Introducing the very first HELIX Impact Report, reflecting two and a half years of activity and achievements across the University's innovation hub. Since its launch in 2023, HELIX has rapidly evolved into a vibrant community shaped by its users, with practitioners and innovators leading events and experiments. Built on trust, HELIX empowers users to shape...
The University of Leeds has enhanced how it welcomes and prepares students studying fully online degrees, with a refreshed induction experience designed to help learners feel confident, supported and ready to succeed from the start. Helping students find their feet from day one Starting an online programme can feel daunting, especially as our students are...
The Lifelong Learning Centre and Digital Education have launched a new online course Essential Skills for Volunteers. This free, open-access e-course was co-created by the University of Leeds, Voluntary Action Leeds, voluntary and community organisations and volunteers. It offers an accessible introduction to the key skills for volunteering, including teamwork, communication, organisation and inclusion, to empower...
Conducted over a three‑week period in October, the 2025 edition of the Jisc Digital Experience survey was completed by 3,517 students, marking an +80% increase in responses from the last survey in 2023. Initial analysis has shown that key indicators of overall student satisfaction with the quality of digital learning at Leeds have increased by...
This year's Digital Education Annual Report showcases shared progress and innovation across our digital education community throughout 2024-25. Advancing digital innovation for learning at Leeds Now in its 5th edition, the report celebrates the projects, programmes and events that have enriched teaching and learning at Leeds–along with the colleagues whose expertise and commitment made them...
Learning through illustration is a long-established tradition, given that drawings and pictures have been used to inform and educate since the dawn of time. And, as our digital learning technology evolves, illustrations for education are no less relevant and applicable. At the University, illustrations remain a key component in digital pedagogy, enhancing the student learning...
HELIX – the University’s pioneering hub for digital innovation – has been shortlisted for Technological or Digital Innovation of the Year in this year’s Times Higher Education (THE) Awards. The winners of the coveted accolades will be announced at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on 13 November. Cross-disciplinary collaboration Launched in 2023, HELIX was established to...
Over 15,300 students have completed the Essential component of a new Academic Integrity tutorial, with over 7,000 completing it within the first semester of 2024/25.
Understanding the emotional experiences of both online students and educators is crucial for developing meaningful online learning programmes, researchers from the University of Leeds have found.
A new, fully online postgraduate programme is equipping professionals with specialist skills to transform the future of medicine. Designed for professionals and graduates with a biological or medical background, the new Genomic Medicine with Data Science MSc opened for applications in December 2024, with the first cohort due to start in September 2025. The programme combines data...