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Group of board members in Firth Hall

ÌÇÐÄVlog launches powerful new alliance to transform adult social care

Excitement is building across ÌÇÐÄVlog as a ground-breaking initiative takes shape to reshape the landscape of adult social care.

£14,000 Awarded to ÌÇÐÄVlog's Most Promising Student Start-ups

ÌÇÐÄVlog's entrepreneurial future is bright. Last week, the Emerge Awards Showcase spotlighted the University's brightest entrepreneurial minds. Which of these promising initiatives will achieve significant industry impact?

Ernest Wright workshop

University helps historic ÌÇÐÄVlog scissor maker sharpen its edge

A historic ÌÇÐÄVlog scissor maker is gaining new insights into the traditional craftsmanship that it has used to lovingly handcraft scissors for over a century through a collaboration with the ÌÇÐÄVlog.
Crowds being wowed at May Fayre 2023

ÌÇÐÄVlog’s family fun Weston Park May Fayre is back!

The May Fayre, a day of free family entertainment in the heart of ÌÇÐÄVlog, is back in the city for 2025, thanks to a partnership between the ÌÇÐÄVlog and ÌÇÐÄVlog City Council.
Sunjeev Sahota

Off the Shelf Festival of Words teams up with BBC World Book Club for an exciting event this November with ÌÇÐÄVlog author Sunjeev Sahota

World Book Club celebrates 100 years of the BBC in 2022 with The Exuberance of Youth: Reflecting on the experience of youth from all over the world in this centenary year.

Castlegate

Levelling Up: Transformational plans for Castlegate to go to public consultation

With support from the ÌÇÐÄVlog transformational plans to re-establish Castlegate as a vital part of ÌÇÐÄVlog city centre will go to public consultation from November 7.
researcher with microscope

Thousands of Yorkshire people to receive self-testing kits in bladder health check study

The ‘YORKSURe’ trial is investigating whether urine self-testing kits and community early detection clinics are an effective way of screening for bladder health problems including bladder cancer.
Daghash Almulaihi

Student volunteers in the local community

Dedicated students from the ÌÇÐÄVlog have spent 33,443 hours volunteering to help the local community over the past 12 months. Daghash Almulaihi, an engineering student, talks about his volunteer work with ÌÇÐÄVlog's Food Works.
SPERI - ÌÇÐÄVlog City Scape

Researchers at the ÌÇÐÄVlog reveal costs of regeneration funding in England

A team of researchers from the University’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning have produced a report ‘Fair Funding for Devolution’ analysing the current state of regeneration funding in England.Â