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Last month marked the first collaboration between the University’s Sustainable Garden and University Farm, creating a promising new circular loop on campus. The initiative centres around used straw from the farm—once bedding for animals, now a nutrient-rich addition to the garden’s vegetable beds. Instead of going to waste, this by-product is being repurposed to boost...
Our Positive Impact Partners (PIP) programme is facilitating an innovative partnership between Bradford 2025's sustainability partner, academics and professional services staff from the University of Leeds and University of Bradford to explore the tracking and reporting of carbon emissions linked to the year-long festival. An exciting step forward for sustainability in the Cultural sector Bradford 2025...
We’re thrilled to announce a new research partnership that aims to align nature recovery policies with grassroots community action to create a greener, healthier and more biodiverse Leeds. This project utilises Leeds Social Science Institute’s PGR Placement scheme to connect PhD researcher Xiaojia Lyu with Hyde Park Source, an environmental charity specialising in improving health and...
The Sustainable Garden is about to undergo an exciting relaunch, creating a beautiful edible and wildlife friendly garden at the heart of campus. Located next to the Roger Stevens building, the Sustainable Garden was originally installed in 2015. The design was based on the University’s ‘water@Leeds’ gold award-winning RHS flower show entry and included a...
The University of Leeds has been ranked 52nd globally for its contribution towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) according to the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2024 published on 12 June 2024. With almost 2,000 participating universities in more than 100 countries, the University achieved an overall score of 91.7% for its contribution to...
Positive Impact Partners (PIP) is the University of Leeds gateway to connect the third sector and civic partners with our staff and students, to network, share knowledge and experiences, and form new partnerships. PIP has been developed in collaboration with staff and our external partners to increase collaboration, build knowledge and capacity to deal with local societal challenges and positively contribute to...
The Covid-19 pandemic disproportionately impacted the health, wellbeing and prosperity of our local communities. In April 2021 the Positive Impact Partners (PIP) programme invited university and third sector colleagues to join a workshop to explore the main challenges communities face post-Covid, discuss the existing examples of effective partnerships, and identify the ways in which we...
The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings recognises the University as one of the top three in the UK. The impact rankings measure university impact across the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which cover everything from reducing inequalities and making cities safe resilient spaces to sustainable procurement. Globally, Leeds placed joint 11th with Newcastle University and joint third in the UK out of 766 educational institutions worldwide. This year is the first time the University has...