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Summer sports treat
This summer’s new Active Lifestyles programme at the
Sports Centre is your perfect opportunity to try out some
fun and healthy activities.
Staff can get over their fear of heights by scaling a climbing wall, limber up at pilates, or attend a class focused on toning legs, bums and tums. Sessions held at various times. Parents with children aged 5 to 13 may also be interested in the new summer sports camps run by qualified coaches at Weetwood Hall.
To book a place, phone Patrick Craig on ext. 37541 or email p.m.craig@leeds.ac.uk. For more details, go to www.leeds.ac.uk/sport
Reporter goes green
The Reporter is now printed on 60%
recycled Era Silk paper, which is almost
identical to regular paper but uses a
fraction of the water and energy during
manufacturing. It is totally chlorine free,
and any virgin pulp fibres originate from
sustainably managed forests.
Environmental officer Keith Pitcher said 50% of all paper purchased by the University now has recycled content: “Buying recycled paper doesn’t mean compromising on quality or affordability, so we aim to increase this figure to over 90% by the end of the year.”
Ask Media Services (phone ext. 32668) about printing with recycled paper.
School leavers realise their pure potential
More than 500 school students who are yet to decide their path in life will be encouraged to reconsider the benefits of higher education at an
all-day event on 7 July at the University of Leeds.
The students will hear a series of presentations on what student life at Leeds is really like, get advice on career options and degree courses, tips on how to make their application stand out from the crowd, and be introduced to some of the UK’s leading graduate employers.
Head of access and community engagement, Ceri Nursaw, said: “We’ve seen students who believed that universities such as Leeds are not for people like them. This event addresses those misconceptions and shows them what life here is really like.”
The event is held in partnership with Pure Potential, an independent organisation that encourages bright students from state schools to lift their aspirations. Research shows that private school students are nearly twice as likely to get a place at a Russell Group university compared to state-educated youngsters. For details visit http://www.purepotential.org
Staff festival
Here’s the best excuse yet for finishing work
early on Friday, 7 September. Join your
colleagues, friends and family on campus
for a celebratory staff festival on Friday, 7
September. Starting at 3pm, there will be live
music, market stalls, entertainment, food and
drink, and have-a-go activities until 7.30pm.
The festival’s finale will be a ceilidh (party with traditional music and dancing) from 7.30pm until 9pm in our newly refurbished Refectory. Phone Kim Shutler on ext. 34027, or email k.shutler@adm.leeds.ac.uk www.leeds.ac.uk/staff_festival
Rediscover the
Renaissance
The Leeds Waits (official borough musicians)
will perform a selection of Renaissance
music at Bodington Hall on Sunday, 8
July, dating from the time of the first Royal
Charter of Leeds in 1626, using sackbut,
curtal, and other medieval wind instruments.
This concert forms part of the International Medieval Congress being held at the University of Leeds. Tickets cost £7.50, phone Marta Cobb on 0113 343 3614 or email imc@leeds.ac.uk. For details of other events visit www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/imc