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University of Leeds @universityofleeds.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

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

Graduates in suits and gowns wear caps while taking photos in front of the Great Hall and Clothworkers Building during a Winter Graduation ceremony. The red brick, stained glass, festive lights, and bare trees create a vibrant atmosphere.

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Douglas Booker @douglasbooker.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

PLEASE SHARE! Deadline extended until 16th January - please do get in touch if you are interested in working with me, Katy Roelich, @cathnoakes.bsky.social, and Mark Mon-Williams on improving indoor school spaces to support health, well-being, and equity for children and young people.

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Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics (LIFD) @lifd.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

The first seminar in the 2025/26 Fluid Mechanics Webinar Series is coming up: Title: Onsager’s "ideal turbulence" theory Speaker: Gregory L. Eyink Time: Thur 4:00 PM (GMT) on November 6 More info and RSVP via Cassyni cassyni.com/s/fmws

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White Rose University Consortium @whiteroseuc.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

We're excited to be spending today with our current @prosperpostdoc.bsky.social cohort for the second workshop of their programme. Today we're focusing on exploring diverse career pathways, both within and beyond higher education.

Participants from our Prosper cohort deep in discussion at tables during the first workshop of their programme.

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University of Leeds @universityofleeds.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

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 👇

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Royal Institution @rigb.org · 31/10/2025

Join Jim Al-Khalili as he reflects on a century of quantum mechanics, the strangest yet most successful theory in all of science, and how it has shaped our world—while also looking forward to the exciting development of entirely new technologies.

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Discourse: A New Quantum World: “spooky” physics to tech revolution

Jim Al-Khalili explores emerging technologies powering the future of quantum, and looks at how we got here.

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Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics (LIFD) @lifd.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

LIFD's latest monthly newsletter is out now! October's edition includes: 💡 National Fluids Hub Industry Stakeholder Day 👩‍🎓 EPSRC CDT Future Fluid Dynamics PhD student recruitment open 🧑‍💼 Job Opps 🎙️ Prof Cath Noakes gives evidence to COVID enquiry sway.cloud.microsoft/zqLzyXwPCKGV...

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LIFD External Newsletter: October 2025

National Fluids Hub Industry Stakeholder Day: Monday 17th November, 10.00-15.00, at Cloth Hall Court, Leeds

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Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics (LIFD) @lifd.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS) talk coming up next month! Professor Brian Golding Mason Gold Medal Lecture: Forecasting Summer Thunderstorms ⛈️ Date: Wednesday 8 October 2025 Time: 18:00 - 19:30 Location: University of Leeds Liberty Building Moot Court lecture theatre (room 1.28)

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Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics (LIFD) @lifd.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Discover the key findings and actions from the Women in Fluid Dynamics UK SIG recent survey in this visual summary! We appreciate all who shared their feedback

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Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics (LIFD) @lifd.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

🌟 Call for Early Career Researcher Short Research Visit Applications 2025 We are pleased to invite proposals from early career researchers in the UK for Short Research Visits that will support their career development. Deadline: 4th October More info: fluids.leeds.ac.uk/funding/

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Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics (LIFD) @lifd.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

🌟 LIFD's latest monthly newsletter is out now! 🌟 August's edition includes: 🐝 Re-designing beehives 🌍 Building collaborations with Africa 🎓 Celebrating our graduates 🪟 SAMHE project ✍ 4 research fellow posts open for applications sway.cloud.microsoft/mIu5WLjDUrgR...

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LIFD External Newsletter: August 2025

Honeybees (Apis Mellifera) are vital pollinators, with ~30% of agriculture depending on pollination. Honeybees have adapted successfully to diverse climates over 600,000 years using sophisticated buil

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Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics (LIFD) @lifd.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Re-designing Beehives for Extreme Climates: re-engineering man-made hives based on natural cavities and developing rapid economical experimental testing protocols for manufacturers and researchers fluids.leeds.ac.uk/2025/08/19/r...

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Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics (LIFD) @lifd.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Firedrake 25 The tenth Firedrake user and developer workshop will be held at the School of Mathematics together with Leeds Institute of Fluid Dynamics, University of Leeds, from 15-17 September 2025. All details and to register: firedrakeproject.org/firedrake_25...

