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The Leeds Beckett University website occasionally uses animations to page elements and animated gifs to add impact to pages. If you wish to stop them from playing for accessibility purposes or for personal preference then please see the guidance below. Please note that browsers sometimes change how they operate, so please refer to your browser help files to find their latest information.
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Chrome

Chrome users will need to use browser extensions. Animation Policy from Google will help you set your own preferences.

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Internet Explorer

To stop animations on a single page you can just press the 'Esc' key. This will stop the animation on that page. If you wish to restart the animations you need to refresh the page. To permanently disable the playing of animated GIF images, open Internet Options > Advanced tab. Under the Multimedia section, uncheck the Play animations in webpage check-box, click Apply and Exit and then restart your computer.

Firefox

Type about:config in Firefox address bar and hit Enter to open Settings. Search for the image.animation_mode flag and change its value from Normal to None. Once you restart Firefox this will disable animations.

Stories

Hannah Gregory - BA (Hons) Events Management, 2010

Hannah Gregory graduated from Leeds Beckett in 2010 with an upper second class degree in BA (Hons) Events Management. Since then, following her passion for sports events, she’s worked at a number of major events around the world including the Baku 2015 European Games and the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Stories

Hannah explains: “My role within the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games was technical operations manager for swimming, working in the sport functional area.

“I was responsible for planning and delivering the swimming competition according to the International Federation rules and regulations.

“Within the swimming team there were four other paid staff and over 200 volunteers who delivered over 30 hours of broadcast competition for 450 athletes and over 10,000 spectators!”

“My time at Leeds Beckett University definitely helped me build a foundation and knowledge of Event Management to help me succeed in my career.

“The placement year provided me with invaluable hands-on experience organising events and I returned for my final two years full of enthusiasm and being able to relate the theory learnt in the classroom to practical experience.

“I feel extremely lucky to have lived and worked all over the world with my job and I love the thrill and excitement events bring, especially on the scale of events such as the Commonwealth Games.”