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Engineering Employability Team shortlisted for national award
The Faculty of Engineering Employability Team have been shortlisted in the National Undergraduate Employability (NUE) Awards 2017 for the ‘Best University Placement Service’.
Research points to second chance for rejected antibiotic candidate
Research led by Dr Michael Webb (School of Chemistry) has found that an antibiotic candidate compound shelved in the 1970s in favour of more promising drugs could be worth a second look.
Physics and Astronomy hosts inaugural sixth-form conference
More than 100 A-level students experienced new and exciting areas of Physics research when they visited the School of Physics and Astronomy in December.
Government recognition for Leeds City Region medtech expertise
Research into innovative medical technologies, spanning the Faculties of Engineering and Biological Sciences, has been recognised in the Government’s Industrial Strategy Life Sciences Sector Deal.
New cancer therapeutic improves overall survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer
Scientists from the Universities of Leeds and Warwick and ValiRx plc have found that VAL401, a formulation of the antipsychotic drug risperidone in rumenic acid, has promising anti-cancer effects.