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Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics (LIFD) @lifd.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Celebrating 5 Years of World-Leading Fluid Dynamics Research at LIFD ⭐️Driven national influence ⭐️Delivered global impact ⭐️Reinforced leadership in education ⭐️Forged & strengthened strategic partnerships ⭐️Inspired the next generation tinyurl.com/yrpd3ped

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Royal Academy of Engineering @raeng.org.uk · 22/07/2025

💡Got a brilliant idea to engage the public with engineering? Apply for an Ingenious grant, where you could receive up to £30,000 for creative, inclusive projects like Eerie Engineering. 🌍 Help make engineering accessible to everyone: raeng.org.uk/ingenious #RAEngIngenious

Quote by a representative of Eerie Engineering, 2024 Ingenious awardee, stating, "The Ingenious Fund is a game-changer - empowering bold, creative public engagement projects that bring engineering to life.". Find out more at raeng.org.uk/ingenious. The quote is accompanied by an image of an event the Eerie Engineering team are running at a school.

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White Rose University Consortium @whiteroseuc.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

What does it truly mean to foster equitable leadership in academia? Dr Karisha George from @york.ac.uk shares more about her leadership journey and her time on our Equity in Leadership programme: whiterose.ac.uk/news/equity-...

"It is not only about increasing the numbers of academics from the global majority, but increasing the numbers of empowered academics from the global majority.” Dr Karisha Simone George

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Policy Leeds @policyleeds.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Policy relevant research and news from across @universityofleeds.bsky.social in our August signpost. Covering: new #transport partnership, guides for Parliamentary #CitizenEngagement, @y-pern.bsky.social impact report, plus #ClimateAction, #HealthInequalities, and more. medium.com/policy-leeds...

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Policy Leeds signpost, August 2025

New transport partnership launches, citizen engagement guides for Parliaments, plus research on climate action, health inequalities, and…

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Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics (LIFD) @lifd.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

The last recorded talk from the EPSRC CDT in Future Fluid Dynamics at Leeds symposium is now available online! Neural Network Implementation of Finite Element Models for Fluid-Structure Interaction - Linfeng Li youtube.com/watch?v=KZ_v...

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Neural Network Implementation of Finite Element Models for Fluid-Structure Interaction - Linfeng Li

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Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics (LIFD) @lifd.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

🌟 LIFD's latest monthly newsletter is out now! 🌟 July's edition includes: 📖 LIFD 5-year Report 🥳 🧫 Impact of air quality on children’s education ⛅ New Met Office Academic Partnership colleague appointed 🖥️ MULTIForm - NNUF User Access Scheme sway.cloud.microsoft/46YhWTgYbAqd...

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LIFD External Newsletter: July 2025

We are pleased to share the Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics 5-year report. This report contains a reflection on some of our key achievements and changes in the institute over the last 5 years, conc

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UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org · 30/07/2025

Amazing news that STFC Executive Chair Professor Michele Dougherty will be the new Astronomer Royal: the first woman to hold the post in its 350 year history. Congratulations from everyone at UKRI 🪐

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STFC’s Executive Chair appointed as new Astronomer Royal

The King has approved STFC Executive Chair Professor Michele Dougherty as the new Astronomer Royal.

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 28/07/2025

Marvel at spiral galaxy NGC 1309 captured in rich details by NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope 🌀 Hubble has observed this galaxy several times to study two supernova blasts and their aftermath, uncovering a 'zombie' star Read more 👉 esahubble.org/images/potw2... 🔭🧪 #extragalactic

A top-down view of a spiral galaxy, showing its brightly shining centre, its broad spiral arms and the faint halo around its disc, as well as distant galaxies and stars on a dark background. Large blue clouds of gas speckled with small stars and strands of dark dust swirl around the galaxy’s disc. A couple of the background galaxies are large enough that their own swirling spiral arms can be seen.

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Douglas Booker @douglasbooker.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Delighted to be part of this project investigating the impact of retrofit on indoor air, health, economy, & environment. I'm looking at how residents & stakeholders experienced the retrofit, & exploring contextual factors which impact implementation & outcomes borninbradford.nhs.uk/news/new-bra...

