Blogs

How students can get a better night’s sleep

We know that the right amount of sleep improves cognitive function, restores your energy levels and improves your focus and attention...

Written by Toby Chelms

Why sleep is important and how to get a good night’s sleep

We spend a third of our lives asleep, so sleep is important to us even if many do not know why. Generally speaking, sleep duration is...

Written by Dr James Jackson

Blowing on Embers

The question has become something of an in-joke amongst writers. But I refuse to deride it because it is a question that gets right to...

Written by John Irving Clarke

How the MA in Creative Writing helped me to get published

I have been writing poetry since I was a teenager but only seriously for about ten years and very seriously for the last five.

Written by Gill Lambert

Influential Women at Leeds Trinity University

To celebrate International Women’s Day, we’re championing some of the influential and strong women from across our institution.

Imagining the future through dystopian fiction

Fancy destroying the world and rebuilding it? That is the challenge any dystopian novelist takes on.

Written by Tim Murgatroyd

Climate Fiction: Surviving the Future

Albert Einstein famously said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” And it will be imagination that is called upon to tackle...

Written by Jane Browne

Supporting employee health and wellbeing at Leeds Trinity University

At our Staff Conference in January, we told everyone about our plans to keep our wellbeing offer under constant review to ensure that it...

Written by Darren Worsnop

Why Leeds Trinity students are highly employable at Planet Sport

Sports journalism is one of the most competitive industries to break into, find out more.

Written by Simon Wilkes

Day in the Life – Dr. Shyane Siriwardena

In September 2019, I began working for Leeds Trinity University as a Lecturer in Philosophy.

Written by Dr. Shyane Siriwardena

International volunteering: my experience coaching in South Africa

Doing a placement abroad poses different challenges to the average work placement such as overcoming language barriers, fundraising...

Written by Ammarah Pandor

Working abroad: My placement in Canada

When thinking about going abroad... ask yourself what are you doing, and why are you going there?

Written by Patrycja Rusek