12 Facts About Leeds Trinity

Leeds Trinity University is a public university in Horsforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

Leeds Trinity opened in 1966 as two Roman Catholic teacher training colleges for Yorkshire – Trinity College for women and All Saints College for men.

In 1991 Leeds Trinity was designated a college of the University of Leeds, and established a formal accreditation agreement with the university in 2001.

In 2009 Leeds Trinity gained taught degree awarding powers from the Privy Council, and became a university college with the right to award its own degrees.

In 2016 Leeds Trinity marked its 50th anniversary by holding a Mass at Westminster Cathedral.

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Leeds Trinity is a campus university off Brownberrie Lane in Horsforth, close to the village of Rawdon.

Leeds Trinity's library is housed within the Andrew Kean Learning Centre and gives students access to over 500,000 electronic books and 115,000 print volumes, including a large classroom resources section to support students on teaching practice.

Leeds Trinity is an independent Roman Catholic foundation, and until earning the right to award its own degrees in 2009 was accredited by the University of Leeds.

Professional work placement is offered with every degree, through links Leeds Trinity maintains with local business, industry and schools.

Leeds Trinity is the home of a number of research centres and research projects.

Leeds Trinity Business Network is an opportunity for local businesses to network, raise profiles, and work together to support local business.

Leeds Trinity is the current holder of the BBC North Education Partnership Achievement award, given in recognition of its 'inspirational' journalism teaching, and Leeds Trinity news trainees have won the Partnership's Journalism award in two years out of the preceding three.