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Collective Encounters Youth Theatre legislative theatre performance at the North West UK Parliament meeting. (Image by Collective Encounters)

Dr Matthew Elliot has book chapter published after four-year project in UK and Chile

Congratulations to Dr Matthew Elliot, Lecturer in Applied Performance and Global Challenges, who has just had a chapter published in The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Young People.

Launch of Dr Tom Tyler's book 'Game: Animals, Video Games and Humanity' at the National Videogame Museum, Sheffield.
Dr Tyler addresses the audience at the museum.

Leeds academic hosts hands-on book launch at National Videogame Museum

A Leeds academic brought his new book to life with video games, guest speakers and even an appearance by Sonic the Hedgehog.

Students outside building

New theatre company set up by aspiring entrepreneurs studying at Leeds

Two BA Theatre and Performance with Enterprise students, Harry Baker and Bethan Corner, set up a theatre management company as part of their studies.

Lgbtq life in interstitial european overseas territories

LGBTQ+ Life in Interstitial European Overseas Territories

Funding recently secured through the Languages, Cultures and Societies Key Topics Scheme for networking activities and scoping research on LGBTQ+ life in Spanish Melilla.

Left to right from top: Simon Armitage, Jodie Whittaker, Sir Michael Palin, Liz Bonnin, Dame Mary Berry and Professor Brian Cox appearing in the Transmission Report video.
Credit: BBC/The One Show

Simon Armitage’s poem celebrating 100 years of the BBC released with moving star-studded video

The Poet Laureate and University of Leeds Professor of Poetry’s centenary poem, Transmission Report, was broadcast on The One Show.