partnerships and our communities

"In my new role, I hope to help students recognise the highly rewarding nature of working with people with social, emotional and mental health needs."

"I felt welcomed as part of the team and saw first-hand how much they do for their clients. I would highly recommend completing a placement with Green Gecko if you want to get more information about SEO and the world of marketing, it has really benefited me and my degree."

"We really enjoy seeing students realising that their university skills are relevant to workplaces, and passing on some knowledge about indie publishing. We also value their responses to our books - they bring a younger, fresh perspective."

"The (Politics and International Relations] festival gave me an opportunity to speak to people working in the field and see the careers that can come from studying international relations that I hadn’t previously considered."

As part of the Leeds Cultural Conversations series, Professor Ruth Robbins talks about the fin-de-siecle writer Vernon Lee (real name Violet Paget) and how she used the genre conventions of the ghost story to speak of desires that in her own time had very little visibility.

"Hallmark Cards was very big step for me, having never done anything like it before. Going in once a week and then every day for a week in my holidays really helped me to gain confidence in an unfamiliar setting and allowed me to experience something that I am very interested in entering into when I finish university."

"I got involved with the project because I love conducting research. I really enjoyed working with other people, collaborating as a team and bringing all this together into what actually turned into a book was really exciting."

"The students have been brilliant and working remotely which is these challenging times it is hard to build a team but they have been brilliant self-starters, the have really used their initiative and have got involved with our team here at Shoo, with some coaching / mentoring they have been an excellent asset to the team.”