3/5/13 Women’s Rugby Chloe Edwards As this was the third annual Ladies Day competition, everyone attending knew what to expect- a lot of banter, laughs and good fun had by all, whilst trying to master […]
Review: Mono_cult 6th Birthday
Mono_cult 6th Birthday Dixon Scuba Prosumer Oneman Saturday 2nd March Canal Mills In the six years since Mono_cult made it’s humble beginnings on a Sunday afternoon in the The Lounge terrace, it has grown to […]
A Liberating New Idea
Later this month Leeds students will be voting in a referendum to decide whether or not LUU should have Liberation representatives for women, BAME (Black and Minority ethnic), LGBT and disabled students among others. Although […]
Keep Calm and Carry On?
With exams around the corner and the sight of depressed and panic-stricken students frenetically flocking to the university libraries like battery chickens to revise, some immersed in their textbooks and writing notes like their life […]
A Spot of Good News
If you trust the media, you would think that Britain was awash with all the worst social ills; crime, rioting, the NHS in crisis, education being dumbed-down and a general sense that the country “was […]
Feminists: Reclaiming the Internet
For many years, the media was the enemy of feminism. The movement was mischaracterised, tainted, and exploited, condemned as weird and unfashionable. Undressed and muted like helpless Page Three models dead behind the eyes, feminism […]
The Legacy of the North South Divide
‘Is there really a North/South water taste divide?’ Upon emerging from a post dissertation hand-in, alcohol induced haze this was the cutting edge journalism that the BBC could provide me with this morning. Please, someone […]
Gang suspected in spate of Union thefts
Police say an organized gang may be responsible a spate of thefts in the Union. Victims had high value items stolen from their bags and purses, in a series of nine separate incidents in one […]
University accused of racism
A recent student has publicly accused the University of racially discriminating against her while she was studying. Sanaz Raji was forced to leave the University after her scholarship was withdrawn. Raji, who was studying for […]
LS meets the Vice Chancellor: The Final Word
Why are you leaving? One last big academic job before I hang up the boots, I think. If you read anything about leadership they all say that 7 to 10 years is about the right […]
Leeds shops offer sanctuary to scared students
The Union Exec has helped launch spaces in the city where students in danger can take refuge. The ‘Safe Spaces’ project is using a variety of Leeds landmarks to give students a recognisable place where […]
‘Prolific’ campus thief jailed
A man has been imprisoned for two and a half years after stealing from University property, having been apprehended by Security. Mark Devine, of Holbeck, Leeds, was found guilty of theft, fraudulent use of a […]