Two Dead after Swedish School Attacks Horror struck a school in Trollhättan, Sweden last Thursday, when a man dressed in a Darth-Vaderesque mask carrying a sword attacked four people. The attacker initially posed for photographs […]
Campus Watch: 30/10/15
Shooting at Tennessee University Leaves One Dead and Three Injured A 19 year old man and three women have been injured after violence erupted following a row over a dice game on October 22nd at Tennessee State […]
Leeds scholars sign up to Israeli boycott
Eleven University of Leeds scholars have declared that they will be boycotting Israeli academic institutions in response to Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian land. The declaration to show solidarity to Palestinians has a list of […]
Hundreds Turn Out for BHM Event
On the 26th October, Leeds University Union held a “Why Is My Curriculum White?” forum, discussing a lack of diversity in the University Curriculum. On the panel for the forum were: Richard Tavernier, a member […]
Surprising Unity Despite Political Divides
The Union’s Political Societies debated key issues, from tax Credits to the EU, at Friday’s Question Time debate which was chaired by Politics student Edward Hardy. The issue of cuts to tax credits saw […]
‘Jeremy had a stonking great victory and now it’s up to the rest of us to support him, and that’s exactly what I intend to do.’
The Gryphon speak to Labour MP and Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn about Jeremy Corbyn, the future of Syria and the government’s new PREVENT laws. Since The Gryphon last spoke to you quite a […]
Thousands protest Junior Doctor contracts
Wednesday night saw thousands of Junior Doctors, medical students, other allied health professionals and supporters descend upon Victoria Square in Leeds City Centre to protest against the proposed changes to the Junior Doctors’ contracts. The […]
Break In at Law School
An intruder broke into the Liberty Building off Moorland Road during the early hours of Tuesday morning, stealing cash and stock from a number of vending machines, as well as two MacBook Pros. He carried […]
Amnesty Demonstrates against Refugee Deaths
Even at a distance on approaching the the Union, signs could clearly be read ’71 people died in this space’ accompanying a small cordoned off area. This display comes as part of a demonstration conducted […]
“Let’s be Happy, Let’s be Hopeful, Above all let’s be Optimistic”
Newly elected Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, visited the University on Thursday to speak to students about the Party’s voter registration campaign, as well as conducting a brief question and answer session with the 500 […]
The Digest: 23/10/15
EU Plan on Migrant Crisis Yet to be Finalised In talks that took place last Thursday, the EU offered faster visa liberalisations for Turks entering Europe, and promised to “re-energise” talks about Turkey joining the […]
Campus Watch – 23/10/15
Warwick University student Rejects Consent Training The Tab Warwick has provoked a backlash from students following an article by George Lawlor on consent classes. He voiced his anger, stating that he did not “have to […]