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    Two years of #2023PlasticFree

    Two years of #2023PlasticFree

    As our #2023PlasticFree pledge turns two, Lucy Stuart from the Sustainability Service shares her expertise on what single-use plastic is…
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    University of Leeds
    Nov 26, 2020
    Compassion can change the world

    Compassion can change the world

    2020 has been extremely stressful for the entire global population. As the year is closing, we are all longing for change. We are…
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    Simone Buitendijk
    Dec 14, 2020
    Keeping soil alive with regenerative agriculture

    Keeping soil alive with regenerative agriculture

    Researchers from the Global Food and Environment Institute examine the benefits of regenerative agriculture to celebrate World Soil Day.
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    University of Leeds
    Dec 7, 2020
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    Palliative care in Africa — more and better through digital technology?

    Palliative care in Africa — more and better through digital technology?

    Most people who need palliative care in sub-Saharan Africa can’t access it. Digital technologies could extend reach and increase impact if…
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    University of Leeds
    Dec 10, 2020
    Tackling Sri Lanka’s waste textile mountains

    Tackling Sri Lanka’s waste textile mountains

    Why former clothes designer Pammi Sinha is on a mission to recycle fashion’s cast-offs.
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    University of Leeds
    Dec 3, 2020
    Three global projects tackling antimicrobial resistance

    Three global projects tackling antimicrobial resistance

    Around the world, antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, is an ever-increasing threat. If not addressed as a matter of urgency, it could kill…
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    University of Leeds
    Nov 16, 2020
    If capitalism keeps 10 billion people employed 9–5 through mass overproduction, our planet will be…

    If capitalism keeps 10 billion people employed 9–5 through mass overproduction, our planet will be…

    Joel Millward-Hopkins, postdoctoral researcher in sustainability, examines how advanced technologies, sufficient consumption, and…
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    University of Leeds
    Nov 12, 2020
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    Sense of Belonging among LGBT Students

    Sense of Belonging among LGBT Students

    This week is Trans Awareness Week (November 13–19 2020), so we’d like to give some information on the experiences of LGBTQ students and…
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    University of Leeds: Student Education Service
    Jan 14
    Reflecting on belonging at Leeds

    Reflecting on belonging at Leeds

    I’m the Deputy Programme Manager on the Learning and Teaching programme in the Lifelong Learning Centre. Our undergraduate students are…
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    University of Leeds: Student Education Service
    Jan 14
    The importance of listening

    The importance of listening

    There’s a time for talking and a time for listening, but we don’t always find the right balance. We have to get better at listening in a…
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    Simone Buitendijk
    Jan 11
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