As we move into 2014, many of us are starting to battle the bulge generated by all that turkey, pudding, chocolate and general rubbish we’ve inhaled over the Christmas break. None more so than myself. […]
Features | 10 Things You Learn in Your First Semester
We did it, guys! After twelve gruelling weeks, we made it to the finish line relatively unscathed. Despite countless episodes of essay-induced despair where we may have threatened to throw in the towel altogether and […]
Features | Realistic Aims for Real Results
A lot of us are pretty cynical about new years. Whether we’re drinking and partying the night away out on the town with our mates, or, in my case, vegging out on the couch watching […]
Features | The Tuition Fees – How have they really affected us?
Despite the new £9000 fees, the number of students entering into full-time higher education in 2013 reached a record high, with almost half a million undergraduates being accepted into universities around the UK. In fact, […]
Features | Christmas Cards – A Dying Tradition
Project Britain found that the average person sends 50 Christmas cards a year, but many claim sending cards is a dying practise in the UK. I’m sure I’m not alone in saying that each year […]
Photojournal | Staff on strike – "It's the last resort today"
“What’s twenty times six?” asks Ann Blair, law lecturer and President of University of Leeds University and College Union (UCU). “One hundred and twenty”. “Well. That’s how many mince pies I’ve been distributing on the […]
Interview | Rebecca Taylor, MEP for Yorkshire and Humber
“I don’t know a single person that’s done Erasmus that has afterwards thought it was a bad idea” Rebecca Taylor, MEP for Yorkshire and Humber, talks to us about her views on the new Erasmus+ scheme and […]
Features | Brave new horizons with Erasmus+
Following the news of the Erasmus+ scheme being given the green light at European Parliament, LS looks at how students will benefit from an expansion of the study abroad programme and what we can expect in the […]
Features | Is there a right way to do Christmas?
This year we look at how you celebrate Christmas, both here in the UK and in other countries. Christmas is normally a huge affair at my house, with the entire family descending en masse for a […]
Features | Unfair unpaid internships
LS investigates the exploitation of students taking unpaid internships and what the Careers Centre at Leeds is doing to prevent it. With all the press attention given this year to companies offering unpaid internships, they are now under […]
Interview | Santa and his elf: "As long as we keep Santa’s drink topped up we can pretty much do what we like. He’s getting on a bit these days and he’s lost his edge.”
LSi caught up with Santa and his elf. Only things aren’t as festive as you’d expect all that way in the North Pole. Santa appears disillusioned with his job and frustrated with ever growing consumerism. […]
Features | How to Survive Christmas at Home
With only a couple of weeks left of term, a return home is imminent. Of course you’re looking forward to seeing your family and home friends, but after a whole term of freedom, home can […]