三、教研优势
1.概况
You will join a community of more than 3,000 postgraduates engaged in world-class research across a range of disciplines. As a postgraduate researcher you are a fundamental part of our vibrant research culture.Postgraduate research is an integral part of the University. The research you undertake will not only build on your knowledge of your subject but the wider direction of research at the University: over half of all submissions to the 2014 Research Excellence Framework included work from PhD researchers.A PhD can be the start of an academic career, or a way of developing your skills and expertise, providing a gateway to higher level roles in industry. Whatever your motivation it will be a journey which will stimulate your passion for your subject and push you to reach your potential. You will be encouraged, challenged and supported throughout your time here, and the relationships you will create will continue as you progress through your career.The University of Leeds is one of the largest research-intensive universities in the UK, offering a range of research degrees from Masters to PhDs (full-time or split-site), as well as Professional Doctorates.Our talented postgraduate researchers are making a significant contribution to global issues, working on projects that are changing the world around us.You can keep up to date on research at the University of Leeds by reading our Impact magazine and signing up for our e-newsletterWe have been awarded the Queen's Anniversary prize, the country's highest accolade for an academic institution, twice.We’re a member of the prestigious Russell Group of 24 research-intensive universities and are part of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) which comprises 19 research-intensive institutions spanning six continents. We are in the top 100 universities for academic reputation in the QS World University Rankings 2018 and in the UK top 10 for research power (a measure of quality and volume).Find out more about research at LeedsAcademic expertise.The supervisor relationship is a key factor when choosing a research degree. Our academics strive for excellence and are actively engaged in world-class research. Many also have widespread practical experience in consultancy and act as advisors to prominent national and international organisations.As a postgraduate researcher you will usually be assigned at least two academic supervisors with relevant specialist subject knowledge. One will be your main supervisor and the others will be co-supervisors. They will provide support and encouragement, challenge your ideas, offer advice on training and development, review your progress and provide guidance and feedback on your work.Supervisors draw on their own experience to guide your work, give encouragement and advise you on the direction of your research. They will be with you from the development of your research plan, through the creation of your thesis to preparing you for the viva – the final stage of your PhD.
利兹大学是英国最大的研究型密集型大学之一，在各种学科领域从事世界一流的研究。在利兹大学，您将参加2,500多名研究生研究人员的繁荣社区，这些研究人员正在为我们充满活力的研究文化做出贡献，并由我们专门的利兹博士学院你将加入一个有3000多名研究生的社区，在不同的学科领域从事世界级的研究。作为一名研究生，你是我们充满活力的研究文化的基本组成部分。研究生的研究是大学不可缺少的一部分。你所进行的研究不仅会建立在你对你的学科知识的基础上，还会建立在大学研究的更广泛的方向上:超过一半的提交到2014年的研究卓越框架，包括了博士研究人员的工作。博士学位可以是学术生涯的开始，也可以是培养你的技能和专业技能的一种方式，为你在行业中获得更高层次的职位提供了一个途径。无论你的动机是什么，它将会激发你对主题的热情，并推动你发挥自己的潜能。在这里，你会受到鼓励、挑战和支持，在你的职业生涯中，你所创造的人际关系将会持续下去。
英国利兹大学是英国最大的研究型大学之一，它提供了从硕士到博士(全职或分拆)的一系列研究学位，以及专业的博士学位。我们有才华的研究生研究人员正在为全球问题做出重大贡献，致力于改变我们周围世界的项目。你可以通过阅读我们的影响杂志和订阅我们的电子通讯来跟上利兹大学的研究。我们被授予了女王的周年纪念奖，这是英国对学术机构的最高荣誉，我们一共获得了两次。我们是拥有24个研究密集型大学的罗素集团的成员之一，也是全球大学网络(WUN)的一部分，该网络由19个研究密集型的机构组成，遍布6个大洲。我们在2018年QS世界大学排名中排名前100，在英国的研究力量(衡量质量和数量)排名前10位。学术专长，在选择研究学位时，主管关系是一个关键因素。我们的学者努力追求卓越，并积极参与世界一流的研究。许多人在咨询方面也有广泛的实践经验，并担任重要的国家和国际组织的顾问。作为一名研究生，通常至少两名具有相关专业知识的学术导师来帮助你。一个是你的主要主管，另一个是联合主管。他们将为你提供支持和鼓励、挑战你的想法，提供关于培训和发展的建议，回顾你的进展，并提供指导和反馈给你的工作。管理者利用他们自己的经验来指导你的工作，给予鼓励，并为你的研究方向提供建议。他们会和你一起从你的研究计划的发展，通过你的论文的创建，到为你的博士学位的最后阶段做准备。
2.重点研究领域
Cities
Section profiles：At the University of Leeds our research aims to help to create socially, environmentally and economically sustainable cities. Our researchers play leading roles in national and international cities research, working on a variety of projects in a number of areas including:examining the resilience of infrastructure systems,low-carbon city systems,retaining local value,non-exploitative finance and the links between financial governance and inequality,justice and inequality in cities,‘big data’ in cities,the co-production of research with local stakeholdersAt the heart of our impressive research and funding portfolio are large grants and cross-disciplinary centres funded by the EPSRC, ESRC and NERC. With a strong reputation for working with community, industry and government partners, the University of Leeds is at the forefront of helping build more sustainable societies and cities fit for the future and able to face climate change challenges.Key strengths.We work across seven faculties in three key areas of research:Resilient Infrastructure.Sustainable Cities,Building Sustainable Societies.Facts and figures:locally, our work has informed Leeds City Council’s strategy for balancing commercially viable investments in housing with strategic priorities for driving down fuel poverty through modelling district heat networks.over 70 researchers from across the University are already active within the cities network, working on projects ranging from rethinking the value of infrastructure (iBUILD) to using robots to repair city streets and utilities, to understanding how financialization has contributed to the European debt crisis.University of Leeds CITIES researchers now account for research projects of more than £14.6m.
