Student maintenance grants will be scrapped after the Commons voted to continue with the government’s proposed changes, which sees maintenance grants, designed to help students from low income backgrounds pay for basic living costs, replaced […]
The Western view of North Korea
North Korea has one of the strangest relationships with the West in modern political times. In an average year we will fluctuate between mass hysteria over the country’s active nuclear weapons programme to mocking Kim […]
Government forced into Commons debate on scrapping student maintenance grants
The Labour Party have tabled an opposition day debate and annulment motion to take place on Tuesday, forcing the government into a debate in the House of Commons on their plans to replace student maintenance […]
Comment: Tom Hardy's poorly-voiced characters are the evolution of acting
Tom Hardy is a terrific physical actor. His characters look, act, move and behave as they should. His Mad Max, almost feral, scrabbles in the dirt and communicates through grunts and stares; in Locke, every […]
Review: The Revenant – Di Caprio’s Oscar hopes back from the dead?
The Revenant has had much excitement circling around it, ever since it was announced following writer/director Alejandro G. Inarritu’s 2015 Academy Awards success with his previous film Birdman. Set in the 1820’s American Rockies, featuring […]
LUU the first union in the country to be awarded excellent status by NUS
The National Union of Students (NUS) Quality Students’ Union accreditation scheme has awarded Leeds University Union ‘Excellent’ status, making it the first union in the country to gain this title. NUS said that it was […]
How to get over Blue Monday (and any other day you feel depressed)
Blue Monday is over everyone! For those of you who don’t know what Blue Monday is, apparently, it’s the most depressing day of the year. Post-holiday blues, combined with debt from Christmas, going back to […]
The well fed student: Brain-fuel breakfast – overnight oats
It’s that horrible time of year when you’re constantly in the library, or feeling guilty for not being in the library, and you can’t be bothered make anything for your meals that takes any effort […]
Evidence of Match-Fixing Revealed in Tennis
NEW corruption scandals hit the sporting world last night as an independent investigation panel revealed that widespread match-fixing was reportedly linked to several high profile tennis matches. The secret files, which flagged up suspected events […]
David Cameron launches controversial English language teaching scheme in visit to Hyde Park mosque
Prime Minister David Cameron visited the Makkah Mosque in Hyde Park on Monday as part of the launch of the governments’ new £20 million scheme to teach women in migrant communities English. Speaking on the […]
Union and halls evacuated after gas leak on Clarendon Road
A gas leak on Clarendon Road led to the union and surrounding buildings being evacuated on Saturday night. Over 100 students were reportedly evacuated from the union, Lyddon Hall and various other university residences. A […]
Victim of Hyde Park Terrace murder identified
Detectives investigating a murder following the discovery of a body in Hyde Park Terrace have today identified the victim as Michael Ayres, 60, of Headingley. The body of Michael Ayres was discovered after firefighters were […]