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Have your say on proposed A660 road improvements  

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Connecting Leeds, Leeds City Council’s Highways and Transport team have opened a consultation on their proposed plans to improve the safety on the A660 (Otley Road / Headingley Lane). The consultation takes place online until Sunday 5 March 2023, with in person events taking place at locations including Leeds University Union.  The proposals focus on...

University awarded Gold Hedgehog Friendly Campus status

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The University has achieved Gold Hedgehog Friendly Campus status, thanks to collaborative efforts to improve and protect hedgehog habitats across our campus.   Hedgehog Friendly Campus is a national programme funded by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society to raise awareness of hedgehogs in urban settings and offers practical steps, training and support for universities to...

Join us at the Fresh Start Sustainability and Community Fair

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The Sustainability Service will be attending the Sustainability and Community Fair on Thursday 2nd February in Parkinson Court from 10am-4pm as part of the Fresh Start Festival. The fair will showcase the wide range of opportunities to support sustainability and community initiatives around the University. Come and chat to us about the different work going on...

First Gold LEAF accreditation awarded to PIXC lab

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Congratulations to the PIXC Research Facility in the Faculty of Biological Sciences for achieving the first Gold LEAF accreditation at the University of Leeds! LEAF (Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework) is a tool that was developed by University College London (UCL) to help researchers, staff, and students understand and improve the sustainability and efficiency of their...

Welcome to our nine new Blueprint teams

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We’re pleased to announce that the Sustainability Service has recently welcomed nine new Blueprint teams to our engagement programme which supports Schools and Services to understand their sustainability impacts.  Each new Blueprint team will work with us to develop their own unique, 5-year action plan and join our Blueprint community in collaborating on sustainable change at the University. ...

First trees planted at Gair Wood

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The first tree has been planted at Gair Wood, one of the most significant woodland development schemes in the region. Located next to Golden Acre Park, the site will be planted with more than 66,000 trees, a mixture of broadleaf species including oak, alder, hornbeam, wild cherry and silver birch. As they grow they will...

Applications open for the 2023 Student Sustainability Research Conference

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Applications to present at the University of Leeds 2023 Student Sustainability Research Conference are NOW OPEN!   The 2023 Student Sustainability Research Conference (SSRC) provides students from any discipline and level (undergraduate through to PhD) the opportunity to share their research and learn from others in a professional conference environment. The conference is back in person...

Student 'Good to Give' donations benefit local community

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A new Good to Give programme collected 480 bags of goods during the student tenancy changeover period for the benefit of the local community. The Sustainability Service worked in collaboration with Leeds Beckett University to pilot the new programme for the 2022 student tenancy changeover period. Good to Give is aimed at reducing waste and...

Shared Future appointed to lead business travel policy development

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Update December 2022: Following a review of our approach to reducing business travel emissions, we have decided to adopt an in-house process to better meet our aims, and have agreed upon taking this new approach with Shared Future CIC, the original consultants. This is to enable a comprehensive engagement exercise to understand better the complexities...

Student innovation wins Platinum Jubilee Challenge

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An innovative project developed by a Leeds student has won a prestigious national competition designed to accelerate the path to net zero across UK universities and colleges.  The idea, developed by PhD student Seb Stroud, was selected as one of five winners.  Launched to mark the The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, the competition invited students from...