城市学研究
在利兹大学，我们的研究旨在帮助建立社会，环境和经济上可持续发展的城市。我们的研究人员在国家和国际城市研究中发挥主导作用，在多个领域开展了各种项目，包括：检查基础设施系统的弹性、低碳城市体系、保留本地价值、非剥削性金融以及金融治理与不平等之间的联系、正义与城市不平等、“大数据”在城市、与当地利益相关者共同研究研究。我们令人印象深刻的研究和资金投资组合的核心是由EPSRC，ESRC和NERC资助的大型赠款和跨学科中心。利兹大学凭借与社区，行业和政府合作伙伴的良好声誉，在帮助建立更适合未来的更可持续发展的社会和城市，面对气候变化挑战方面处于领先地位。主要优势，我们在三个关键的研究领域工作七个学院：弹性基础设施、可持续城市、建设可持续社会、事实与数据，在当地，我们的工作已经通知了利兹市议会的战略，以平衡商业上可行的住房投资和战略重点，通过建模区域供热网络来降低燃料贫困。来自这所大学的70多名研究人员已经在城市网络中活跃起来，他们的项目包括从重新考虑基础设施的价值(iBUILD)到使用机器人来修复城市街道和公共设施，以及了解金融化是如何导致欧洲债务危机的。利兹大学的研究人员现在已经对超过1460万的研究项目进行了研究。在利兹，我们建立了综合的跨学科研究网络，探索并授权向可持续社会和城市内外的韧性基础设施系统转型。在全国范围内，我们通过对基础设施供应系统经济评估的新方法的研究，影响了英国财政部关于评估基础设施支出的指导意见。我们的研究重点是建设社会、环境和经济可持续发展的城市，这些城市对居住在那里的所有人来说都是平等和安全的。我们的工作植根于这样一种观点，即城市是复杂的、相互作用的“系统系统”。
Culture
Our vision is to make Leeds a world-leading centre for interdisciplinary research into culture. Through our Cultural Institute we want to ensure that the significance of culture in contributing urgent answers to complex and difficult questions facing the human race is appropriately understood and embraced across the University.The Cultural Institute has three main aims: to increase pioneering research collaborations with our partners, to widen cultural engagement and participation and to create more opportunities to extend the knowledge and build the skills of our students.The Cultural Institute brings together academics and partners from across the cultural sector and beyond.Key strengths：From performing and preserving Jewish music, theatre and artwork thought lost as a result of the Holocaust to demonstrating the benefit of participating in contemporary dance for older people; the Cultural Institute can bring together partners from a variety of research fields and industries to find solutions to complex challenges.Facts and figures:Leeds is recognised as a global centre of research and teaching excellence in the Arts and Humanities, regularly ranked by QS in the world’s top 100, with world-class archives and facilities.There are 200 staff associated with the culture theme at the University.Our pioneering DARE collaboration with Opera North was awarded a £2m grant from the Arts Council to develop a CPD programme in fundraising for UK arts professionals, and a National Summer School in Arts Fundraising and Leadership, the only one of its kind in Europe.Working with Yorkshire Dance, Biological Science researchers have illuminated the health benefits of dance for young people and older adults in Leeds.Since 2012 our faculties of Arts and Performance, Visual Arts and Communications have worked with over 780 third, public and private sector individuals, companies and organisations.We are creating the cultural entrepreneurs of the future through our programmes of work-based professional development.Major projectsYorkshire Year of the TextileResearch, artists’ commissions and public engagement activities to celebrate Yorkshire’s rich cultural heritage.Performing violence.
