Leeds Magazine: Breaking New Ground

The Ukrainian refugee making the most of her scholarship at Leeds

An unrivalled arsenal of imaging technologies is helping scientists and clinicians to turn discovery in the lab into new treatments for patients.  

Professor Dave Healy discusses whether a solution to our energy problems may lie just 100 metres underground.

As the first female commentator on Match of the Day, sports broadcaster Jacqui Oatley MBE has paved the way for women in football.

The Duchess of Kent was the University’s longest-serving Chancellor, but during her tenure she also secretly became a primary school music teacher in Hull. 

For over 30 years, Jane Featherstone has been the driving force behind some of the best-loved programmes in television. Yet without a well-designed prospectus and a football legend, her life might be very different today.

Researchers have scaled new heights to show how climate change affects even the remotest areas of the planet. A team led by Professor Duncan Quincey travelled to the roof of the world to examine changing temperatures in the vast Khumbu Glacier, just below Mount Everest. 

Inspired by his time in Leeds, alumni volunteer Dr Sharique Ahmed Khan has opened access to education for underprivileged communities back home in India. 

Khadijah Ibrahiim lost her undergraduate dissertation hours before the deadline. Receiving an honorary degree this summer proved a good deal less stressful.

Catherine Connolly stormed to victory in the Irish presidential election in October. Leeds historian Dr Alan MacLeod discusses the importance of the Irish presidency, and why it is so significant in modern society. 

Mark Mon-Williams discusses inequalities faced by young people in disadvantaged communities – and how research is helping policymakers address these critical issues.