Our next free training is a course of three sessions –‘Entrepreneurship & Innovation Skills Booster for Water & Flood Professionals’ which builds on the West Yorkshire Flood Innovation Programme’s Blue Green Training, in partnership with University of Leeds . It is aimed at water and flood professionals and participants need to take part in three … Read more
12 October 2026 Media Release Pictured below are Professors Martin Tillotson and Joseph Holden, Directors of water@leeds Representatives from the water, marine and maritime sectors from across the UK and Ireland are coming together for the first event of its kind in Leeds to tackle Europe’s most urgent water-related challenges. West Yorkshire’s Mayor Tracy Brabin … Read more
Pictured: Jason Hanks, flood manager at Kirklees Council, presenting about the WYFLIP project at the British Hydrological Society’s Symposium. It was voted the best presentation by delegates at the national event. A final report with findings and recommendations has been produced by Dr Dillon Newton and Dr Tom Simcock, University of Huddersfield – The Mental Health Impacts … Read more
Welcome to the autumn edition of our iCASP news bulletin. As part of water@leeds, members of our team support the UK Freshwater Quality Programme, funded by NERC, DEFRA and DAERA, investigating differences sources and mixtures of pollution and the impacts of pollutants in our freshwaters. We also support two other major international projects – WaterLANDS, working with … Read more
Livestock farmers in Somerset have been interviewed about how they are managing environmental and economic pressures as part of the JUSTLANZ project. Researcher from University of Leeds Shivani Singhal has been working with Mandy Lowe, Farm Engagement Officer with the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group Southwest exploring with them what matters most? and how they … Read more
Pictured: Big Felt and Bog Pool, from Tenderbog by Laura Harrington and Feral Practice (Image Credit: Juri Vlassov) Two UK artists Laura Harrington and Feral Practice (Fiona MacDonald), who work together as part of the WaterLANDS artists in residence, took part in an exhibition ‘Unbounded within – Symbiotic Subjectivities’, in Pärnu, Estonia. The exhibition, which was … Read more
Pictured: Dunga Swamp in Kisumu, Kenya courtesy of the Venice Agreement Laura Harrington, one of the two UK WaterLANDS artists-in-residence, was invited to take part in the Third Biannual Global Workshop of the Venice Agreement (VA) on peatlands in Kisumu, Kenya (2 – 5 June 2026). She was representing her work with peatlands in the UK … Read more
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Welcome to the winter edition of our iCASP news bulletin. It features: EIT Water, a new Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) dedicated to water, marine and maritime systems, funded by the European Institute of Technology (EIT). new metadata standard for peatlands to address the problem of data exchange in peatland science developed as part of WaterLANDS an appeal for people … Read more
Pictured: Downsteam of Methley Bridge, River Calder. Have you been flooded or do you live in a West Yorkshire community that is at risk of flooding? If so, please take just 10 minutes to complete this survey and share it with anyone you know who may be interested before the end of January 2026. It … Read more