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"The play-offs are the most exciting end to a season!". Maybe play one leg at home for 3rd and 4th place and cut this dross!

📢Last chance to register for our first event! 👇

Saw someone on here earlier this season say Leeds are England's last big, old-school club. They really feel like it on nights like this

.#lufc ST holder sadly working in Lausanne 🇨🇭 and missing last night's game 🙈 Managed to watch thanks to McCarthy's Irish Pub (with bemused Swiss wondering why I was jumping around going nuts periodically). Celebratory jog alongside Lake Geneva this morning! Phil Hay The Square Ball

Great meeting of groupepolyphenols in Lausanne 🇨🇭 discussing, amongst other things, the upcoming IWA&B University of Leeds in September. Don't miss out on the leading conference in #anthocyanins & #betalains research. Details here: eu.eventscloud.com/website/12992/…

Global clothing production has doubled in the last 15 years, but just 1% is recycled - Dr Max Kelly from University of Plymouth sets out the scale of the challenge at the start of our launch event #FutureFibresNetworkPlus

Dr Ceri Lewis Dr Ceri Lewis says scientists are finding microplastics - including fibres - everywhere in the ocean, including inside animals and the deep seabed She describes her work in the Galápagos Islands, where plastic waste arrives on ocean currents #FutureFibresNetworkPlus

What impact do clothes and fibres have when they break down in the environment? Here Professor Richard Blackburn Richard Blackburn explains the importance of considering the full life cycle of clothes #FutureFibresNetworkPlus University of Leeds

We are offering grants of up to £100,000 for “mini-projects” to make sustainable fashion a reality Here Professor Tamara Galloway explains how these can help "design out" some of the problems in fashion and textiles #FutureFibresNetworkPlus University of Exeter Global Systems Institute

Excited to be launching our #FutureFibres network in London today. Some fantastic discussions about how to improve the sustainability of the fashion industry Global Systems Institute ExeterMarine

We aim to bring environmental science into the design and production of clothes Here Professor Kate Goldsworthy explains how this can help to prevent environmental damage #FutureFibresNetworkPlus University of the Arts London UAL Research

Connecting researchers with the fashion & textile industry can accelerate positive change Here UKFT CEO Adam Mansell explains more #FutureFibresNetworkPlus

Our launch event today has included fascinating insights on new technologies But reducing the environmental impact of fashion and textiles will also depend on people Here Dr Kayleigh Wyles Kayleigh Wyles highlights the importance of behaviour #FutureFibresNetworkPlus University of Plymouth

We are looking for #ginger (#redhead if you insist) guests for our #podcast we are recording on the topic of #redheads 👩🏻‍🦰👨🏻‍🦰 Gingefluential scientists, musicians, actors, artists we want to speak with you. Don’t be shy ☺️

Our clothes and textiles must be designed with #CircularEconomy in mind, says Professor Fiona Charnley Fiona Charnley #FutureFibresNetworkPlus Exeter Centre for Circular Economy University of Exeter Business School

👇👇👇 Our “groundbreaking” film 🤩 Do watch. We’re incredibly proud of it. So grateful to WWF & the whole team who let us follow them as they followed Antarctica’s magnificent humpback whales

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

👋 Introducing the latest new talented member of our project team from the University of Leeds! Welcome, Ishrat! University of Exeter University of the Arts London University of Plymouth University of Leeds UKFT