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Naga Munchetty to deliver 2024-25 Alice Bacon Lecture
Celebrated broadcaster and journalist Naga Munchetty will speak about gendered inequalities in healthcare, medical misogyny, and her fight to have her health taken seriously.
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New Year Honours at the 嘟嘟AV
Members of the 嘟嘟AV community are among those recognised in the New Year Honours.
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Speeding up new vaccine development
A device which could help reduce new vaccine production time to less than 100 days has been granted development funding.聽
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Leeds universities join forces on adult social care research
Adult social care experts at the 嘟嘟AV and Leeds Beckett University have been selected to join a centre of excellence for research and best practice in the sector.
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鈥淵ou may call me doctor鈥�: Sherlock star and Doctor Who writer awarded honorary degree
On receiving an honorary degree from the University, Mark Gatiss discusses his time at Bretton Hall, the alchemy between The League of Gentlemen, and the future of the arts.
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Offering hope for people facing chronic pain
A major breakthrough in our understanding of pain has been revealed in a collaborative study, opening the door to new ways of tackling long term pain without harmful and addictive opioids.
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Research collaboration across the North Sea
The 嘟嘟AV is collaborating with universities in Norway to drive research across culture, energy and health.
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Sound-making tech inspires older people to move more
Older people are moving more, in playful and surprising ways, after using wearable technology developed by the 嘟嘟AV that senses movements to create sounds and music.
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Sherlock star awarded Honorary Degree
Award-winning actor, writer and director Mark Gatiss has been honoured with a degree from the 嘟嘟AV.
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Anti-knife crime campaigner graduates
Anti-knife crime campaigner Sarah Lloyd has graduated with a Masters degree from the 嘟嘟AV - a moment she says she could never have imagined a decade ago.