/news/2026-01...

Well done to everyone finishing exams and good luck to those with a few left. Take some time to relax and unwind 😮‍💨 We hope your results reflect the effort you’ve put in. If they don’t, support is available 🤝 Find out more here 👇 https://students.leeds.ac.uk/assessments/doc/after-assessments

A new project, aiming to provide Muslim communities across the UK with the skills to host local astronomy hubs and moon-gazing events, is being established by the University of Leeds and @cam.ac.uk 🌙 To read more, click the link below 👇 www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

Today marks the first day of exams! Good luck everyone, you’re going to smash it. If you need any help or support during exam season, click the link below 👇 https://www.leeds.ac.uk/undergraduate-offer/doc/wellbeing-and-support

Happy New Year to our community – wishing you all a positive and successful year ahead 🎉 As we reflect on a great year, we look ahead with excitement to the opportunities 2026 will bring 🌟

Happy Christmas and best wishes from the University of Leeds and our fuzzy campus friends 🐰🎅🎄✨

Wishing our community a happy winter break — the University is now closed until Monday 5 January 🎄 Check out opening times, support, and activities that will be available to those in Leeds over the winter break 👇 https://students.leeds.ac.uk/support-guidance/doc/holiday-opening-hours-support

Winter Graduation has now finished 🎓 Congratulations to all our graduates, best wishes for the start of a new, exciting chapter and welcome to the @leedsalumni.bsky.social community 🥳 #LeedsGrad

Today is #InternationalMountainDay, and this year's theme highlights the importance of glacier preservation. On our How To Fix… podcast, Leeds academics Duncan Quincey and Lauren Rawlins, with alum Kenton Cool, discussed how we can minimise the impact of melting glaciers. Listen: pod.fo/e/34cbac

Our Winter graduation ceremonies begin today 🥳 It’s our virtual graduation today, with our in-person ceremonies starting on Friday. Huge congratulations to everyone graduating over the next week or so! We're so pleased to welcome you to the @leedsalumni.bsky.social community 💚 #LeedsGrad

Interested in pursuing a Masters but missed our Postgraduate Virtual Open Day? We’ve got you! Watch our talks to get more information on: ✍️ Admissions 💰 Funding and scholarships 🏡 Accommodation 🤩 Student experience 📈 Advancing your career Watch now ⬇️ https://bit.ly/44An27Z

Our Postgraduate Virtual Open Day is this weekend🎉 We will be covering student life, employability, funding opportunities and more 🤩 Find out more about postgraduate study at Leeds by signing up now 👇 https://bit.ly/4psdQu8

The prestigious Queen Elizabeth Prize for Higher and Further Education – part of the UK national Honours system – recognises Leeds’ outstanding, 150-years of textile research. We delve into the history and explore the innovation driving the next chapter 👇 https://www.leeds.ac.uk/qep

Leeds City of Languages festival will be running until 24 November – if you haven’t made it to any of the events there are some great activities still to come 🎉 The festival is a vibrant celebration of the city's languages, cultures, and communities, highlighting our connections across the world 🌍

🎓 Want to stand out to top graduate employers?   As the 6th most targeted University by the UK’s top graduate employers, a masters degree from Leeds could be your next step to securing your future, and our Postgraduate Virtual Open Day is the perfect place to start!

Week 2 of #COP30 is underway! 🌍 There are still many topics to be discussed over the last few days of the conference, and our Leeds delegation are involved in several events. You can find out more about the events our delegation is involved in at COP30 here ⬇️ climate.leeds.ac.uk/leeds-at-cop...

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

@extinctionleeds.bsky.social is an interdisciplinary doctoral training programme focusing on topics relating to extinction and its meanings, histories and legacies. Watch the whole🎬👉 media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/extinc... @katatrepsis.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social

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 👇🧵

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

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?...

Join @priestleycentre.bsky.social’s webinar this Thursday at 12pm-1pm, to learn about Leeds’ involvement in COP30, the United Nations Climate Change Conference🌎 You'll gain an overview of COP30 and why it matters, as well as hear directly from members of our Leeds delegation⬇️ https://bit.ly/4hHQ3nq

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 👇

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!👻

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

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

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.

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.

We wish everyone who’s celebrating a happy Diwali🪔 We hope you and your loved ones have a joyous celebration full of light 🌟✨

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🤝

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 👇

We were delighted in the Priestley Centre to welcome Climate Minister, @katiewhitemp.bsky.social today on her first UK Ministerial visit! She met with leading climate researchers, explored our innovation projects, and filmed a Q&A with our director, Professor Piers Forster which will be shared soon!

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 🎓

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?...

Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from around the world to contribute to the landmark Global Tipping Points report 🌍 You can read more about the University's contribution and the report here 👇 https://www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/5861/new-reality-as-world-reaches-first-climate-tipping-point

🌳Parks are essential green spaces for exercise, socialising, relaxation, but 1 in 6 UK women feel unsafe in them even in daylight. That's why @annabarker.bsky.social @suzylamplughtrust.bsky.social & @keepbritaintidy.bsky.social have launched the #StandUpAgainstStreetHarassment campaign

We're thrilled to announce the opening of The Cheney Biomedical Accelerator, a state-of-the-art research facility providing opportunities for new and bold scientific discoveries on our campus.

There’s still time to register for our Autumn Open Days 🍂 If you’re thinking about studying at Leeds, make sure to join us on Saturday 4 or 18 October 📅 Here’s some top tips from some of our current students to help you make the most of your day ✅ Register now 👇 www.leeds.ac.uk/undergraduat...