University of Leeds
contributes
£1,136 million
to the UK economy.
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Contributes
£726 million
to the local economy.
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This is part of the estimated
£1,040 million
contributed by higher education to the city of Leeds.
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It directly employs 7,705 people.
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But it actually creates 11,681 local jobs.
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And in total it generates 18,434 UK jobs.
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There are 36,250 students.
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It's behind 78 graduate start-up businesses.
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It also supports 1,539 other organisations through knowledge exchange.
£1,040 million
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UK parliamentary constituency for University of Leeds:
Leeds Central
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Note: all employment figures presented are Full-Time Equivalents. This means that part-time workers are counted pro-rata based on the proportion of full-time hours that they work. This enables a common currency to be established, which adjusts for working hours of staff across universities as well as of other workers.