文化学研究
我们的愿景是使利兹成为世界领先的中央进行跨学科研究文化。通过我们的文化研究所，我们要确保文化在为人类面临的复杂而艰巨的问题提供紧急答案方面的重要意义得到了大学的理解和认可。文化学院有三个主要目标：加强与合作伙伴的开创性研究合作，扩大文化参与度和参与度，并创造更多机会，扩大学生的知识和技能。文化学院汇集了来自文化界及其他地方的学者和合作伙伴。主要优势：从执行和保存犹太音乐，剧院以及作为大屠杀的结果遗失的艺术品，以表现出为老年人参与当代舞蹈的利益; 文化研究所可以汇集各种研究领域和行业的合作伙伴，以找到复杂挑战的解决方案。事实与数据：利兹是认可作为全球 中央 在艺术与人文科学方面的卓越研究和教学，经常被世界排名前100位的QS排名世界级档案馆和设施。那里是200名与大学文化主题相关的工作人员。我们与歌剧北方开创性的DARE合作，获得了艺术委员会200万英镑的资助，以开发CPD程序为英国艺术专业人士筹款，以及国家艺术筹款与领导暑期学校，这是欧洲唯一一家。生物科学研究人员利用约克郡舞蹈，为利兹的年轻人和老年人提供了舞蹈的健康益处。自2012年以来，我们的艺术和表演，视觉艺术和传播学院与780多名第三，公立和私营部门的个人，公司和组织。我们正在通过我们创造未来的文化创业者 程式 的工作型职业发展。主要项目：约克郡纺织研究年、艺术家委员会和公众参与活动，以庆祝约克郡丰富的文化遗产。我们与歌剧合作，大学正在调查暴力行为，以了解如何最好地抵制暴力。档案：档案涉及历史，政策和公开辩论 - 文化与公众、卫生、科学、公众、创伤与和解以及犯罪和公共秩序。文化之城：容貌在文化与城市的交汇处。考虑到文化消费和生产，我们有兴趣质疑文化城市和城市文化。文化价值：文化价值探讨艺术， 文化遗产由专业人士，决策者和参与人员赋予意义和价值。与文化和卫生部门广泛的当地合作伙伴合作，这个主题特别看到价值观如何在方法上被重新设想和政治挑战。数字创意：数字创意寻求 最大化利兹大学与数字领域进行研究的潜力，从使用机器人头像到大数据。同时，它探索了在数字转弯之后出现的“模拟”，物质实践的重新发现，从“小数据”的角色到针孔相机的兴趣的复兴。
Climate
Climate change and its impact on society and ecosystems is a pressing global concern, demanding solutions developed by a community of researchers who work together across a range of disciplines.The University of Leeds undertakes more world-leading climate research than any other UK institution. Leeds has more than 150 academic staff working on climate related research with £100m in research income and 40 papers published in Nature and Science between 2010 and 2015. Leeds provided five lead authors for the last Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment and was one of very few worldwide institutions that had lead authors on all four IPCC reports that made up its overall fifth assessment of climate change.The Priestley International Centre for Climate established in 2016, is a major investment (£6.82m over five years) by the University of Leeds to grow interdisciplinary research to underpin robust and timely climate solutions.Key strengths:Academics at the University of Leeds are using world-class expertise and interdisciplinary capability to deliver climate research with reach into every continent worldwide. Our findings are improving our understanding of fundamental climate science, developing strategies to reduce and mitigate climate change and its impacts, and supporting society, ecosystems and infrastructure in adapting to our changing climate.Using our combination of expertise, scale, track record and relevance the Priestley International Centre for Climate is able to deliver excellent research to underpin robust and timely climate solutions with a specific focus on four areas: improving prediction of future climate, understanding risk to develop a resilient world, enabling low carbon transitions, and addressing the social political and economic dimensions of climate change.Facts and figures:Ranked first in the UK for research power in Earth and Environmental Science in REF2014.Over 150 experts working on climate and related research.Over £20m a year income for climate researchLeeds researchers have contributed to all elements of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports and published over 40 papers in Nature and Science between 2010 and 2015.Is a key partner in the development of our national climate modelling capability, making use of extensive local and national high performance computing resources.CPOM is a NERC research centre that studies processes in the Earth's polar latitudes that may affect the Earth's albedo, polar atmosphere and ocean circulation, and global sea level.Environmental humanities for a concerned Europe, ENHANCEA Marie Curie European innovative training network (ITN) providing multidisciplinary doctoral training in Environmental Humanities.A programme of research in astronomical theory, astronomical observations and planetary and solar scienceAddressing two key areas of astrophysics; how do stars form from clouds of dust and gas and what chemical processes are at work in our solar system that may play a role in the emergence of life. The study of the extreme atmospheres on bodies such as Saturn's moon Titan will further help our understanding of the gases, aerosols and hazes in the Earth’s atmosphere which contributed to air pollution.Met Office academic partnership,A cluster of research excellence that brings together the Met Office and institutions who are among the leading UK Universities in weather and climate science (University of Exeter, University of Leeds, University of Oxford and University of Reading) through a formal collaboration to advance the science and skill of weather and climate prediction.
