The person attacked in the city centre over the weekend has been confirmed as a 20-year-old Leeds University student. The former social sciences foundation degree student Billy Jacob Mankelow died of serious head injuries, and was […]
Baroness Sayeeda Warsi addresses students at LUU PakSoc event
This week, the former Minister of Faith and Communities and Leeds alumni, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi spoke as a guest for an event hosted by LUU Pakistani Society. The event on Thursday, which was publicised as […]
UPDATE: Police release new image of Beeston rapist
Police have released a new e-fit image of a man who raped and attempted to murder a woman in Leeds. The image was created by combining descriptions of the man from the victim and from […]
Mass DNA search begins for Beeston bus stop rapist
West Yorkshire Police have begun a mass DNA swabbing operation as they search for the man who raped and attempted to murder a woman in Leeds. The victim, an 18-year-old local woman, was dragged from […]
Vigil for Kenya university attack
Leeds has taken part in a worldwide vigil in memory of students killed in a terrorist attack at a Kenyan university. The memorial service was organised by the University’s East African Society to remember the […]
UPDATE: Uni ‘squatters’ resist eviction
Activists occupying University land resisted attempts to evict them yesterday. Bailiffs arrived at 6 Grosvenor Mount in Headingley to remove members of Leeds Community Project, but protesters reportedly refused to talk to them. Leeds CP […]
Uni ‘squatters’: We’ll fight eviction
Leeds Community Project has pledged to ‘resist eviction’ from 6 Grosvenor Mount, and has called on the public to show solidarity with the occupation. Protesters claim they are to be removed from the site today […]
Uni named in top 10 for best student experience
A survey conducted by the Times Higher Education supplement has ranked the student experience at the University of Leeds as one of the best in the country for the fifth year running. The survey, which […]
Uni to rival Beckett in student rankings
The University will take on rival Leeds Beckett to be in with a chance of winning Best International University this year. Leeds has been rated among the best institutions for City Life, and is also […]
Police investigate ‘vagina’ graffiti
Police are appealing for information following a spate of distinctive graffiti drawings on campus which some students have suggested represents a vagina. Several drawings have been spotted in locations including the Edward Boyle library and […]
Students occupy LSE
A group of students at the London School of Economics are staging an occupation in protest of the ‘marketisation of education.’ It is believed around 40 members of Occupy LSE, mostly made-up of postgraduate students, […]
Italy court clears pair of Leeds student murder
Italy’s highest court has acquitted Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito of the murder of Leeds University student Meredith Kercher. In a final decision following seven years of trials, judges concluded that a guilty verdict ‘could not […]