The Latest Breaking News from Leeds University

Liz Truss criticised for leaving case of UK student jailed in Saudi Arabia to officials

Ministers have not been touch with Saudi counterparts over Leeds student sentenced to 34 years for Twitter posts, government confirms

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2022

Liz Truss called to act after Saudi Arabia jails Leeds University student

Liz Truss has been called to intervene after a Leeds Unviersity student was jailed for 34 years in Saudi Arabia.

Evening Standard · Aug 21, 2022

Liz Truss urged to intervene over UK student jailed for 34 years in Saudi Arabia over Twitter use

Leeds MP calls on Liz Truss to act so imprisoned mother-of-two ‘can be freed to return to family and studies’

The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2022

Saudi woman given 34-year prison sentence for using Twitter

Salma al-Shehab, a Leeds University student, was charged with following and retweeting dissidents and activists

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2022

John Forster obituary

Other lives: Popular headteacher in Yorkshire who later became an Ofsted inspector

The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2022

University staff who can’t afford to eat ask for campus food banks

Young academics and support workers are on the breadline as the cost of living crisis bites

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2022

William and Kate hire high-flying Leeds University graduate as new PR chief

Lee Thompson has represented Great Britain as a triathlete and has been lured away from his job at a US network

Leeds Live · Jun 12, 2022

'Workouts become harder if you break good exercise habit due to crucial protein'

New research from Leeds University shows a vital protein in the body could play an important part in helping us hit our fitness goals, says Dr Miriam Stoppard

Daily Mirror · May 12, 2022

Still whanging? Dialect hunt aims to update prized English language archive

Leeds University shares library of 1950s vernacular and launches project to preserve today’s phrases

The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2022

Huge climate change protest to be held in Leeds on Friday

'There is never going to be a better time than now'

Leeds Live · Mar 24, 2022