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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...
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...
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 18th SPRING competition. The SPRING award provides additional funds to research postgraduates to extend the scale and scope of their projects. Up to £500 is awarded and winners also receive an invitation to present at water@leeds annual Confluence. The competition is open to PGRs working on water-related research...
Our monthly spotlight on the work and lives of the next generation of water@leeds researchers. This month we spoke with : Mahbub-Ul Alam PhD Title: Behavioural determinants of household wastewater management in urban Dhaka, Bangladesh School: School of Civil Engineering Supervisors: Dr Paul Hutchings, Professor Barbara Evans Tell us a bit about yourself: I was...
Our monthly spotlight on the work and lives of the next generation of water@leeds researchers. Name: Tamba Komba PhD Title: Vulnerability and Resilience Assessment of Freetown (Sierra Leone), Urban Water System School: School of Geography, Faculty of Environment Supervisors: Professor Joseph Holden and Dr. Gordon Mitchell Tell us a bit about yourself: I am a...
Our monthly spotlight on the work and lives of the next generation of water@leeds researchers. Name: Ankitha Manohar PhD Title: Mapping Small-Scale Mariculture Sites and Assessing Their Socio-Economic and Nutritional Impacts in the Philippines School: School of Earth and Environment, Faculty of Environment Supervisors: Prof Piers Forster, Dr Maria Beger, Dr Rory Padfield, Dr Danielle Robinson Tell...
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...
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...
Our monthly spotlight on the work and lives of the next generation of water@leeds researchers. September 2024: Luis Fernando Amador Castro PhD title: Enhancing water quality management in the Santiago River Basin via alternative monitoring approaches and effective communication School/ Faculty: School of Geography Supervisors: Prof. Misael Gradilla Hernandez (Tec de Monterrey), Dr. Gabriela Lopez...
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 17th SPRING competition. The SPRING award provides additional funds to research postgraduates to extend the scale and scope of their projects. Up to £500 is awarded and winners also receive an invitation to present at water@leeds annual Confluence. The competition is open to PGRs working on...