A number of explosions have rocked Belgium this morning, with twin blasts at Brussels airport and another at Maelbeek metro station close to the EU buildings an hour later. Although the government has yet to […]
Iain Duncan Smith resigns over planned disability benefit changes
Conservative MP, Iain Duncan Smith, has resigned as Work and Pensions Secretary over £4bn of planned cuts to disability benefits. In his Budget on Wednesday, Chancellor George Osborne had said that the government would be […]
Thirteen European university students die in Spanish coach crash
At least thirteen European university students, all of them women, have died in a motorway coach crash in North East Spain. British students were on board the coach but it is not yet known if […]
University student receives two-year sentence for dealing drugs
Leeds Crown Court heard that University Student Luke Fairless, 21, had ordered 100 ecstasy tablets from the Silk Road website to be delivered from Holland to his address at the time in Hyde Park, Leeds. […]
Police seeking witnesses after man seriously assaulted in Union
West Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was seriously assaulted at a heavy metal band gig in Leeds University Union last month. The victim, a 25-year old man, was attacked in Stylus […]
Leeds named most entrepreneurial university by Guardian University Awards
The University of Leeds has been named the country’s most entrepreneurial university by the Guardian University Awards. The awards, held annually, are intended to highlight the achievements of universities across fourteen categories including; student experience, […]
University of Leeds offers sixth best student experience in the country
The University of Leeds offers students the sixth best student experience in the country according to a survey released today. In the latest Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey, an annual survey of 15,000 undergraduates, […]
Legal highs to be banned in new "Psychoactive Substances Act"
The Psychoactive Substances Act, set to be enforced on 6th April, states that any substance will be illegal to produce or supply if it can produce a psychoactive effect. The only exemption from the Act […]
Time for a living wage at LUU?
A recent information pack issued by Leeds University Union to all Leadership Race candidates has revealed that the biggest concern facing students during their first term at university was “money and finances”, overtaking 2014/15’s top […]
The Digest: 11/03/2016
Palace complains after ‘Queen backs Brexit’ story Buckingham Palace have issued a complaint to the press watchdog after The Sun published a story claiming the queen backed a UK break from the EU. The article […]
UCU expose gender pay gap in higher education
The University and College Union (UCU) has published a report, “Holding Down Women’s Pay”, which names and shames the UK’s higher education institutions which have the largest gender pay gaps, to mark International Women’s Day. […]
Campus Watch: 11/03/2016
61-year-old pornstar lecturer investigated A chemical engineering lecturer at The University of Manchester is being investigated after his secret life as a porn star was revealed. Professor Nicholas Goddard, 61, is lead tutor on three […]