Leeds launches big recruitment drive for early career researchers

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John Fisher, deputy vice-chancellor of Leeds, said: ¡°We are looking for great minds to join us in tackling some of society¡¯s biggest challenges, to help us create a new generation of postgraduate researchers in major areas of interdisciplinary research.

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