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Making moves in sustainable fashion with Scope

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In an exciting collaboration with Scope, the leading disability equality charity, we're making moves in sustainable fashion. Over the past two months, more than 30 dedicated volunteers, including students, staff, and local community members, have come together to contribute to this transformative project.  Together with Scope's retail team, we've transformed donated clothes into a unique...

The Student Sustainability Research Conference 2024: an event with collaboration at its core

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The University of Leeds Sustainability Service proudly hosted its annual Student Sustainability Research Conference on Wednesday 6 March 2024, with an unprecedented turnout that exceeded all expectations. The conference saw more than 500 people register to take part, including students, staff and community members. The event showcased the invaluable research of 108 student contributors from...

Careers in Sustainability Spotlight

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Thinking about your future career, and realising you don’t know where to start? Between 4 March - 8 March, the Careers Service are running a Sustainability Spotlight, with a host of events to help you kick start your career in sustainability! This week is designed to help you explore a sustainable future. Connect with employers...

Repair Café Success!

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Since its launch in November, our monthly Repair Café, in collaboration with Makerspace at the Edward Boyle Library, has had a fantastic impact. So far we’ve had 29 volunteers who, with the vast array of tools provided by Makerspace, have done 62 successful fixes! Students, staff, and community members alike have embraced the opportunity to...

Fighting Food Waste and Supporting the Community  

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The Sustainability Service has launched a new community pantry in collaboration with local community arts venue Left Bank. Situated at Left Bank on Cardigan Road, the community pantry is accessible to anyone to donate and collect surplus food. The project aims to promote sustainable behaviours around food consumption whilst helping people to save money, lower...

Leeds City Bikes Scheme Lands on Campus 

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A fleet of electric bikes has arrived on the University of Leeds campus as part of the Leeds City Bikes scheme, supported by the Sustainable Travel principle of the University Climate Plan.  The distinctive yellow and grey electric bikes are available to hire by the minute through an app. They are designed to help more...

Work begins on University’s Net Zero Delivery Plan 

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Work has begun this week on two projects that contribute towards the ‘delivering net zero’ principle of the University of Leeds Climate Plan.  On campus, test drilling has commenced to explore the potential to use geothermal heat to contribute to our heating requirements, whilst at the Brownlee Triathlon Centre in north Leeds, work has commenced...

Sustainable Curriculum at the Student Education Conference

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This year’s University of Leeds Student Education Conference highlighted the University’s commitment to delivering Education for Sustainable Development, with sessions focused around our Sustainable Curriculum programme.  Providing a Sustainable Curriculum is one of the seven principles of the University’s Climate Plan. It aims to give students at all levels the opportunity to study, research, work...

Sustainable Labs On Tour

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The Sustainable Labs programme is launching a roadshow tour of campus in January and February 2024 to promote engagement with sustainability in labs across the University. Staff involved with work in laboratories are invited to meet the Sustainable Labs team to find out how they can make a difference in 2024 - reducing their environmental...

2023-24 People and Planet University League Table Released

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The annual People & Planet University League for 2023-24 has been released, with the University of Leeds achieving a 2:1 classification.   The University moved up ten places from last year to be ranked 39th overall.  People & Planet is the UK's largest student campaigning organisation. Its annual People & Planet University League ranks 151 UK universities...