Campaigners from across the UK protested at the immigration removal centre in Bedfordshire on Saturday, December 4, demanding that the detention centre be shut down. The centre, which mainly holds women and children, is one […]
Tampons don’t Grow on Christmas Trees
LUU are running a campaign to collection donations of sanitary products for those who can’t afford them this Christmas time. The ‘san-i-tree’, featuring vulva inspired Christmas baubles, is based outside Essentials and tomorrow there will […]
Death of Bristol students sparks national conversation on mental health
A coroner is investigating three sudden deaths of students from the University of Bristol. The causes of the deaths have yet to be officially established, although tribute messages left on memorial pages established following the […]
University’s Field trip simulator wins award
University of Leeds and Leeds College of Art win Times Higher Education award for Outstanding Digital Innovation The Virtual Landscapes team at the University of Leeds and Leeds College of Art have won the award […]
Leave your presence behind this Christmas
When students go home for Christmas, an enormous amount of leftover food from people’s kitchens is thrown away. LUU has teamed up with a number of local charities and Leeds City Council so that unwanted […]
Leeds University scores highly for green impact
The University has been awarded a ‘first class award’, scoring 100% for environmental policy but 0% for ethical investment The University of Leeds has been named one of the key universities producing environmental research. It […]
North South divide influences two thirds of University Applicants
Nearly two thirds of prospective students are influenced by the north-south divide when it comes to applying to universities. Research conducted by The Student Room, an online forum for students, showed that almost 62% of […]
Hyde Park murder investigation continues as police search for guitars
Police search for guitars believed to be linked to Hyde Park murder earlier this month Police are looking to trace two electric guitars missing from the home of a man murdered in Hyde Park. Christopher […]
Campus Watch: Research has revealed Cardiff University adds just under £3bn to the UK economy
It comes after London Economics, a policy and economics consultancy, produced and published a report that suggested the university generates £6.36 for every £1 it spends. With this evidence, the firm went on to calculate […]
Campus Watch: Bristol University develops new technology to make nuclear waste useful
How do you deal with nuclear waste? Turn it into a diamond battery of course! A team of physicists and chemists at the University of Bristol have developed new technology that harnesses nuclear waste to […]
Seeing double: Hyde Park’s Sainsbury’s situation
A new Sainsbury’s supermarket opened on the 1st December on Royal Park Road, only 0.2 miles away from the 24 hour Sainsbury’s on Brudenell Road. The Brudenell Road ‘Sainos’ has become a student institution, dominating the […]
Campus Watch: Cambridge University accused of covering up anti-Semitic attacks
At the end of October in the graduate student union at Cambridge University, three Jewish students wearing kippahs were verbally and physically abused as they were leaving the private party for the sporting societies of […]