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Students making models at the 2026 Women in Stem outreach event

An immersive on-campus event welcomed 80 female and non-binary students from local schools, encouraging the next generation of engineers and scientists.

Professor Pietro Valdastri holding a multi-scale approach with a magnetic tentacle (milli-scale) coming out from a flexible endoscope (meso-scale).

The University of Leeds has secured major UKRI funding to lead a new international research project developing magnetic robotic technologies for minimally invasive surgery.

38 attendees of the 2025 IEEE Summit, standing in three rows and smiling at the camera

Students have described how they were empowered and inspired to pursue careers in engineering at a Leeds summit.

Fareda AlWakeel using pliers on a plastic wood and metal frame in a workshop

The University of Leeds has begun an exciting collaboration with REMAP, a UK charity that improves the quality of life for people who experience disability through infirmity, illness, or ageing.

Robot arms autonomously maintaining protective netting in an agricultural nursery.

The UK leads in robotics research, but why aren’t we making more robots? A new white paper from academics at the University of Leeds and industry partners explores this critical question.