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Sarah Lloyd stands in graduation gown in front of Clothworkers Court, redbrick buildings and decorated railings visible behind her.

Anti-knife crime campaigner Sarah Lloyd has graduated with a Masters in Social Research from the School of Sociology and Social Policy - a moment she says she could never have imagined a decade ago.

Three people in colourful smart-casual clothes stand together smiling broadly at the camera in a bright contemporary space with bold colours and lots of windows.

Centre for Disability Studies (CDS) members Johanna Knebel and Ruby Goodley, both Postgraduate Researchers (PGRs), reflect on a PGR Symposium held in the week of the 2024 Disability Studies Conference

Dr Adam Elliott-Cooper stands at a lectern, hands animated mid-presentation. Next to him is a slide showing four photographs: three of 1970s anti-racist protests, and one with a red plaque remembering the Battle of Lewisham.

The Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies (CERS) organised a 2024 Black History Month (BHM) event with Dr Adam Elliott-Cooper, Queen Mary, University of London.

Conference Banner. Text on the left (which is before a dark blue background) reads, 'Leeds Disability Studies Conference 2024'. Text on the right (which is before a picture of the Parkinson Building) reads, '3rd - 5th September #CDS24'.

Postgraduate Research students Johanna Knebel and Ruby Goodley, both members of the Centre for Disability Studies, offer their reflections below on the 2024 Leeds Disability Studies Conference.

Dr Miro Griffiths outside the Sociology building

Dr Miro Griffiths, Lecturer in Social Policy and Disability Studies in the School of Sociology and Social Policy, is at the forefront of the ongoing discussion around assisted dying.