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The Leeds Beckett website is designed to enable you to manage your own privacy preferences. By clicking on 'Cookies' below you can manage what data the site collects about your browsing. This will only maintain if you are on your own device or using a synched version of your chosen browser. If you are using a shared or public machine without synching your browser then there is no need to change the preferences.

Our site is built with accessibility in mind and we seek to adhere to the WACG AA levels of compliance for digital accessibility. To support that we have provided instructions on managing animations below.

Cookies

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For more information please view our Privacy Policy

Animations & Interaction

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.
How do I turn off animations?

Chrome

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

Microsoft Edge

There is currently no way to disable animations within Microsoft Edge. Users of Edge (Chromium) browser can install the Chrome extensions above and use them.

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.

Connecting with our values

Our commitment

We ensure our university community is a place where everyone feels respected, valued and supported to achieve excellence.

Here at Leeds Beckett University (LBU) we strive to create a vibrant, ethical and sustainable working and learning environment that celebrates diversity and promotes inclusion. Having a ‘Community of Great People’ is key to all our future success and we want this to be reflective of our university life. You can find out more about our commitment, vision and approach in our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Framework.

Being inclusive and valuing our unique differences leads our six organisational values, which we all believe in and try to uphold in the conduct of our daily work. Find out more about how the LBU Values guide our work in our short film.

Leeds Beckett University Values

Our university is a space for students and colleagues to be themselves.
We want everyone at LBU to feel a sense of belonging. "

Addressing harassment and sexual misconduct

Equality, diversity and inclusion framework

Support. Report. Respect.

Addressing bullying, harassment and sexual misconduct

Our commitment to gender equity

Making positive changes towards gender equality

Our commitment to race equity

Addressing racial inequalities at LBU

LBU anti-racism statement

Fostering an anti-racist culture

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Policy

EDI guidance and resources for colleagues

Staff only

Dignity and Respect Adviser

Staff only

What's happening

Find out more about activities and research taking place across our university, and get information and support via our colleague networks and podcasts series.

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Supporting our community | Colleague networks

Get the information and support you need in a safe and supportive environment.

We have a large number of student communities available for you to join so that you can connect with others over joint interests. Take a look and see what's available.

LBSU student communities

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Check our awareness days and events calendar and celebrate with us!

Awareness days and events

Leeds Beckett Strengthens Support for Colleagues with Caring Responsibilities

If you're balancing work with caring for a parent, partner, child, or loved one, you're not alone - at least one in five people in the workplace has caring responsibilities.

Leeds Beckett has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting colleagues who balance work and caring responsibilities, by partnering with Sherry King, founder of Sandwich Generation Support, to deliver a series of training sessions.

So far, 50 colleagues have attended the sessions, which focus on understanding the challenges faced by working carers and how best to support them - with more workshops planned for 2026.