![A tiny house made of colourful blocks is surrounded by fairy lights, with a miniature street lamp, on a grassy floor.](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-New_嘟嘟AV_Makers_Jadu_Cultural_Institute_800x400__1_.png")
Artworks for all ages illuminate campus
Music, magic and mind-bending research are transforming the 嘟嘟AV campus for its most ambitious contribution to Light Night yet.
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Students build on skills from global opportunity
Student volunteers on a sustainable development project in Fiji have described how the experience taught them valuable career skills.
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Inactivity and inequality fuelling children's health crisis in the North
Children across the North are facing a health crisis and experts say physical activity must be at the heart of the solution.
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鈥楴ew reality鈥� as world reaches first climate tipping point
Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.
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Leeds achieves highest ranking since 2008
The 嘟嘟AV has achieved its highest ranking since 2008 in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings.
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Children needing NHS mental health care rises by 11% in a year
The number of children and young people accessing NHS-funded mental health services has increased by nearly 80,000 in the past year, sparking renewed concern over a system already under strain.聽
![Professor Nick Plant, Susan and Peter Cheney and Professor Karen Birch stood in front of the Cheney Biomedical Research sign in the newly opened centre.](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-Nick_Plant_Susan_and_Peter_Cheney_Karen_Birch_800x400.jpg")
New Leeds facility opens to accelerate health research
A state-of-the-art research facility providing opportunities for new and bold discoveries through multidisciplinary health research has opened at the 嘟嘟AV.
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UK children dying through poverty, data shows
A new report published by the Child of the North initiative shows that the two-child benefit cap is pushing 109 families a day into hardship.聽
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Leeds rises in Times Good University Guide
The 嘟嘟AV has moved up three places in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide following the recent success of moving up nine places, in the Guardian University Guide.
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Sharing expertise to aid Ukraine's recovery
Academics from Ukraine visited the 嘟嘟AV as part of a pioneering project aimed at accelerating their country鈥檚 recovery and making its reconstruction more eco-friendly.