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SPRING Award winners 2023

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We are delighted to announce our latest SPRING award winners. The SPRING competition is a funding award which is part of water@leeds’ Mission 4: Next Generation – to train the next generation of water experts who will develop the knowledge, skills and interdisciplinary awareness to make a positive contribution to tackling water-related challenges. The award is open...

water@leeds at the heart of global research - Webinar Series

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A series of webinars by water@leeds researchers have been watched around the world. The University Advancement team invited four water@leeds researchers to present their work in a series of webinars for Leeds alumni. The webinars were attended by 192 alumni from 45 countries around the world including Argentina, Australia, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Cyprus,...

How the UK's rivers are being overlooked and why we need to fix them

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The New Scientist interviewed Professor Joseph Holden on the work of the NERC Freshwater Quality Programme. The article published on 2 April 2023 is added below, with PDF version here: New Scientist The UK's rivers are in a shocking state, which could get worse with climate change and ongoing pollution. Researcher Joseph Holden at the...

Water Woman Award Winners 2023

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We are delighted to announce the Water Woman Award Winners for 2023 to mark International Women's Day on Wednesday 8 March 2023. The water@leeds Water Woman Award was launched in 2020 in collaboration with Athena Swan teams to recognize the achievements of women in research, and their power to inspire others. By rewarding achievements by...

Water Woman Award for a Lifetime Contribution - Dr Fiona Zakaria

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We make this Water Woman Award in recognition of the lifetime contribution of Dr Fiona Zakaria. Dr Zakaria, who passed away in December 2022, was a rising star of public health engineering research, with over ten years of research experience.  Fiona was an active part of the WASH Research group at the University of Leeds...

British Hydrological Society water@leeds Webinar 2023

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We are delighted to announce the water@leeds BHS Webinar 2023 will take place on Wednesday 1 March. This is a collaborative annual event in which BHS highlights current hydrological research carried out by PGR students at the University. This year we highlight the work of researchers from the Schools of Earth and Environment and Civil...

The Global Phosphorus Challenge: delivering societal impact from environmental research

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Join us on 30 March 2023 for a networking event which is an opportunity for academics at all levels to discuss most recent research on the global phosphorus challenge and reflect on what societal impact can be derived from such research from the perspective of multiple disciplines. Participants will explore the multidimensional environmental challenges revolving around...

Applications open for Water Woman Award 2023

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water@leeds with Athena Swan teams partnering to recognize the inspiring power of women.   water@leeds in partnership with faculty Athena Swan teams are delighted to launch the third 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...

New research will improve the quality of UK rivers

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Five new research projects have launched to investigate how pollution impacts UK rivers. The projects form a UK wide Freshwater Quality Programme which is being co-ordinated by Programme Champions, Professors Joseph Holden and Pippa Chapman.  Most UK rivers fail to meet good ecological status  Scientists will: create new tools for monitoring freshwater pollution; study how...

water@leeds seminar: Global Flood Risk Assessment – Regional Realities

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In a follow-up seminar to the Global Flood Partnership 2022 meeting held recently at the University of Leeds, we have three talks by regional experts exploring the realities of flood risk for: Nigeria, the Congo Basin and Bangladesh. All three speakers have travelled to Leeds to share their experience and knowledge in this in-person seminar....