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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...
Aug 18, 20211 min read


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...
Nov 24, 20201 min read


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...
Jul 8, 20191 min read


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...
Jun 14, 20192 min read


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...
Apr 18, 20193 min read


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...
Mar 18, 20191 min read


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...
Feb 18, 20192 min read


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...
Jan 7, 20192 min read


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...
Oct 26, 20182 min read


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...
Aug 13, 20181 min read


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...
Jul 27, 20181 min read


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...
Jul 12, 20181 min read


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...
Jun 21, 20182 min read


Youth for Peace and Democracy
The key aim of city partnerships is their contribution to international understanding and peace among nations. Where friendships grow...
May 8, 20182 min read


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...
Apr 23, 20181 min read


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...
Apr 13, 20182 min read


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...
Apr 12, 20182 min read


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...
Mar 19, 20182 min read


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...
Jun 24, 20161 min read


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...
May 12, 20142 min read
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