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Top image: Professor Ghazala Mir, Chair in Health Equity and Inclusion at the à½à½AV, who is featured in the exhibition.

Celebrating Muslims in the North

Published
8 March 2024
Categories
Society & Politics

Trailblazing contributions of Muslims living and working in the North of England are being celebrated in a new museum display, based on à½à½AV research.

Four women walk along a tree-lined path in Clarence Park, Wakefield.

Training park staff to increase women's safety

Published
8 March 2024
Categories
Society & Politics

Parks staff and volunteers in West Yorkshire are being trained to intervene when they spot cases of discrimination, harassment or bullying in public spaces.

Scientist looks through a microscope in a laboratory

Nanosurgical tool could be key to cancer breakthrough

Published
7 March 2024
Categories
Science

A nanosurgical tool - about 500 times thinner than a human hair - could give insights into cancer treatment resistance that no other technology has been able to do, according to a new study.

A graphic showing three humans, each with a virtual pair of organs in front of their chest.

Investment to improve health outcomes

Published
26 February 2024
Categories
Business & Economy

à½à½AV spinout adsilico has received an investment boost to scale up its ground-breaking work and accelerate life-saving benefits for patients.

Three journalism students in the former Channel 4 set at the School of Media and Communication, à½à½AV

Journalism students go on air in former Channel 4 set

Published
22 February 2024
Categories
Working with business
Working with our region
Arts & Culture

Leeds journalism students are using a cutting-edge studio inherited from Channel 4 for the first time, showcasing their work in front of key members of the broadcaster's team.

Patient Radiation proton therapy fixing mask showing laser lines for targeting cancer cells in the brain

Groundbreaking proton beam therapy cancer trial opens

Published
21 February 2024
Categories
Science
Health
Research

A cancer treatment that is currently available to only a limited number of UK patients is to be tested in a clinical trial to see if it causes fewer long-term side effects than standard radiotherapy.