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Pages in category "Alumni of the University of Leeds" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,192 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
An honorary degree or a degree honoris causa (Latin: 'for the sake of the honour') is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived the usual requirements (such as matriculation, residence, study and the passing of examinations).
Alumni of the University of Leeds (1,192 P) M. Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the Combined English Universities (8 P) V.
It offers a range of BA and BSc undergraduate programmes some offered in conjunction with other university departments, including, the Institute for Transport Studies [2] and the School of Earth and Environment. [3] A range of geography elective modules are available for students from any discipline undertaking courses at Leeds.
Selig Brodetsky (1888–1954), mathematician, President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Anthony Carrigan (lecturer in postcolonial literature and cultures, 2013–16) Anastasios Christodoulou, Deputy Secretary of Leeds University and Foundation Secretary of the Open University; Pit Corder, professor and applied linguist (1961–1964)
In 1949 Bretton Hall College, a teacher training college founded by Alec Clegg specialising in innovative courses in design, music and the visual and performance arts, opened in the historic Bretton Hall in West Bretton, Yorkshire. It became an affiliated college of the University of Leeds, which validated its degrees.
Blue Plaques at Leeds University. St George's Field, part of the University of Leeds campus, is the former Woodhouse Cemetery, where is buried Pablo Fanque (William Darby), who was a black circus proprietor for 30 years during the Victorian period. [124] [125] Fanque's wife, Susannah Darby, is also buried at the cemetery. There is a monument ...
Owing largely to the international nature of the postgraduate courses offered at POLIS, 50% of postgraduates are international students The School is also closely linked with the Leeds University Centre for African Studies (LUCAS).