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    Virtual athletics challenge connects schools in Leeds and South Africa
    • Aug 18, 2021
    • 1 min

    Virtual athletics challenge connects schools in Leeds and South Africa

    Four schools from Leeds and South Africa have partnered together to take part in a unique athletics challenge, led by the Bambisanani...
    Leeds joins experts from Israel and the UK to discuss the importance of ed-tech
    • Nov 24, 2020
    • 1 min

    Leeds joins experts from Israel and the UK to discuss the importance of ed-tech

    Leeds City Council joined experts from Israel and the UK for an online event that explored how education and ed-tech have evolved during...
    Celebrating Bastille Day
    • Jul 7, 2019
    • 1 min

    Celebrating Bastille Day

    In Leeds we are proud to have 140 different nationalities living in the city, and this month our community of French speakers are...
    Leeds and Lille pupils take part in hip-hop cultural exchange
    • Jun 13, 2019
    • 2 min

    Leeds and Lille pupils take part in hip-hop cultural exchange

    This week pupils from Leeds based Allerton Primary Church of England School travelled to France to take part in an urban cultural...
    Students from Leeds take part in Lille Video Mapping Festival
    • Apr 17, 2019
    • 3 min

    Students from Leeds take part in Lille Video Mapping Festival

    This spring, students from Leeds Arts University travelled across the Channel to our partner city, Lille, to take part in the Video...
    Work experience opportunity in Lille
    • Mar 18, 2019
    • 1 min

    Work experience opportunity in Lille

    Our partner city, Lille, has a fantastic opportunity for a young person from, or living in Leeds to spend an 8 month internship working...
    US study visit puts Leeds Southbank in focus
    • Feb 18, 2019
    • 2 min

    US study visit puts Leeds Southbank in focus

    The Southbank and other regeneration projects were the focus of a visit by a group of academics and students from New England in the USA...
    Bridges to New Beginnings
    • Jan 7, 2019
    • 2 min

    Bridges to New Beginnings

    Today’s guest blog is by Dinah Beckett who works for Migration Yorkshire as the regional coordinator for unaccompanied asylum seeking...
    Studying urban regeneration in Lille
    • Oct 25, 2018
    • 2 min

    Studying urban regeneration in Lille

    Following our earlier post about the 50 year anniversary of the Leeds-Lille partnership, today we look into an academic partnership which...
    Lille call-out for young ambassadors!
    • Aug 12, 2018
    • 1 min

    Lille call-out for young ambassadors!

    Our partner city Lille in France is currently recruiting two volunteers from its partner cities for an 8-month paid work experience in...
    Leeds based Bambisanani partnership meets Lord Mayor of Leeds
    • Jul 26, 2018
    • 1 min

    Leeds based Bambisanani partnership meets Lord Mayor of Leeds

    The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Leeds, Councillors Graham and Pat Latty, recently met representatives from different organisations...
    Nǐhǎo, Lord Mayor
    • Jul 11, 2018
    • 1 min

    Nǐhǎo, Lord Mayor

    Earlier this afternoon, the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Graham Latty, has welcomed a group of students from the Chinese Xuejun High...
    Open doors for Brno social workers
    • Jun 20, 2018
    • 2 min

    Open doors for Brno social workers

    Study visits abroad have a great impact on the work of most professionals no matter what field they are in, because learning from peers...
    Youth for Peace and Democracy
    • May 7, 2018
    • 2 min

    Youth for Peace and Democracy

    The key aim of city partnerships is their contribution to international understanding and peace among nations. Where friendships grow...
    Chinese healthcare professionals visit Leeds City Region
    • Apr 22, 2018
    • 1 min

    Chinese healthcare professionals visit Leeds City Region

    A delegation of medical and healthcare professionals from Shandong province in China visited Leeds last week to look at creating new...
    The Leeds in Berlin, Singapore and New York
    • Apr 12, 2018
    • 2 min

    The Leeds in Berlin, Singapore and New York

    Yesterday, the First Round of the Leeds International Piano Competition 2018 has come to an end and successful competitors will soon be...
    Guest blog: European Youth Parliament
    • Apr 11, 2018
    • 2 min

    Guest blog: European Youth Parliament

    by Jake Moran and Annie Bowyer, Head Organisers, EYPUK As Head Organisers of the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Session of the European...
    International honour for school’s work in South Africa
    • Mar 19, 2018
    • 2 min

    International honour for school’s work in South Africa

    Based at St. Mary’s School, Menston and supported by both the University of Leeds and Leeds Trinity University, the Bambisanani...
    Leeds and Lille pledge to work together in education
    • Jun 23, 2016
    • 1 min

    Leeds and Lille pledge to work together in education

    On 16th June 2016 the partner cities of Leeds and Lille signed an agreement to work together in the field of education over the next 3...
    Leeds signs Memorandum of Understanding with Beijing Sport University
    • May 11, 2014
    • 2 min

    Leeds signs Memorandum of Understanding with Beijing Sport University

    The University of Leeds has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Beijing Sport University, China’s leading higher education...
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