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Win up to £500 for your research project. Our PGR funding competition is currently open for applications, with a deadline of 5pm on 18 December 2025. We encourage applications from PhD candidates at the University of Leeds working on a water-related topic from any discipline. The award aims to provide additional funds to extend the...
We are delighted to congratulate Professor Julia Martin-Ortega, Associate Director for water@leeds, who has been appointed to Natural England's Science Advisory Committee (NESAC). NESAC provides high-quality independent scientific advice, challenge and review to Natural England’s Science, Evidence and Analysis functions and works to strengthen its relationship with the wider scientific community. On her appointment, Julia...
Lough Neagh - Microbial Source Tracking for Enhanced Environmental Analysis Funding available: up to £820,000 at 80% full economic cost (equivalent to £1,025,000 at FEC). Call opening: 20th October 2025 Call closing: 23:00 GMT, 1 December 2025 Funding source: The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) ...
A big thank you to all who came along to share their water research at our Annual Confluence on 16th October. With 30 presentations showing the breadth and depth of water research taking place across the University, there was a lot of energy in the room! We welcomed 80 delegates keen to discover potential collaborations...
water@leeds would like to invite you to engage in a voluntary activity where you reflect upon your experiences of allyship towards women working in Higher Education. This is a water@leeds Water Woman Award Initiative open to all male water@leeds colleagues (University of Leeds staff only). It stems from the water@leeds team being asked by male...
In 2024, Ice Club submitted written evidence to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee for their report on The UK and the Antarctic environment. This report has now been published, with their evidence cited widely, particularly in providing recommendations on the support from UKRI to ECRs in glaciology. Ice Club is a PGR led group comprised of...
water@leeds was privileged to host Mr Pedro Arrojo-Agudo United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation at University of Leeds on 21 May 2025. water@leeds Associate Director, Professor Julia Martin-Ortega hosted Mr Arrojo-Agudo for a day of activities which included a focus group where we heard about the work...
water@leeds are pleased to announce that they are a core partner for the Allwaters consortium, a recently submitted bid to the European Institute of Technology’s Knowledge and Innovation Community(KIC) on Water, Marine and Maritime. We are delighted to have been involved in the leadership and development of a launch-ready project which will help shape the...
In May 2025, a research team led by Dr Josie South, School of Biology along with Dr Dumisani Khosa, freshwater ecologist at Kruger National Park, embarked on a two-week expedition to the Kruger National Park (KNP), one of South Africa’s most iconic conservation areas. Their mission: to explore the health of the rivers that sustain...
water@leeds and the Meanwood Valley Partnership were delighted to host the Empowering Citizen Science Partnerships event at the University of Leeds on June 11th. The event brought together eight local groups involved in water quality monitoring across the Leeds area, alongside other environmental stakeholders. With a lively mix of newer and more established citizen science...