LUU News
Welcome to LUU News
Want to find out what's going on in LUU at the moment, who your heroes of the week are and how to stay connected? You've come to the right place.
The LUU Weekly News is posted as an article on this page. There's an archive of previous newsletters in word format for you to look through too, just in case you missed any.
We also post our 'Five Things for a Friday' newsletter for some extra tips and recommendations from us.
You can catch up on the Virtual Huddle to get a round up of what teams are up to and see who our Heroes of the week are.
Take a look at the monthly update from your Chief Exec to keep in touch with what is going on across LUU.
This month Aidan is updating on:
The end of Term
The Summer Party and Open days
The New Exec Team
and much more
Don't forget to keep checking our LUU Cultural Calendar, which includes key international and national events alongside LUU staff events, socials and dates for your diaries.
If there’s anything you’d like to see added, please get in touch with the People Team via unihr@leeds.ac.uk.
LUU Weekly News
View; LUU Weekly News Archive
Monday 22 July
Check out the LUU News for Monday 22 July:
Tea & Cake for Welcome Week
Scheduled Maintenance
Staff Crafts Lunch
Update to Internal Events Space Booking Process
Love to Learn- National Schizophrenia Awareness Day
Hero of the Week- Nominations
We received the following nominations for Hero of the Week:
Amy Merchant, Margaret Harrison, Luke Millward, Betty Aldridge, Callam Farrell, Dairy Fan, Sushma Sankanagoudar, Gemma Rudette, Elektra Kaldeli, Lukas Winterburn, Rachel Cantlow, Charlie Mifsud, Kylea Taylor and Akash Modi
Congratulations! To find out why they were nominated, click here.
You can nominate anyone in the organisation here, by contacting unihr@leeds.ac.uk, or by sharing in the Huddle on Monday mornings.
Hero of the Month- June Winners
Congratulations to Emily Haigh, Marija Verpetinskaite and Ben Burnside who have been randomly selected as our Heroes of the Month from our weekly heroes!
You will be receiving a £10 voucher from Prezzee through to your @leeds or @luu email address. If you have not received this voucher, please email unihr@leeds.ac.uk.
Five Things on a Friday
Spring 2024
19.07.24 South Asian Heritage Month
05.07.24 Alcohol Awareness Week by Emma Holt-Golding
28.06.24 Rabbit Awareness Week
21.06.24 Windrush Day by Chanelle Dixsons
07.06.34 Men's Health Week by Katie Fox
31.05.24 Five things on a Friday- Coming Up in June
24.5.24 Safety by Amy Merchant
17.05.24 Trade Unions by Josh Allan
10.05.24 Learning at Work Week
3.05.24 Better Forums by Lukas Winterburn
26.04.24 Bowel Cancer Awareness Month by Emma Holt-Golding
19.04.24 Varsity by Matty Walsh
12.04.24 Sikhi & Vaisakhi by Amrit Gata-Aura
22.03.24 Tax Year End by Hannah Jones
15.03.24 Ramadan by REACH and LiberateLUU
8.03.24 International Women's Day
1.03.24 Five Things Coming Up in March
26.01.24 Tu B'Shevat by Gemma Rudette
19.01.24 Try Something New (LUU Edition)
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