This past weekend marked the start of the autumn internationals where the Southern Hemisphere teams travel to the North in a battle to see whose brand of rugby is superior. The rugby powerhouses of New […]
Racing world pulls together for Tylicki
Perhaps one of the most unconsidered factors about sport is the physical demand on those who take part in it, and the dangers that sportspeople face through putting their bodies through immense pressure every day. […]
Women’s Volleyball 1s looks comfortable in the cup
The women’s volleyball first team continued their fantastic start to the 2016/17 season, by defeating fellow Yorkshire side Sheffield in the first round of the Northern Conference Cup, securing their fourth consecutive straight games victory […]
The Arts Netflix Weekend Watchlist: Vol 8
The maelstrom of deadlines is behind you and whilst you should be celebrating, the fact that a giant cheesy wotsit with about the same political skill is about to take up residence in the White […]
RSC’s King Lear: poverty, humanity and destruction
Can we use 400-year-old plays to reflect on how we live today? Charlie takes a look at Shakespeare’s King Lear to determine whether anything has really changed between then and now: Every time I watch […]
Welfare at Leeds: dealing with difficult housemates
At University we sometimes have a very limited amount of choice about who we end up living with. This is especially true about first year when you are thrown in student accommodation with strangers. Sometimes […]
Where are all the women?
It’s 2016, so how come women still aren’t being given the same amount of representation as men? Gender imbalance within academia is something that is often discussed, but then put to one side. Often, people […]
‘What does Fruity mean to me?’
This week In The Middle ran an exciting competition asking applicants to summarise their own personal relationships to Fruity in 400 words or less. First place, an inspired piece by Mikhail Hanafi, won a season […]
Feature – RBMA shines the spotlight on Grime
The much anticipated Red Bull Music Academy Tour reached Leeds at the close of October, following stops in Liverpool, Glasgow and London. In Leeds, amongst a variety of genres represented, Grime was on the agenda. Schoolyard […]
Leeds researchers ‘virtually immortalise’ character in world first
A team of researchers at the University of Leeds have virtually immortalised Joey from popular US sitcom, Friends, in the first step towards transforming popular television characters into digital avatars. The character from the hit […]
Students create app to vanquish revision stress
Two medical students from the University of Leeds have launched a new study platform in an effort to beat revision stress and increase memory retention by up to 80 per cent. James Gupta and Omair […]
Campus Watch: Birmingham scientists aim to create sperm fertility app
Scientists from the University of Birmingham have formulated mathematical equations that will help determine the efficiency of human sperm based on visual factors. Leader of the project at Birmingham, Dr Dave Smith, said: “This has […]