*PhD studentship available to research heritage and health* Applications are open for a fully funded studentship from October 2026 @universityofleeds.bsky.social under AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships (CDP) scheme. Find out more 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/new...

Members of the Postgraduate Education Practitioners' (PEP) Network met earlier this month. Topics for discussion included UKVI rule changes - you can read a write-up of the event on our website.

UKCGE | Postgraduate Education Practitioners Network Clinic — April…

On April 15th 2026, the Co-Chairs of our Postgraduate Education Practitioners’ (PEP) Network, Susanna Broom and Kerri Gardiner, held a Network Clinic…

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Here are the wonderful videos from the final of our Three Minute Thesis competition: masterpieces of succinct research communication. #3mt #threeminutethesis #universityofleeds #leeds #research #phd #phdlife youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Watch all the talks from the finalists of the University of Leeds 3MT Final 2026. #3mt #threeminutethesis #universityofleeds #leeds #research #phd #phdlife

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www.linkedin.com/posts/yanhua... What a great afternoon. Such a pleasure to see and hear our postgraduate researchers at their best. #3MT

#3mt #threeminutethesis #researchcommunication #publicengagement #researchshowcase #universityofleeds #postgraduateresearchers #phdlife #doctoralcollege #sciencecommunication #academicspeaking… | Yanh...

We’re delighted to share that the 2026 University of Leeds Three Minute Thesis (#3MT) Final successfully concluded on 18 March. Seven PhD finalists from across the University delivered compelling an...

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Last Graduate Board of the calendar year today including a detailed look at our Postgraduate Research Experience Survey results (small improvement on 2023) and Graduate Outcomes (showing that PGRs are doing better than any other qualification type; and are applying the skills they acquired).

It's the first of December! 🌟 We hope you enjoy all the Christmas trees being put up across campus. To celebrate the start of the festive month, look at this 1947 edition of The Gryphon! Campus never looked so merry.🎄 Play our #MuseumJigsaw: bit.ly/LULGJigsaws

📢 Our December OD&PL roundup is now live! 🎄 Find out what's coming up and explore a variety of ways you can develop your skills, confidence and career. ❄️ Read the roundup on the #UniversityofLeeds Staff Intranet. ▶️ leeds365.sharepoint.com/sites/UoL-pe... (requires UoL login)

We are Leeds Institute for Societal Futures – find out what we do at societal.leeds.ac.uk #Leeds #InstituteForSocietalFutures #LISF #HealthInequality #Polarisation #Trust #SocialCohesion

Holiday, holiday, I declare a holiday.

I love this so much. Something to think about…

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Also talked about The Onion being inefficient on purpose. www.status.news/p/the-onion-...

It’s been quite a day - my highlight was listening to two PGRs from this wonderful city talking about their experiences earlier today, but it was good to catch up with peers to discuss some current challenges. #UKCGEAC

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UKCGE Trustees Luke Windsor and Rachel Arnold chair a session for the Deans & Directors’ Network. Discussion underway on overseas PGRs. #UKCGEAC

How much does the UK spend on welfare? 🇪🇺 Relatively little compared to Europe: just 10.8% of GDP in 2023 (including sickness & disability benefits, pensions, etc.). Meanwhile, 🇫🇮Finland spends 25.7% of GDP & 🇫🇷France 23.8%. #ChartOfTheDay #Welfare

Every UK resident is £355 better off per year as a result of international students. Even for those who are not convinced by the immense cultural and intellectual contribution of international students, even for those unaware of the cross-subsidy ground breaking research they allow, 1/

@adamrutherford.bsky.social finishes our day with a flourish, with a history of people giving their most personal data, their genome, to private organisations, and how data is manipulated for racism & eugenics. "Data is never neutral. Science is always political. Race is social construct" #LKFS2025

Now @adamrutherford.bsky.social is back to provoke us #LKSF2025 looking forward to this…

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I had a marvellous time ruining everything. Scientist. President of @Humanists_UK Lecturer in Genetics @UCL Genetics, race, eugenics, books, cricket, +–=÷× @kbjmanagement adamrutherford.com

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I’ve been finding today a bit much so in an unusual step I have been playing along with Masters of Reality in a break between sessions… (the seminar is great BTW it’s the other stuff ;-))

here's my presentation to the super #LKFS2025; super important conversations. Many thanks to @masudk.com and colleagues for showing the way to knowledge futures. and here's Allan Ginsberg on the library dancefloor! anatomiesofpower.wordpress.com/2025/06/27/k...

