Leeds has risen nine places in the 2026 Guardian University Guide. The Guardian guide ranks UK institutions by subject, looking at student satisfaction, staff numbers, spending and career prospects.

The University of Leeds farm is to become a pioneering research station to test and accelerate climate-smart agricultural ...

Almost half of school pupils currently on free school meals will have started their formal education without the necessary skills to thrive, according to new research.

A peatland complex in the Congo Basin which is known to be a globally important carbon store is twice as old as previously thought, according to a new scientific study. An international team of ...

A new, free, online support package aims to empower parents of young autistic children to look after their dental health – and reduce levels of tooth decay and surgery. It follows a study led by the ...

The central estimate of the remaining carbon budget for 1.5°C is 130 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide and will be exhausted in a little more than three years at current levels of emissions. The latest ...

A kinder treatment for anal cancer involving a lower dose and shorter course of radiotherapy is more effective than traditional treatment, a clinical trial led by Leeds researchers has found. Patients ...

A glacier in Antarctica is committing “ice piracy” – stealing ice from a neighbour – in a phenomenon that has never been observed in such a short time frame, say scientists. This activity was ...

International education providers across the UK and Africa are working together to build skills in machine learning and data science. The Development in Africa with Radio Astronomy (DARA) project, led ...