Around 50 Leeds University students were caught up in the terror attacks in Paris on Friday night, during which nearly 130 people were killed and 180 injured. The French students were unable to get back […]
Rapist jailed for knifepoint attack
A man has been jailed for ten years for raping a sex worker in a brutal knifepoint attack in Leeds. Anthony Riley, 24 dragged the woman to the ground by her hair. He then proceeded […]
How we're all about to lose our voice
If we don’t act by the 20th November, loads of students are about to go missing and the weird thing is that no one is talking about it. Loads of us are about to go […]
Sweatshop Goods: Is An Individual Boycott Enough?
When examining the Bangladeshi garment industry, it is almost unavoidable not to call into question the western consumer sweatshop boycott: is it actually helpful in bringing about change, or do we need a greater call for collective reform in […]
Presentation held on Islamophobia
A presentation on Islamophobia was hosted by MEND (Muslim Engagement & Development) on Wednesday evening. The presentation was given by Abla Klaa, BME student campaigns coordinator at the Union. In the presentation, Klaa pointed to […]
Preview – #0800R1NG2RAV3
If, like me, you have plunged irrevocably into the depths of your overdraft, and if, like me, you’re beginning to wilt under a sudden influx of assignments, and if, like me, you’re often partial to […]
Comedy Stage Hypnosis Show at The Fenton and HEART
Introducing Comedy Stage Hypnosis from Dr Karla Mistry. The show will feature performances from LA trained hypnotist Karla Mistry, with some of the proceeds of the show going towards the Motor Neurone Disease Association. Tickets […]
Brand Focus: Erdem
Bold. Vibrant. Exquisite. These are a few of the many words that have been repeatedly used by fashion critics and journalists alike to describe the designs of London-based fashion label, Erdem. This relatively new fashion […]
Vogue and Alexa Chung: The Fashion Documentary
British Vogue’s mini-series Future of Fashion was created with several aims in mind. In its own synopsis, the publication stated: The plan was to show this world, from the inside out, to dispel the myths […]
MENTAL HEALTH A-Z: F is for Fitness
We all know that it’s important to keep a well-balanced and healthy life, you don’t need me to preach it to you. But did you know that during exercise your brain releases the ‘happy’ chemical, […]
Postcards from Abroad: Cape Town, South Africa
Bryony is a third year Philosophy and Politics student on her year abroad in South Africa. She’s been living in Cape Town for almost four months now, and is yet to climb Table Mountain. She […]
A Language Assistantship Abroad…
Every year the British Council send over two thousand undergraduates and postgraduates abroad to teach English as a foreign language, in a programme which spans four continents and fourteen countries. The Gryphon explores the challenges […]