Leeds to host Q-Step Centre as part of 19.5 million funding programme

Leeds will join a network of Q-Step Centres across the UK, all of which have received funding from Q-Step, a scheme designed to promote a step-change in quantitative social science training for undergraduates.

The scheme addresses the shortage of quantitatively social scientist graduates with the necessary skills to evaluate evidence, analyse data, and design and commission research - skills essential to employers across all sectors.

Q-Step is funded by the Nuffield Foundation, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). The 19.5 million funding partnership is the largest in recent times  focussed on undergraduate social science education in the UK. Find out how Leeds is involved.

Leeds embarks on biggest academic recruitment drive

The University of Leeds is offering 250 new opportunities for academic researchers.

A 100m investment, "250 great minds" launched on Wednesday 1 October and will recruit 250 early career academic fellows over the next three years.

For more information about research in the Schools and Institute in the Faculty of Environment please visit the websites below.

• Institute for Transport Studies
• School of Earth and Environment
• School of Geography

For details of opportunities from this initiative available in the Faculty search the database under 'Faculty of Environment' at 250greatminds.leeds.ac.uk.

Global importance of pollinators underestimated

A major study, published today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B and co-authored by the School of Geography Dr Guy Ziv, looks at the importance of pollinators to 115 of the most common food crops worldwide and the importance of those crops in delivering vital nutrients to vulnerable populations. Read more.