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New Bradford study launched to investigate the impact of energy efficiency retrofits on indoor air quality, health, and the environment - Born in Bradford

HEALTH researchers from Bradford are to play a lead role in investigating how improving the energy efficiency of social housing can impact on residents’ health, indoor air quality and carbon emissions...

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Royal Institution @rigb.org · 28/07/2025

Lab-grown blood could resolve shortages of rare blood types and many more problems. 🩸 Angela McLean, the Government's Chief Scientific Adviser, explains how this could transform medicine. Watch the full talk on engineering biology: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHcB...

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American Meteorological Society @ametsoc.org · 28/07/2025

Today is the last day to submit a session topic proposal for the 37th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, which will be held 30 March - 3 April, 2026 in San Diego, CA & Online! Submit now: bit.ly/4lSDuXe #AMS37Hurr

Aerial view of downtown San Diego skyline with modern high-rise buildings and waterfront piers on a clear day. Photo credit: Getty Images via Unsplash.

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Leeds City Council @leedscitycouncil.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Where do you think new development in #Leeds should be located? 💭 As part of the Leeds Local Plan, we want to hear your thoughts on the approach for locating new homes, businesses, and other types of development across Leeds. Share your thoughts: bit.ly/4nzUwuV

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Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics (LIFD) @lifd.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Now available to watch back from the CDT symposium! Saffman-Taylor Instabilities in Shear-Thinning Fluids - Ashleigh Hutchinson youtu.be/XKJGPJuFDeo

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Saffman-Taylor Instabilities in Shear-Thinning Fluids - Ashleigh Hutchinson

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Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics (LIFD) @lifd.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

⭐ Firedrake 2025 ⭐ The tenth Firedrake user and developer workshop will be held at the School of Mathematics together with Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics (LIFD), University of Leeds, from 15-17 September 2025. www.firedrakeproject.org/firedrake_25...

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Firedrake '25 — Firedrake 0+unknown documentation

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White Rose University Consortium @whiteroseuc.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Are you a postdoc ready to unlock your potential? Applications are now open for our next Prosper cohort: whiterose.ac.uk/what-we-do/w... @prosperpostdoc.bsky.social

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Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics (LIFD) @lifd.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

This is the 5th and final of this round of such appoints across the University in SEE, Geography, Maths and Computer Science, which will strengthen links between @universityofleeds.bsky.social and @metoffice.gov.uk

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Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics (LIFD) @lifd.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

@universityofleeds.bsky.social is pleased to welcome Dr Ben Booth to a 0.2 FTE role in the School of Computer Science. Ben is AI Lead for the @metoffice.gov.uk AI4Climate Downscaling Flagship project. He has an interest in risk and exploring climate hazards.

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Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics (LIFD) @lifd.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Congratulations to EPSRC CDT Fluid Dynamics student Jacob Perez on passing his viva! Jacob's PhD was on Characterising North Atlantic Eddy Driven Jet Variability. Jacob is now working for Moody's as a graduate model analyst.

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Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics (LIFD) @lifd.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

⭐ We are pleased to announce the appointment of LIFD's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee⭐️ Dr Claire McIlroy Dr Tom Ranner Dr Thomas Robshaw Dr Timon Salar Gutleb fluids.leeds.ac.uk/2025/07/15/l...

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LIFD EDI Committee appointed | Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

When you build an interdisciplinary research team, how do you ensure everyone can participate equitably? And how do you help your team get over the stumbling blocks of differing language and approaches? Read Prof Paul Vickers excellent insights in Designing harmony into interdisciplinary teams 👇

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Designing harmony into interdisciplinary teams

Sonic Intangibles is an interdisciplinary hub for innovation in sound and meaning which draws expertise from researchers across the…

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

If you're an early- or mid-career researcher at University of Leeds, you have one more week to apply for our final Global Crucible cohort - which offers an opportunity to develop interdisciplinary skills and global connections. More info here: www.leeds.ac.uk/horizons-ins...

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Horizons Academy Crucible Programme

The Horizons Academy Crucible Programme brings researchers from different Universities and disciplines together to collaborate beyond their current networks.

