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Kim Daybell celebrates during a table tennis match

The Paralympic doctor who sacrificed sport for the NHS

Published
24 January 2024
Categories
Alumni

Kim Daybell sacrificed his Paralympic Games in order to save lives on the NHS frontline during COVID-19. The table tennis star was inducted into the Leeds Sport Hall of Fame for his achievements.

A group of four children reading a book with a University of Leeds student on placement at Bright Beginnings Nursery on campus.

Celebrating International Day of Education

Published
23 January 2024
Categories
University

University of Leeds staff and students are passionate about improving the future for children in our community, the city of Leeds and around the world.

Harry Simpson is pictured wearing a beekeeping hat with veil.

Students show entrepreneurial spark

Published
9 January 2024
Categories
Business & Economy

Two young entrepreneurs are forging ahead with business start-ups following backing from the University of Leeds.

A black and white image of Anna May smiling, lying down, resting her head on her hand

Supporting students through grief

Published
28 November 2023
Categories
Alumni

Anna May experienced loss from an early age. She used her experiences and knowledge to set up the Student Grief Network, which aims to soften the impact of bereavement in universities across the UK.

An image made up of two pictures - a profile image of Paul Le Bond and an aeroplane

Helping the aviation sector to reach net zero

Published
20 November 2023
Categories
Alumni

From Eurostar to the Heathrow Express, Paul Le Blond has been involved with some of the UK’s most important transport projects in recent times. He’s now helping the aviation sector to reach net zero.

Tananarive Due (MA English Literature 1988) has been a leading voice in Black speculative fiction for more than 20 years

The power of horror

Published
25 October 2023
Categories
Alumni

Award-winning horror writer Tananarive Due knows how to scare. She explains what attracts us to the genre, how she creates horror, and how her time at Leeds played a key role in her success.

Leeds alum Dirk Mischendahl and co-founder Josh Lee juggle ice cream pots in front of the Northern Bloc factory

An ice cream revolution starting in Leeds

Published
27 September 2023
Categories
Alumni

Founder and director of Northern Bloc Dirk Mischendahl is doing ice cream differently. The serial entrepreneur returned to Leeds to support enterprising students starting their own business journeys.