A new alcohol-free night event is to launch in Leeds next week, with the backing of the Leeds University Business School and LUU. The night, called “incLucid”, is being launched at the Holy Trinity Church […]
The Edge undergoes £1.2m refurbishment
The Edge has re-opened after a £1.2m refurbishment this summer. New facilities include 250 pieces of state-of-the-art equipment, with a large weights area to replace the former dance studio due to open tonight. The […]
Firefighters tackle blaze in Hyde Park street
The fire brigade rushed to attend a fire in a residential street in Hyde Park on Tuesday. Onlookers were forced to dial 999 in Harold Grove, a residential street in the student area of Hyde […]
Halo criticised for ‘F**k me’ campaign
Halo nightclub has come under fire for an advertisement which includes the slogan, ‘F**k me I’m a Fresher’. The poster, distributed outside the University, promotes the club’s Freshers’ nights following its re-opening earlier this month. […]
Police continue to probe deaths of student backpackers as friends pay tribute
Tributes have continued to pour in for the two British backpackers found dead last week on a beach on the Thai island of Koh Tao, one of whom was University of Leeds graduate David Miller. […]
News | Nottingham University building ablaze
Firefighters are dealing with a blaze at Nottingham University. The fire is suspected to have started in the Glaxo Smith Kline building on the University’s Jubilee campus. According to a spokesperson the area is currently […]
News| Cuts to Disabled Students’ Allowance postponed
Planned cuts to the Disabled Students’ Allowance have been postponed until 2016-17. The postponement was announced by Greg Clark, the Universities and Science minister, this morning. The changes, originally unveiled by then universities minister David […]
BREAKING: Oscar Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide
Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of culpable homicide. The sportsman, who was cleared of murdering Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day, will face up to 15 years in prison under the jurisdiction that […]
News | Medic on path to glory at Para Table Tennis World Championships
A Leeds medicine undergraduate who represented Team GB at the 2012 Paralympics is currently preparing to play in the 2014 ITT Para Table Tennis World Championships in Beijing. Kim Daybell, 22, is currently ranked 9th […]
News | Missing soldiers to be named in Brotherton War Memorial
The names of twenty-five World War One soldiers are to be added to the Brotherton Library Great War Memorial, as part of the University’s centenary commemorations. The names of the twenty-five soldiers, who were all […]
Leeds University Union takes on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Members of Leeds University Union have accepted the global ice bucket challenge after being nominated by University of Surrey Students Union. In a YouTube video uploaded by the Union, five LUU members are filmed being […]
News | Future Leeds student dies in unexplained fall
Tributes have been paid to a student about to start at Leeds University who died last Wednesday. Jeevan Singh Dhanda, who held an offer to study economics, was found on railway tracks at Birmingham New […]