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Leeds City Council @leedscitycouncil.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

The Leeds Local Plan is a chance to shape the future of your city. Topics include housing, development, transport and the environment. Have your say on the vision and aims of the Local Plan 👇 bit.ly/4nzUwuV

A skyline image of Leeds in which the city centre can be seen in the far distance, with a park filled with trees in the foreground.

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Burr Ito @ututuy.org · 14/07/2025

A globular star cluster. - From the series "Astrophysics in the forest".

close-up picture of a small inflorescence with many tiny flowers. It is taken from above, the grassy background is out of focus. The plant is probably a capsella bursa-pastoris, aka the "shepherd's purse".

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Prof Cath Noakes @cathnoakes.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Can you put Niagara Falls through a straw? This has some awesome explanations of fluid dynamics principles

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UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org · 08/07/2025

❗Doctoral students: want to experience first-hand how research feeds into policy? The latest round of the UKRI Policy Internships scheme is open for applications. Apply by 8 September 2025➡️ www.ukri.org/apply-for-fu...

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Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics (LIFD) @lifd.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Pleased to share one of the keynote talks from the EPSRC CDT in Future Fluid Dynamics at Leeds recent symposium Structures in Oscillating Boundary Layer Flows - Tom Eaves youtu.be/f7X7vlcnDiI

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Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics (LIFD) @lifd.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Next entry point for our new FutureLearn Fluid Dynamics course is 14th July! Deepen your knowledge of fluid dynamics and discover exciting degrees and industries where this expertise is applied. www.futurelearn.com/courses/flui...

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Fluid Dynamics - Online Course - FutureLearn

Discover how fluid dynamics shapes our world and drives industries, and how computational fluid dynamics is used to make predictions, with the University of Leeds.

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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 23/06/2025

Dear #mathsky, if you repost this, it will let people see the article for free. Thanks! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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How Bees, Beer Cans and Data Solve the Same Packing Problem (Gift Article)

Trying to fit it all in? There’s a trick to it, even in 24 dimensions.

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

“Global partnership definitely makes a difference, particularly for the project that I’m doing. Because the project is based in Africa, it’s so necessary to have people on board who are based in that country and have that contextual knowledge.”

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Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Action: Insights from Crucible Programme Participants

Crucible is our longest running, and most popular, programme — helping to develop individual researcher’s interdisciplinary skills, while…

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Douglas Booker @douglasbooker.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

This Clean Air Day, I am delighted to announce a new EPSRC funded network, HESTIA. In HESTIA we are co-developing a health-equity-centred approach to home design & retrofit, integrating existing + emerging building technologies to ⬆️ human & environmental health co-benefits, + ⬇️ health inequalities

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(Just) transitions?
The UK housing stock is undergoing an unprecedented transformation to reduce carbon emissions
The impacts of these changes on Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ), physical and mental health and wellbeing, and equity are less well known

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Integrated technologies

Delivering low-carbon, healthy, and equitable homes through design and retrofit will need multiple different technologies
Current efforts focus primarily on building fabric or system upgrades, yet there are significant opportunities through replacement technologies, smart devices, and consumer products

The picture shows a house with a range of different technologies varying from building fabric and systems upgrades, to consumer products.

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Prof Cath Noakes @cathnoakes.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

For years my research was “niche”. It didn’t fit neatly into core civil engineering and didn’t have critical mass. Luckily Leeds (and funders) supported our group, and turns out it was quite important during a pandemic. Remember you have to fund what *could* be next as well as your established peaks

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Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics (LIFD) @lifd.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Pleased to be hosting our first industry study group this week on the theme of fluids in safety problems. Thanks to Sellafield Ltd, Health and Safety Executive & ABL Group who have joined us today to share their open problems for the academic teams to tackle fluids.leeds.ac.uk/events/indus...

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University of Leeds @universityofleeds.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

The University has placed in the top 100 universities in the world for the 8th year in a row, moving up to 13th position among the 90 UK institutions on the list 🙌 The QS World University Rankings were released today, and Leeds is ranked 86th in the world.

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Are you an early- or mid-career researcher at University of Leeds who wants to build interdisciplinary skills and new connections with colleagues in South Africa and Ghana? We’ve launched applications for our final Global Crucible cohort! Find out more: www.leeds.ac.uk/horizons-ins...

Our Global Crucible 2024/25 cohort with posters depicting their research areas

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