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Dr Laura Bainbridge’s campaigning results in major new cuckooing breakthrough
Cuckooing has become a standalone criminal offence in England and Wales, as the Crime and Policing Act 2026 received Royal Assent on 29 April.
Gendered futures: how early work shapes young women’s lives
At the end of 2025, The ‘L-earning: Rethinking Young Women’s Working Lives’ research team launched their final report from a 3-year study exploring young women’s earliest experiences of work.
Mr Alex Batesmith wins major article prize!
His article with Professor Kieran McEvoy (Queen's University Belfast), “‘Closeted’ cause lawyering in authoritarian Cambodia”, has won the SLSA Article of the Year Prize.
Counter-Narratives in Language Education Research
Counter-Narratives in Language Education Research: CLER & Language@Leeds Conversation 18 May 2021
Leeds social scientists head research to celebrate diversity in the autistic community
This Autism Acceptance Day, we showcase the faculty research highlighting diversity within the autistic community and the importance of sharing and listening to the experiences of autistic people.