November 2012 For immediate release

Forty years of Health Education and Health Promotion celebrated at Leeds Met A celebratory event will take place at Leeds Metropolitan Universitys Rose Bowl on Wednesday 28 November to mark the 40th anniversary of Health Education and Health Promotion education at the University.

Since the inception of Health Education training in 1972, Leeds Met has been at the forefront of teaching in this area, with its provision being influential in developing the modern public health workforce both in the UK and in developing countries. The Universitys Centre for Health Promotion Research continues to be a major player in dedicated health promotion research, with current projects including a systematic review of the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of peer interventions in prison and an evaluation of the Department of Health's Health and Social Care Volunteering Fund. Rachael Dixey, Professor of Health Promotion, said: Leeds Metropolitan has been put on the map as a centre of excellence, as it has been at the forefront of health promotion for so long. We have made a major contribution to the theory and practice of health promotion, which in turn has had a big impact on peoples health. Through our students and our books and papers, those going on to work in health promotion are the people who develop strategies for healthier living: to control HIV, immunise children, prevent obesity, and all those other measures which keep people healthier for longer. We are still

thriving, still at the forefront and still have a huge commitment to tackling health inequalities.

The event will include presentations from leading health promotion academics Professor Sylvia Tilford, Professor Rachael Dixey and Professor Jane South and will be attended by practitioners, commissioners and academics with an interest in the developments in health promotion as well as alumni, friends and former staff of Leeds Met.

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For further details please contact Carrie Braithwaite in the Communications team at Leeds Met on 0113 812 3022 or email c.braithwaite@leedsmet.ac.uk

Notes for editors: Leeds Metropolitan University has over 27,000 students and around 2,800 staff. The Vice Chancellor of Leeds Metropolitan University is Professor Susan Price and the Chair of the Board is Lord Woolmer of Leeds. Leeds Metropolitans four faculties are: Arts, Environment and Technology, Business & Law, Health and Social Sciences, and Carnegie. The Destination of Leavers in Higher Education (DLHE) showed that the proportion of Leeds Metropolitan 2010/11 graduates in work, further study or both six months after leaving university was 91.87%. Libraries and Learning Innovation at Leeds Metropolitan was awarded the CSE standard for the tenth year running in 2012. In 2012, Leeds Metropolitan was awarded a First in the People & Planet Green League, a league table of environmentally friendly universities, for the sixth consecutive year.