Leeds Digital Festival runs from April 23 - May 3. Supported by the University, the 10 day event will see a packed programme of talks and workshops across the city. 

Catriona Macleod (International Business 2014) is the accessories buying admin assistant at luxury retailer Browns. Here she explains her roundabout route into fashion buying and her experiences of the industry. 

Leeds has been recognised as one of the world's most international universities. The Times Higher Education ranking shows that Leeds has risen for a second consecutive year, and is now in the top 40 in the world.  

Brian MacArthur (English 1961) has passed away. He was 79. Brian was of the longest serving journalists in Fleet Street, and founder editor of former national newspaper Today and the Times Higher Education Supplement.

Josefin Ekermann (Chinese 2014) sadly lost her life in the recent plane crash in Eithiopia. Josefin worked to human rights defenders and was on her way to Nairobi to meet East African partner organisations.

A free, family-friendly open day on Saturday 30 March will give an insight into some of the University’s most engaging research. There will be more than 40 stalls with a range of activities for all ages, including a children's sticker trail, for 5 to 12-year-olds. 

The University has announced 50 fully-funded PhD researcher places to unlock the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in medical diagnosis and care.
A new centre for doctoral training (CDT) will be created, with a focus on the early detection, diagnosis, treatment and care of cancer.

Author Adam Higginbotham (History 1990) has just published "Midnight in Chernobyl", exploring the chilling story behind the infamous atomic disaster.

Alumni Katy Shire (Psyschology 2015) and Charlotte Clowes (Education 2003) have been working alongside Leeds academics, including former acting Vice Chancellor Professor David Sugden, on a project to see if equipping teaching staff with skills used by Occupational Therapists can help pupils improve their handwriting. 

Melanoma patients with a history of smoking cigarettes are 40 per cent less likely to survive their skin cancer than people who have never smoked, according to new research from Leeds.

Joe Williams (Maths 1995) enjoyed the Otley Run so much that he's written a book about it. "'An Otley Run" is a verse novella telling the story of a day spent doing the legendary pub crawl. 

Founding member of Leeds punk band Gang of Four, Andy Gill (Fine Art 1979), is interviewed about life forty years since their first album release.

Chairman of HSBC Mark Tucker (Textile Management 1980) is to become chair of business lobby group TheCityUK. The organisation contributes nearly a tenth of the UK’s total economic output, and employs over 2.3 million people.

Dr Eric Vickers (PhD German 1971) has passed away. He was 85.

Nathaniel Southworth (MBA 2018) has won the coveted MBA Entrepreneurial Venture Award (private sector) for his company KAP Toys Ltd. The company launched the ‘Real Talking Harry Potter Sorting Hat’, which marked the business out as ‘one to watch’ within the UK toy industry.