Leeds has achieved its highest ever position in the QS Sustainability Rankings🎉 In the 2026 rankings, the University is 24th out of 2,002 universities globally, placing us in the global top 2%! We're joint 9th in the UK overall, and joint first for #Health&Wellbeing🧘🏽‍♀️ www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

The Leeds-Africa Hub expands awareness of its work at the #ARUA conference. Utilising Data Science and Artificial Intelligence with colleagues on the African continent, to 🎓improve access to education 📈foster economic development, and ⚡address critical issues. #GlobalResearch #GlobalChallenges

🌐 UOL colleagues: Register for the #WUN #EarlyCareerResearchers Webinar Series! 📙 Research Culture: What is it and why does it matter? With @marjorieboissinot.bsky.social‬. 🗓️ 4 December 2025 |⏰2:00-4:00pm | 🌏 Zoom ⬇️ Register now! wun.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

⛰️Leeds academics Duncan Quincey & Lauren Rawlins, and Leeds alum, Kenton Cool, explore how we can minimise the pernicious impact of melting glaciers, through international research. 🎧Listen to the podcast episode here: listen.podmasters.uk/HTFCleanAir?... #Glaciers2025 #GlobalResearch #UKinNepal

🦷💊Tackling antimicrobial resistance in dentistry starts with innovation and education! Dr Reem El-Gendy leads a global collaboration with universities in Brazil and Egypt to reshape how future dentists reduce AMR risks and promote sustainable dental care globally. Read: tinyurl.com/Reem-AMR-col...

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.

Led by the members of the University of Leeds Interdisciplinary Mental Health Research Network, in collaboration with global WUN partners, speakers at this webinar series provide a provocation to an overarching tension inherent in mental health research followed by collaborative group discussions.

A spotlight on how some of our researchers are supporting #agroecological transitions in #Africa, including: 🌱Soil health in Malawi: lnkd.in/efunhTnA, and 🌍 International Food Systems Research Week with African collaborators: lnkd.in/e5PQPVVV See 👇🏽 for more!

Through our new CariSurg Summer School, students from The University of the West Indies & Columbia University explored cutting-edge research; from AI in surgery to cancer screening tech. Our student visitors share their experience of this inspiring initiative: www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

What's your Research Vision? Develop your research strategy with Jim Baxter in this @wunetwork.bsky.social webinar. Register by 8 July, for the Zoom session on 9 July 👇🏽 #ResearcherDevelopmentLeeds

We're excited to be joining the Coimbra Group and are particularly looking forward to advancing the role of comprehensive, multidisciplinary research in addressing societal challenges, and maximising our impact across local, regional, and global communities. #GlobalResearch #Collaboration

This morning's networking breakfast celebrated the success of the our International Strategy Fund. Did you know? 🌍 The Leeds ISF portfolio has 60 partners in 24 countries, and 🏦 £1.5M #ISFLeeds pump-priming has leveraged £17.4M external funding to support high-impact global research projects.

Register for the WUN ECR Webinar 'Research Impact: Do we all mean the same thing?'. The session will explore prioritisation of different types of impact, across varying research ecosystems that WUN member institutes are in. Learn more: lnkd.in/ezn2yTcX Register by 9 June 2025: lnkd.in/euu5XEaX

The British Council Japan-UK Research and Education Network for Knowledge Economy Initiatives (RENKEI) workshop on Just Transitions was a great opportunity for our ECRs to connect, collaborate, develop grant proposals and pitch to a funding panel, along with their Japanese counterparts.

A new international study by Becky Court from the University of Leeds, shows that the Caspian Sea is rapidly drying up, posing serious risks to biodiversity, caspian seals endangerment, and regional industries. Read more about the study here: www.leeds.ac.uk/main-index/n...

The University of Leeds is honoured to welcome UN Special Rapporteur Mr. Pedro Arrojo-Agudo to deliver a public lecture on Water and Economy Nexus on 21 May 25. Our associate director of water@leeds, Prof. Julia Martin-Ortega, will be hosting the session. Details: lnkd.in/eztf25r3

Professor Andrew Challinor from the University of Leeds spotlighted the early successes of #iSPARK (Innovation in Sustainability, Policy, Adaptation, and Resilience in Kenya) to sector leaders at the prestigious Science Partners Forum. Read more about the event: medium.com/globalfoodle...

University of Leeds researchers contribute to a global study published in @nature.com Geoscience, revealing large contrasts in soil moisture levels can significantly increase the size & intensity of megastorms, leading to severe flash flooding and mudslides in global hotspots. Read: lnkd.in/ezaFDpsn

We delivered a Careers Insight workshop for @universityofleeds.bsky.social students, raising the profile of research and innovation development as a career choice, and global challenge-led research in an academic career. The students' multidisciplinary approach to global solutions was commendable!

We were honoured and humbled to be invited to the UK-India-East Africa Trilateral Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Partnership (RIEP) Programme in Dar Es Salam, last week; for our contributions to global challenge-led research in collaboration with our African partners.

Following International Zero Waste Day, we're shining a spotlight on the amazing contributions made by Dr Cynthia's students to 🚮reduce waste, 💡produce sustainable energy, 📢raise awareness, and 🏆win prizes while they're at it! Read Henry and Elizabeth's blogpost: medium.com/university-o...