气候学研究
气候变化及其对社会和生态系统的影响是一个紧迫的全球关切，要求由一系列研究人员共同研究开发的解决方案。利兹大学与其他英国机构进行了更多世界领先的气候研究。利兹在2010年至2015年期间，共有150多名研究人员从事气候相关研究工作，1亿英镑的研究收入和40篇论文发表在“自然与科学”杂志上.Leeds为最近一届政府间气候变化专门委员会评估提供了五位主要作者，全球机构之一，是气候变化专门委员会所有四个报告的主要作者之一，是气候变化总体第五次评估。普里斯特利国际气候中心成立于2016年，是利兹大学的一项主要投资(五年六百六十二万英镑)，旨在发展跨学科研究，以巩固和及时的气候解决方案。主要优势：利兹大学的学者正在使用世界级的专业知识和跨学科能力，将气候研究与世界各地的大陆联系起来。我们的调查结果提高了我们对基础气候科学的了解，制定了减少和减轻气候变化及其影响的战略，并支持社会，生态系统和基础设施，以适应气候变化。利用我们的专业知识、规模、追踪记录和相关性，Priestley国际气候中心能够提供卓越的研究成果，以巩固和及时的气候解决方案，特别关注四个方面：改善对未来气候的预测，了解发展风险有弹性的世界，实现低碳转型，解决气候变化的社会政治和经济层面。事实与数据：在地球和环境科学研究力量的排名中，150多位气候与相关研究专家，每年超过2000万英镑的气候研究收入，利兹大学研究人员为联合国政府间气候变化专门委员会报告的所有内容作出了贡献，并在2010年至2015年期间发表了40多篇自然与科学论文是我们国家气候建模能力发展的重要合作伙伴，利用广泛的本地和国家高性能计算资源。利兹大学有独特的实验室研究地球大气层的基本过程、运输模拟、工程和空气质量。它主持国家大气科学中心(NCAS)大气测量设施，并提供设备和个人在世界上最偏远的地区进行实地运动和研究考察。主要项目：国家大气科学中心(NCAS)NCAS是一个NERC研究中心，其目的是增加对关键环境问题的了解，包括气候变化，气候过程和包括空气质量在内的大气成分。ESRC气候变化经济与政策中心(CCCEP) ESRC中心汇集了世界领先的气候变化经济学和政策研究人员，来自不同学科，通过严格创新的研究，推动公共和私人气候变化行动。NERC-DFID非洲未来气候非洲未来气候(FCFA)是一项2,000万英镑的计划，旨在提高对非洲气候变化及其影响的了解，并与非洲决策者一起利用这些信息作出决定在五至四十年的时间范围内。利用该计划中最广泛代表的机构，参与五个联盟中的四个(包括一个领导)：AMMA-2050(非洲季风多学科分析2050、)HyCRISTAL(将水文气候科学纳入东非气候弹性基础设施和生计政策决策)、IMPALA(改进非洲气候模式过程)、UMFULA(了解开发应用程序的模型的不确定性减少)、不断变化的气候中的热带森林不断变化的地球系统中的热带森林是一个欧洲研究委员会项目，旨在建设一个泛热带的森林功能观测站，探索森林对全球变化的反应。极地观测和建模中心(CPOM)CPOM是一个NERC研究中心，研究地球极地纬度的过程，可能影响地球的反照率，极地气氛和海洋环流以及全球海平面。有关欧洲的环境人文学科，加强环境人文学科的多学科博士生培养的玛丽·居里欧洲创新培训网络(ITN)。天文学研究方案，天文观测和行星与太阳能科学研究天体物理学的两个关键领域。星云如何从灰尘和天然气的云层中形成，以及我们的太阳能系统中的化学过程如何在可能在生命的出现中发挥作用。对土星月亮Titan等极端气氛的研究将进一步帮助我们了解造成空气污染的地球大气中的气体，气溶胶和阴霾。Met Office学术合作伙伴关系一系列卓越的研究工作，通过正式的合作，汇集了英国天气和气候科学大学(埃克塞特大学、利兹大学、牛津大学和雷丁大学)之间的Met办公室和机构提高天气和气候预测的科学和技能。
Energy
Energy Leeds is working to tackle one of the greatest challenges of the 21st Century – maintaining clean, secure and affordable supplies as part of a sustainable energy future.The University has a vibrant community of energy researchers and is equipped to tackle the energy challenge by drawing on scientific, technical, environmental, economic, political and societal/behavioural expertise. This gives us a distinctive capability to understand whole energy systems from an inter-disciplinary perspective.Key strengths:We are working to advance research in key areas including oil and gas, bioenergy, nuclear energy, transport, energy demand and efficiency and low carbon transitions.We host a number of unique specialist facilities, and with a strong track record of working with industry, business and government we are at the forefront of society’s transition to a sustainable energy future.Facts and figures:we have over 200 researchers and an annual research income of £10m.Energy Leeds has a unique renewable energy laboratory, which houses a suite of rigs capable of assessing the performance and potential of a range of renewable energy technologies. The lab is housed in our dedicated £12m Energy building.Leeds is ranked No1 in the UK for Bioenergy research funding (EPSRC).Energy Leeds is the national contact point for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in Korea on energy, following two highly successful funded projects on Carbon Capture and Storage and Carbon Capture and Transport and energy storageinternationally recognised for our nuclear decommissioning work, the University of Leeds heads a consortium of 10 universities and three key industry partners, looking at ways of dealing with Britain’s nuclear waste.Energy Leeds has forged close working relationships