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Staff Member Shortlisted for Student Money Adviser of the Year

Manjit Sangha has been nominated in this year’s NASMA Student Money Advice Awards for her work at Leeds Conservatoire.

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Graduate Nominated for Newcomer Prize at Parliamentary Jazz Awards

Congratulations are in order for Olivia Cuttill who has been nominated for Jazz Newcomer of the Year.

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English Teacher Win Award for Championing Grassroots Music

Youth Music have announced the band, who formed at Leeds Conservatoire, as winner of the Grassroots Hero Award 2025.

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Marcin Mazurek at 2025 BAFTAs, in front of BAFTA backdrop and holding award
Former Student Scores BAFTA Winning Short Film

Marcin Mazurek, who studied Film Music at the conservatoire, is the composer of Rock, Paper, Scissors which won Best British Short Film at the 2025 BAFTAs.

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English Teacher Come Fifth in BBC’s Sound of 2025

The band, who formed at Leeds Conservatoire, kicked off the countdown on the BBC’s annual list of music’s rising stars.

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Student Support Colleague Secures UMHAN Award

Clare Copley, Senior Occupational Therapist, has been recognised in the first Mental Health in Education Awards launched by the University Mental Health Advisers Network.

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