Welcome to the Summer edition of our quarterly newsletter. You can now sign up for our exciting Annual Confluence which will be held this Autumn when we will share our news and have lively debates about the burning issues and catchment priorities for you across the region. Enjoy reading our Bulletin, if you have any suggestions for … 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
📍Online, via Microsoft Teams 📅 Wednesday 15th April 2026 | 10:00 – 11:30 🧑🏫 Jake Senior, University of Leeds Researcher, Tetra Tech Senior Consultant Event Description Would you like to know about how landscape hydrology interacts with urban drainage systems?And how does this create both risks and opportunities? This training is the next free session, … Read more
📍 Online, via Microsoft Teams 📅 Thursday 26th March 2026 | 11:00 – 12:00 Overview The Blue Green Infrastructure training programme is a West Yorkshire Flood Innovation Programme (FLIP) project that addresses an urgent need for stronger skills in flood risk management and climate resilience across Yorkshire. There is a critical gap in capacity and … Read more
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📍 Online, via Microsoft Teams 📅 Wednesday 18th March 2026 | 13:00 – 15:00 Overview The Blue Green Infrastructure training programme is a West Yorkshire Flood Innovation Programme (FLIP) project that addresses an urgent need for stronger skills in flood risk management and climate resilience across Yorkshire. There is a critical gap in capacity and … Read more