with a host of partners, including Arup, Alstom, Drax, Northern Gas Networks and Leeds City Council.we are a founding member of the National Pilot Scale Advanced Capture Technology (PACT) facilitiesmour Centres for Doctoral Training in Low Carbon, Bioenergy and Fluid Dynamics collectively represent over 100 PhD students in the energy field.,the Leeds Biomass Continuing Professional Development programme, which has run annually from 2009, has attracted nearly 200 delegates from 60 different companies, non-governmental organisations and government departments.Major projects:UK Energy Research Centre.Our researchers are active in the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) which carries out world-class research into sustainable future energy systems. UKERC acts a focal point for UK energy research and a gateway between the UK and the international energy research communities. Their research informs UK policy development and strategies of public, private and third sector organisations.Centre for Industrial Energy, Materials and Products.Working closely with government and industry, the Centre for Industrial Energy, Materials and Products (CIE-MAP) conducts research to identify all the opportunities along the product supply chain that ultimately deliver a reduction in industrial energy use. CIE-MAP brings together the four leading UK universities of Bath, Cardiff, Leeds and Nottingham Trent with a range of expertise in engineering, economics, psychology, design, political science and governance. Funded by the Research Council’s Energy Programme, CIE-MAP forms one of six centres focuses on reducing energy demand in the UK.EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Bioenergy.Bioenergy from wood, waste, agricultural residues and energy crops is a major global energy renewable source. However, there are challenges concerning technical performance, cost effectiveness, sustainable production, food security and biodiversity. Our EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Bioenergy aims to address these challenges.
能源学研究
能源利兹正在努力应对21世纪最大的挑战之一 - 保持清洁，安全和负担得起的供应，作为可持续能源未来的一部分。大学拥有一个充满活力的能源研究人员社区，并配备了科学，技术，环境，经济，政治和社会/行为方面的专门知识来解决能源挑战。这使我们具有从跨学科角度来了解整个能源系统的独特能力。主要优势：我们正在努力推进关键领域的研究，包括石油和天然气、生物能源、核能、交通运输、能源需求、效率和低碳转型。我们主办一些独特的专业设施，并与工业、商业和政府工作有很好的记录，我们处于社会向可持续能源未来过渡的前沿。事实与数据：我们有超过200名研究人员，年度研究收入1000万英镑。能源利兹拥有独特的可再生能源实验室，其中包含一套能够评估一系列可再生能源技术的性能和潜力的钻机。实验室位于我们专门的1200万英镑的能源建筑中。利兹在英国生物能源研究经费(EPSRC)排名第一，能源利兹是韩国外交和联邦事务部在能源领域的国家联络点，其后获得了两个非常成功的资助碳捕集与封存，碳捕获与运输和能源储存项目。国际公认我们的核退役工作，利兹大学率领10个大学和三个关键行业合作伙伴的联盟，研究如何处理英国的核废料。我们是国家试点规模先进捕获技术(PACT)设施的创始成员。我们的低碳，生物能源和流体动力博士培训中心共有100多名能源领域的博士生。利兹生物质持续专业发展计划每年从2009年开始，已吸引了来自60个不同公司，非政府组织和政府部门的近200名代表。主要项目：英国能源研究中心，我们的研究人员都在积极的英国能源研究中心(UKERC) ，其执行世界一流的科研转化为可持续的未来能源系统。UKERC是英国能源研究的焦点，也是英国与国际能源研究界的门户。他们的研究报告了英国公共、私营和第三部门组织的政策制定和战略。工业能源、材料、产品、中心工业能源，材料和产品中心(CIE-MAP)与政府和行业紧密合作，进行研究，以确定产品供应链中最终减少工业能源使用的所有机会。CIE-MAP汇集了巴斯、加的夫、利兹和诺丁汉特伦特四大英国大学，在工程、经济、心理学、设计、政治学和治理领域拥有丰富的专业知识。由研究理事会的能源计划资助，CIE-MAP是英国六个减少能源需求中心之一。EPSRC中心博士生培养生物能源，从木材、垃圾、农业废弃物和能源作物生物能源是一个重要的全球能源可再生能源。然而技术性能、成本效益、可持续生产，粮食安全和生物多样性方面存在挑战。我们的EPSRC生物能源博士培训中心旨在解决这些挑战。
Food