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I want to start in a singular place of culture, the British Museum. From the Great Court one can now peer into that symbol of human knowledge, the round reading room.  We all somehow have it i…

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The final panel session on “International Perspectives on Knowledge” starts now. Chaired and beautifully started by @jsendall.bsky.social and with wonderful panel members including Jonathan Bengtson, Dr. Rangashri Kishore, Patti Cheung, and Lindiwe Soyizwapi. #LKFS2025

Hugely entertaining talk from @adamrutherford.bsky.social at #LKFS2025 “Information transfer is definitional human” (unlike e.g. toolmaking, use of fire)

I am delighted that @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social and @lulgalleries.bsky.social are hosting the inaugural Knowledge Futures Symposium today. An amazing speaker lineup discussing the future of knowledge in a world full of mis/dis-information, fake news, and other contemporary challenges. #LKFS2025

Fantastic to see this - wonderful to work with @whiteroseuc.bsky.social on delivering this exciting programme - and with such a lovely group too!

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Curious about the power of collaboration? We caught up with @truzaar.bsky.social from @york.ac.uk, a participant in our #CrucibleProgramme. They shared how the programme is enriching their research and fostering new ways of thinking. whiterose.ac.uk/news/spotlig...

Professionals who work to support doctoral candidates, whether in managerial or academic roles, have key roles to play in embedding inclusive practice to support gender equity in universities. Read this EUACDE #DoctoralDebate article at buff.ly/tTpzYjO @uniofnottingham.bsky.social

The Doctoral Debate

The Doctoral Debate: commentary and analysis on trends in doctoral education

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Our PhD alumnus Dr Yinwen Mai reflected on his experience of the International Medieval Congress last year ahc.leeds.ac.uk/medieval/new.... Attendance is free for our students. Looking forward to seeing everyone this year. Come to the IMS reception on 7 July at 6 pm #medievalsky #IMC2025

IMS alumnus Dr Yinwen Mai reflects on the International Medieval Congress 2024

The International Medieval Congress for 2024 took place 01-04 July. Here, Institute for Medieval Studies alumnus Dr Yinwen Mai discuses his experience of attending and participating in the Congress.

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I may be revisiting the recording of today’s launch - which was packed full of insights… @ukcge.bsky.social @annabull.bsky.social @the1752group.bsky.social

UK Council for Graduate Education@ukcge.bsky.social · last yr.

We've just published a free toolkit in collaboration with Dr Anna Bull, Dr Kelly Prince and @the1752group.bsky.social‬. It covers how reports of harassment and sexual misconduct by postgraduate researchers should be addressed by universities. bit.ly/3ZYPi1q

Have you booked yet for our Annual Conference: Transitions and Transformations in Postgraduate Education? It takes place in Glasgow in July and the programme is now available online. ukcge.ac.uk/events/a...

UKCGE | Annual Conference 2025

Higher education is undergoing a period of significant change, accelerated by the current financial crisis, declining international student numbers, new…

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Read Dr Anna Bull's comment piece in Nature about the toolkit for addressing harassment and sexual misconduct experienced by PGRs (it's available for free download on both the UKCGE and the 1752 Group websites). www.nature.com/artic...

PhD students face high risk of sexual harassment — can universities stop perpetrators?

Nature - A toolkit outlines how academia can prevent various forms of misconduct.

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With Leeds IMC 2025 less than a month away, this rough guide I wrote a couple of years ago may be of use to some of the new faces #IMC2025 #medievalsky salutemmundo.wordpress.com/2023/05/18/a...

A Rough Guide to Leeds International Medieval Congress

Normally on the blog we try to pitch our posts to a reasonably broad audience. We want what we write to be interesting and useful to people inside and outside the academy. Whether we always succeed…

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Generalization bias in large language model summarization of scientific research | Royal Society Open Science

Artificial intelligence chatbots driven by large language models (LLMs) have the potential to increase public science literacy and support scientific research, as they can quickly summarize complex scientific information in accessible terms. However, when ...

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Cuckoo flower (I think) has spontaneously appeared on our unmown lawn along with quite a lot of cuckoo spit. No actual cuckoo so far. #wildflowerhour

University of Leeds PhD Alumnus Matthew Bourne hiding behind a microphone and messing with his sampler before his gig tonight at the Howard Assembly Rooms with Keeley Forsyth. Good to shake his hand again: it’s been too long.