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The UK Freshwater Quality Programme Autumn newsletter is now published. The Freshwater Quality Programme Autumn 2024 newsletter, has been produced by the Champion team based in water@leeds. The newsletter provides updates from the Champion team and the five nationwide research projects within the NERC funded programme, which each focus on different aspects of water quality. To receive...
Julia Martin-Ortega, Professor of Ecological Economics in the Sustainability Research Institute at Leeds and Associate Director for water@leeds, outlines how the powerful stories behind the amazing achievements celebrated through the Water Woman Award serve to inspire others. Learn how the 2025 awards are helping transform the research culture at Leeds and discover how you can...
Five pioneering UK research projects have each received a share of £14.5 million funding under phase two of the transforming land use for net zero, nature and people programme. The UK's efforts to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 have been significantly boosted thanks to a £14.5 million investment by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)...
As the world confronts the climate crisis, water security including access to clean drinking water and safe management of human waste and wastewater, otherwise known as sanitation, is increasingly recognised as a crucial component for both climate adaptation and mitigation. This shift is strongly reflected in University of Leeds research underpinning the first ever global guidelines...
Jal Jeevan Mission or ‘Water for Life’ mission is a flagship scheme of the Government of India to provide piped water supply to every rural household within premises. Announced by the Prime Minister in August 2019, the mission set out an ambitious target to cover the remaining 161 mn households which were lacking piped water supply in...
Win up to £500 for your research project! Our bi-annual PGR funding competition is currently open for applications, with a deadline of 12 December. We encourage PhD candidates from any discipline working on a water-related topic to apply. The award aims to provide additional funds to research postgraduates to extend the scale and scope of...
Our monthly spotlight on the work and lives of the next generation of water@leeds researchers. November 2024: Joe Kelly PhD title: Distributed thermal testing for hydrostratigraphic characterisation of shallow open-loop geothermal systems. School: Civil Engineering Supervisors: Professor Fleur Loveridge, Professor Simon Rees, Dr Adam Booth Tell us a bit about yourself I grew up in...
From Rivers to Oceans: Bridging the disconnect between freshwater and marine research communities. water@leeds and the Sustainability and Climate Change lab at Tecnológico de Monterrey are working together to bridge the gap between freshwater and marine research communities. Our goal is to better understand how these interconnected systems influence one another and to find ways...
water@leeds recognizing the inspiring power of women water@leeds is delighted to launch the fourth edition of the Water Woman Award. Water Woman aims to recognize the achievements of women in research, and their power to inspire others. By rewarding achievements by women whose work contributes to the objectives of water@leeds in securing competitive research funds,...
We are delighted to announce that Professor Laura Carter and Dr Paul Hutchings are joining the water@leeds executive team as Associate Directors for Research and Impact respectively. Laura will lead on Mission 1: Research to undertake transformational fundamental and applied research that enables us to be at the heart of the global water research and innovation community....