From sustenance to sustainability, food is central to global health and wealth. Today, with the global food system facing unprecedented pressures, the University of Leeds brings together world-class researchers to help tackle the food challenges created and faced by our growing population.Drawing on expertise from food science and nutrition, biological sciences, climate, water, agriculture, data, engineering, health and social science, Food@Leeds has a track record of research which makes a transformative difference, from influencing policy, collaborating with industry on R&D and innovation, and working with local communities globally.Key strengths:Key areas of work include:Agriculture and Food Production Systems,Food Informatics.Food Reassurance.Food, Nutrition and Wellbeing.Neutraceuticals.Food Availability and Sustainability.Facts and figures.the global food industry is the world’s largest industry. The UK sector alone is worth £189bn*. It is also the biggest land and water user (*Defra Food Statistics Pocketbook, 2015),worldwide a billion people are malnourished yet the prevalence of obesity nearly doubled between 1980 and 2008.,in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework the impact of food science research at Leeds was highly ranked, with all work being rated as internationally excellent or world leading,the University is home to both the UK champion for Global Food Security and two of the most highly cited food scientists in the world (top 1%),we have strong research links with top ranking universities in Asia, Africa, America Australasia and Europe, including a strategic alliance with Jiangsu University, which has established a UK-China Joint Laboratory on Remote and Non-invasive, Non-destructive sensing for Food Quality and Safety,the development of novel intervention tools ‘myfood24’ and ‘MyMealMate’ has provided new insights into diet and behaviour change,we have 117 members of staff working across the theme.
食品学研究
Leeds凭借食品科学与营养、生物科学、气候、水、农业、数据、工程、健康和社会科学方面的专业知识，具有创新性的研究记录，从影响政策，与行业合作研发和创新，并与全球当地社区合作。主要工作领域包括：农业和粮食生产系统的、食品信息学、食品放心、食品，营养和福利、营养品粮食供应和可持续性。事实与数据：全球食品业是世界最大的行业。仅英国单位价值1890亿英镑*。它也是最大的土地和水用户(* Defra Food Statistics Pocketbook，2015)，世界范围内有十亿人营养不良，1980年至2008年期间，肥胖患病率几乎翻了一番。在2014年的卓越研究中骨架利兹食品科学研究的影响很大，所有工作被评为国际优秀或世界领先地位。该大学是英国冠军全球粮食安全和世界上最引人注目的食品科学家之一(占1%)。我们与亚洲、非洲、美洲澳大拉西亚和欧洲的顶尖大学进行了强有力的研究联系，包括与江苏大学的战略联盟，建立了中英远程和非侵入性联合实验室， 非破坏性感知食品质量和安全新型干预工具“myfood24”和“MyMealMate”的发展为饮食和行为变化提供了新的见解。我们有117名工作人员在整个主题工作主要项目：开创性的家畜创新中心推出了“ 家畜创新卓越中心”(CIELivestock)，由政府商业创新和技能部(BIS)拨款3170万英镑，在英国建立了最先进的设施为畜牧业提供世界性的研究机会。英中非接触：感染联合实验室利兹 - 江苏大学联合实验室协议将意味着两个组织在远程和非侵入性，无损检测食品质量和安全领域的合作，这将最大化资源和两所大学的设施。整合消费者对食品安全，营养和废物的看法观点。ESRC资助的食品选择，意见和决定研讨会系列(FOOD)旨在通过使用现代化的方式了解和改进英国消费者对营养，食品安全和家庭食品废物的决策对发达国家的粮食安全观点，将其定义为获得营养，负担得起，安全和可持续的食物，同时生产最低限度的家庭废物。更好的食品安全和减少食物的浪费高 优先考虑欧盟。联合王国为全球粮食安全的冠军：利兹提供政府顾问，包括英国全球粮食安全冠军。Tim Benton教授担任该项目的领导者，协调人和推动者，并担任该计划和该地区的大使，促进研究与政府，行业和社会利益相关者之间的知识交流。，世卫组织营养流行病学合作中心，食品科学与营养学院已被世界卫生组织选定，成为第一个世卫组织营养流行病学合作中心，并已经制作了一份报告，分析了英国饮食中使用国民饮食的反式脂肪酸含量和营养调查。
Health
From leading health informatics and new imaging technologies, to surgical robots and new drug discoveries, Leeds is at the forefront of tackling 21st Century healthcare needs.We are in a distinctive position to drive innovation, with one of the largest medical, science and engineering research bases in the UK. We have a close working partnership with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, one of the country’s largest Trusts, and we attract significant investment from the Medical Research Council (MRC), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Wellcome Trust, British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK and Arthritis Research UK.
