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Leeds Beckett University (LBU), formerly known as Leeds Metropolitan University (LMU) and before that as Leeds Polytechnic, is a public university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It has campuses in the city centre and Headingley. The university's origins can be traced to 1824, with the foundation of the Leeds Mechanics Institute.
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In 1970 the college became part of Leeds Polytechnic which became Leeds Metropolitan University in 1993. [ 5 ] Leeds Metropolitan University was renamed Leeds Beckett University from September 2014: the Chancellor, Sir Bob Murray , said "We will be very proud to adopt a new name for our University which is so closely linked to the location and ...
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It was known as Leeds College of Art and Design until 2009, and then as Leeds College of Art. [7] In August 2017, the school was granted university status and the name was changed to Leeds Arts University. [8] Skin, DJ, fashion icon, actress, activist and lead singer of Skunk Anansie, was appointed as the university's chancellor in 2021. [9]
Headingley was a village until the expansion of Leeds during the Industrial Revolution and became a popular suburb where the rich moved to escape the filth and pollution of the city. In 1840, Leeds Zoological and Botanical Gardens opened but despite the opening of the nearby Headingley railway station in 1849, the zoo was loss-making and closed ...