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The coronavirus pandemic is a symptom of a broken food system

The coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated the fragility of our food supplies, but building a more resilient system could provide a path to recovery. Professor Peter Jackson and Professor Duncan Cameron discuss how we can secure our recovery and help to prevent the next crisis.

Institute for Sustainable Food

Research that changes lives

Our four flagship research institutes are taking an interdisciplinary approach to the biggest challenges facing the planet.

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Our impact

Our researchers are making life-changing discoveries and solving problems that have a global impact.

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Covid-19: our research and innovation

We're helping the national and global effort through crucial research, innovation and collaborations.

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News

18 June 2020

Pandemic adds to intolerable pressure on unpaid carers

Unpaid carers are twice as likely as the general public to have relied on a foodbank during the Covid-19 pandemic, new data suggests.

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24 June 2020

We're top in Yorkshire and the Humber for graduate prospects

We're the best university in Yorkshire and Humber, second among all northern universities and 13th in the Russell Group for the percentage of employed graduates who are in highly skilled employment.

16 June 2020

Pain-free detection of oral cancer

As part of a collaboration, our researchers have been awarded funding to test and develop a pain-free, non-invasive and instantaneous method to detect oral cancer.

11 June 2020

Nurseries forced to support families

Nursery staff are having to provide food and help to families with benefit claims as the coronavirus pandemic impacts parents with young children, according to our researchers.

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