Key strengths：We have clinical strengths in:Musculoskeletal Disease。Cardiovascular Disease。Cancer。Genetics。Our academic strengths include:。Biomedical Engineering。Imaging。Structural Biology。Data Analytics。Facts and figures，health research at Leeds has a simple vision: to bring about improvements to human health and wellbeing through identifying and nurturing interdisciplinary collaborations and research excellence across the University in key areas of therapeutic potential，there are over 300 experts working on health-based research，the impact of health research at Leeds scored higher than any other University outside Oxbridge and London in REF2014，the University has an extensive health research portfolio, bringing in an annual research income of over £50m, supporting basic, applied, clinical and translational activity to bring about patient benefit,we work in close partnership with local NHS trusts, including the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) which serves in excess of 1million patients each year, with many of our academics also directly delivering clinical excellence,the University of Leeds has been awarded £3.8m by the Medical Research Council to accelerate the development of infection diagnostics tools that are urgently required to stop the unnecessary use of antibiotics,the innovative clinical trials and associated research undertaken by the Institute of Clinical Trials Research has led to far reaching impact, with changes to practice world-wide and benefits to patients.Major projects:University of Leeds Innovation and Knowledge Centre.University of Leeds Innovation and Knowledge Centre is a unique Innovation and Knowledge Centre that brings businesses together with world-class experts to accelerate the commercial development of new medical technology products and services..NIHR Colorectal Therapies Health Technology Co-operative.The NIHR Colorectal Therapies Health Technology Co-operative is focused on looking at developing solutions to not only the challenges faced by patients who suffer from colorectal disease but also needs of clinicians in treating these patients.NIHR Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit.As a partnership collaboration between Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of Leeds, Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit (LMBRU) aims to be a world leading centre for translational research into individually targeted, patient focussed therapies across musculoskeletal diseases.NIHR Diagnostic Evidence Co-operative,The National Institute for Health Research Diagnostic Evidence Co-operative Leeds (NIHR DEC Leeds) works to facilitate the research needed to evaluate diagnostic tests, add value to the transit of IVDs through to patient benefits and the commercial market place, develop and sustain working networks of IVD expertise across the NHS, academia and industry and work with patients to shape our strategies, identify new opportunities and address current needs.
健康学研究
从领先的健康信息学和新的成像技术到手术机器人和新的药物发现，利兹处于应对21世纪医疗保健需求的前沿。我们在推动创新方面处于独特的地位，是英国最大的医疗，科学和工程研究基地之一。我们与利兹教学医院NHS Trust(国家最大的信托基金之一)建立了密切的合作伙伴关系，我们吸引了医学研究委员会(MRC)、国立卫生研究所(NIHR)、Wellcome Trust、英国心脏基金会、英国癌症研究和英国关节炎研究。主要优势：我们有临床优势、肌肉骨骼疾病、心血管疾病、癌症、遗传学。我们的学术优势包括：生物医学工程、成像、结构生物学、数据分析、事实与数据。利兹的健康研究有一个简单的愿景：通过确定和培育整个大学在治疗潜力的关键领域的跨学科合作和卓越研究，来改善人类健康和福祉。有300多名专家从事健康研究工作，利兹卫生研究的影响在REF2014中比Oxbridge和伦敦以外的任何其他大学得分高。该大学拥有广泛的健康研究组合，年度研究收入超过5000万英镑，支持基础应用、临床和翻译活动，会给病人带来利益。我们与当地NHS信托机构紧密合作，包括利兹教学医院NHS信托(LTHT)，每年服务超过100万名患者，我们许多学者也直接提供临床卓越利兹大学医学研究委员会已经获得了380万英镑的资金，用于加速急诊所需的感染诊断工具的开发，以阻止不必要的抗生素使用。临床试验研究所进行的创新性临床试验和相关研究已经产生了深远的影响，全球范围内的变化和对患者的益处。主要项目：利兹大学创新与知识中心，利兹大学创新知识中心 是一个独特的创新与知识中心，与世界一流的专家携手合作，加快新型医疗技术产品和服务的商业开发。NIHR结疗法健康科技合作社的NIHR结疗法健康科技合作社的重点是寻找开发解决方案，不仅谁从大肠疾病折磨，但在治疗这些患者还需要临床医生面临患者的挑战，NIHR肌肉骨骼生物医学研究单位，作为利兹教学医院NHS信托基金和利兹大学之间的合作伙伴关系，利兹肌肉骨骼生物医学研究单位(LMBRU)旨在成为世界领先的翻译研究中心，用于针对肌肉骨骼疾病的单独针对性，病人聚焦的疗法。NIHR诊断证据合作，国家健康研究所诊断性证据合作社利兹(NIHR DEC Leeds)致力于推动评估诊断测试所需的研究，为IVDs转移到患者福利和商业市场增加价值开发和维护国家卫生系统，学术界和行业的IVD专业技术工作网络，并与患者合作，制定战略，确定新的机会并满足当前的需求。
