25.01.13 An investigation by Leeds Student has found that the University has no fail-proof way to detect whether students have bought their essays online. Current technology can only detect when content has been submitted elsewhere. […]
Cash strapped girls seek ‘Sugar Daddies’
25.01.13 A regular user of a “Sugar Daddy” dating website has spoken exclusively to Leeds Student about her experience. Following the claim that almost 100 students at Leeds are signed up to seekingarrangement.com, this paper […]
Why are we sweating?
We are special. Along with luscious locks, mammary glands, and a neocortex, we are one of the only groups that sweat. Our stinky glands are a common characteristic among mammals, providing evidence of shared ancestry. […]
Did Curiosity kill the Moon?
On July 20th, 1969 Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar module pilot Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moons’ surface and in doing so became immortalized in Earth’s history. This was […]
How to revive your New Years resolutions
With the celebrations of the New Year and the subsequent hangovers now firmly behind us, scientists estimate that a mere 22% of us are still sticking to our New Year’s resolutions. Whether it was […]
LS Answers: Why do we dream?
If you dream about a baboon, you need to be more expressive with your feelings. To see or eat a bagel whilst dreaming indicates that there is something missing in your life and if you […]
Snow start to new semester
Students have been left with even more time on their hands than usual after scores of lectures were cancelled due to the snow. Two days of heavy snowfall in and around Leeds forced the University […]
LS interviews: Liam Burns, President of NUS
25.01.13 Would you encourage individual students unions, like ours, to implement the living wage? If it was possible, then yes – but it’s not as if people just get it overnight. There might be perfectly […]
Student workers paid ‘poverty wage’
Despite the Union lobbying the University to pay its staff the living wage, it is failing to do so for its own employees. Last year a Better Union idea was passed which stated that the […]
Patience tested by exam failings
25.01.13 Chaos has disrupted the exam period, with students having to put up with missing questions and being given the wrong papers. In December, second year Biochemistry students found themselves sitting an exam on topics […]
How Much For The Degree?
With the introduction of fees for University, there has been a growing trend among commentators and politicians alike to call us consumers rather than students. The idea of education as a public good is being […]
#ANTI-SOCIAL NETWORKING
In ten years time, we will all be required to have Facebook and Twitter accounts. By law. In truly Orwellian fashion, any dissenters will be kidnapped, incarcerated and tortured by government forces until they yield […]