On the third anniversary of the UK-Ukraine Twinning scheme, we're spotlight two Leeds projects: 🏥Patrick Coughlin optimises care pathways for patients with limb trauma injury: lnkd.in/e8qcTbbB 🏗️Leon Black & Theodore Hanein transform the rebuilding of post-war Ukraine: lnkd.in/edsksigv #TwinForHope

This paper, led by Fides John Izdori and co-authored by @effie25.bsky.social and colleagues, explores a multi‑stakeholder collaboration framework for post‑harvest loss reduction, using the tomato food supply chain in Tanzania as a case study. 👉 link.springer.com/content/pdf/... #FWAW

🏔️❄️Glaciers store 70% of Earth’s freshwater and over 200,000 glaciers globally underpin the food & water security of billions of humans. On #WorldGlacierDay we spotlight ground-breaking initiatives that Leeds academics, Profs. Duncan Quincey and Jonathan Carrivick are taking in #GlacierResearch 👇🏽

@envleeds.bsky.social Profs. Lea Berrang Ford and Jouni Paavola collaborate with a global research team led by @sheffielduni.bsky.social to study how health systems are adapting to extreme heat related emergencies in the face of climate change. Read the @wunetwork.bsky.social article for more.

🙌🏽 Great to see recognition of the University's continued commitment to academic reputation, research quality and global engagement demonstrated by research partnerships and co-authored publications, in the QS World University Rankings. Read more: www.leeds.ac.uk/main-index/n...

Jon Woolfrey brings together expertise from three leading research institutes across the globe with this @wunetwork.bsky.social project; addressing the challenge of minimally-invasive cardiovascular intervention using magnetically-controlled tentacle robots 🤖 🦾. Read more: wun.ac.uk/wun/research...

Leeds Geographers collaborate with over 100 global researchers examining 250,000 trees to understand how tropical forests respond to climate change. Their Science paper raises concerns about the long-term resilience of these vital ecosystems: Learn more: phys.org/news/2025-03...

On #IWD2025 we're highlighting an initiative that has recruited 20 Fellows, 80% of which are women. Working with Early Career Researchers from six African countries, FSNet-Africa is building capacity for Food Systems on the continent; empowering future research leaders: aruasfs.com/resource/fsn...

📢 Call for abstracts 📢 We are now accepting abstracts for posters and presentations at the Scenarios Forum 2025: 🗓️ 16 -18 July 📍 @universityofleeds.bsky.social 🌐 Find out more and submit your abstract here 👇 scenariosforum.org/call-for-abs...

🏥Dr Sharib Ali brings together experts from universities across the @wunetwork.bsky.social to build clinical expertise & capacity in Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection; using AI for surgical training and early intervention in cancer treatment: lnkd.in/erZvHjFx @exeter.ac.uk @tecdemonterrey.bsky.social

Empowering international educators to enhance skills in machine learning and data science and solve real-world problems. DARA student and Hack4dev lead, Eslam Hussein, brings together global partners, to coach trainers from 14 institutes at a hackathon hosted by Kenyatta University: lnkd.in/eGbiudSY

⛈️Ground-breaking weather forecasting ‘testbed’: Global partners of our #WISER-#EWSA project, inc. local scientists, weather forecasters and representatives from local communities, work together to create new early warning systems for vulnerable communities in Lusaka. www.leeds.ac.uk/main-index/n...

Global scientists explore the effects of extreme drought to pinpoint the critical threshold where reduced rainfall leads to large-scale tree die-off, in order to identify how to protect forests in the face of climate change. Learn more: www.leeds.ac.uk/directory-re... @envleeds.bsky.social

Want to learn more about this global challenge? Register for the @royalsociety.org meeting on "African tropical peatlands: their value and vulnerability" organised by Prof Simon Lewis FRS. Register: royalsociety.org/science-even... The meeting is free to attend and hybrid. #CBSI #GlobalResearch

The @universityofleeds.bsky.social Congo Basin Science Initiative (CBSI) is the first funded project under the new UK Government #FCDO #CBFA Programme, receiving a £9.1m grant to protect the Congo Basin, the world's second-largest tropical rainforest. Read more: www.leeds.ac.uk/news-environ...

UKCDR's latest resource on the design and implementation of ODA research funding mechanisms: 🔗 Learn more and download the full booklet here: bit.ly/4gaYG7B

Prof Stonehouse co-leads a global team developing a new device to create vaccines faster; improving access to immunisation globally and cutting costs: biologicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/biological-s... @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social,@uoft.bsky.social, Liberum Biotech,@uofwaterloo.bsky.social & FioCruz.

On International Day of Education we're shining a spotlight on the impact of our Leeds-Africa Hub for Data Science and AI. 📄Students Namutebi and Jovia share their experience of attending the Deep Learning IndabaX conference in Uganda: www.leeds.ac.uk/main-index/n... #GlobalResearch #AIforAfrica

Led by Pietro Valdastri from UoLeeds STORM Labs, and in collaboration with @ucsandiego.bsky.social and KAIST; global researchers have developed ground-breaking vine robots with magnetic skin that mimic creeping plant movements and can be used for medical intervention: www.leeds.ac.uk/news-health/...

An international team of 67 researchers, including four from Leeds, has now revealed the true scope of the Nord Stream pipeline leak in 2022 – the largest single release of methane ever recorded. The results were published this week in the journal Nature. Read more: www.leeds.ac.uk/research-32/...

Supported by our Global Impact Acceleration Award, researchers in the School of Biology are building Africa's first hippo database to address the lack of research on these incredible animals. Learn more about this vital conservation effort! theconversation.com/hippos-have-...

We look forward to another successful year, collaborating with our Worldwide Universities Network partners to develop projects delivering a global impact. Congratulations to all the awardees! University of Leeds will lead two projects and collaborate on a further six: wun.ac.uk/article/resu...