Water
Water@leeds is one of the largest interdisciplinary centres for water research in any university in the world, encompassing expertise from across the physical, biological, chemical, social and economic sciences and engineering as well as the arts.Key strengths:water@leeds has excellent links with industry and government and a track record of collaborative research and development, knowledge transfer and joint innovation. Central to water@leeds is an interdisciplinary approach to understanding and hence solving major water issues.Facts and figures:our focus is on the interdisciplinary grand challenges for water – from local to global,we outperform global benchmarks across many different water research areas (Thomson Reuters, 2013),our research excellence is globally recognised, receiving more than double the world average number of citations in Water and Policy, Water and Atmosphere and Water and Land.,overall water@leeds is ranked in the top five of world leading water research organisations,we are winners of the Water Industry Forum Impact Awards 2015 for UK Water Research, Techniques and Methodologies prize,the non-academic impact of our work has been recognised as internationally excellent in the 2014 REF exercise – these have also been highlighted in Nature (25 March 2015),our Doctoral Research and Training Centre (DTRC) is growing fast; we currently have around 140 Doctoral students with plans to double this number by 2020.Partnerships:Water@Leeds has a number of partnerships with a wide range of businesses and stakeholders that will help both to further research and development for all parties involved, as well as helping to train the next generation of researchers. Some of our key partners include:Yorkshire Water:Arup,Dinsdale Moorland Services.Major projects.FCFA HyCRISTAL: Integrating hydro-climate science into policy decisions for climate-resilient infrastructure and livelihoods in East AfricaHyCRISTAL will develop new understanding of climate change and its impacts in East Africa, working with the region’s decision-makers to manage water for a more climate-resilient future.Maths Foresees:The Maths Foresees network was established in May 2015 to forge strong ties between researchers in the applied mathematics community with environmental scientists and with end-users of environmental research to better manage uncertainties in predicting severe environmental events.SoilBioHedge,Harnessing hedgerow soil biodiversity for restoration of arable soil quality and resilience to climatic extremes and land use changes.
水学研究
Water @ leeds是世界上任何一所大学最大的水研究中心之一，涵盖物理、生物、化学、社会和经济科学与工程以及艺术领域的专业知识。莱恩斯莱德大学的团队由来自利兹大学不同部门和学院的150名专业人员组成，确保了专业知识和不同学科背景的跨学科。主要优势：Water @ leeds与工业界和政府以及合作研究和开发，知识转让和联合创新的纪录良好的联系。水的中心是理解和解决主要水问题的跨学科方法。事实与数据：我们的重点是水从地方到全球的跨学科巨大挑战我们在许多不同的水研究领域优于全球基准(Thomson Reuters，2013)我们的卓越研究是全球公认的，在水和政策，水和大气和水土地方面的世界平均引用次数是世界平均水平的两倍多。整体水晶排在世界领先的水研究机构前五名，我们是“2015年水工业论坛影响奖”英国水研究，技术和方法学奖得主我们的工作的非学术影响已被公认为2014年REF的国际优秀活动 - 这些也在自然界(2015年3月25日)我们的博士研究和培训中心(DTRC)正在快速增长。我们目前拥有约140名博士生，计划到2020年将这一数字翻倍。合作伙伴：Water @ Leeds与众多的企业和利益相关者建立了许多合作伙伴关系，这将有助于各方进一步研究和开发，并帮助培养下一代研究人员。我们的一些主要合作伙伴包括：主要项目，FCFA HyCRISTAL：将水文气候科学纳入东非气候适应基础设施和生计的决策决策中，HyCRISTAL将发展新了解气候变化及其对东非的影响，与该地区的决策者合作，为更环保的未来管理水资源。数学展望：数学展望网络于2015年5月成立，与应用数学界的研究人员与环境科学家和环境研究最终用户建立了牢固的联系，以更好地管理预测严重环境事件的不确定性。利用茅草土壤生物多样性恢复 可耕地土壤质量和对气候极端和土地利用变化的抵御力。
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