The Gryphon’s Jada Bas explores the true motives behind Britney Spears long suffering conservatorship.
UCU Strikes: A Student’s Perspective
As a humanities student, I’m well acquainted with UCU (The University and College Union which represents academic staff at the university) strike action, having had multiple tutors go on strike over 17 days in my first year of uni (2019-20).
Editor’s Opinion: Why LUU (and you) should support the UCU strikes
Better working conditions for staff mean better education for students. Who can seriously expect a savings-stripped, sleep-deprived lecturer living on the breadline and working on a contract as strong and stable as a Teresa May government to deliver a seminar to their best ability?
COP26: A Test of British Soft Power and the World’s Left and Right
Featured Image: Wikipedia Britain, apparently, used to be known for its common sense. The country with the practicality, wealth and explosive creativity which resulted in the Industrial Revolution; harbinger to this modern age with the […]
Reclaim the night, as long as you’re white
The Influence Race Has on the Reaction to Gender Based Violence.
Is There Anyone Who Can Make The Main Parties Attractive Again?
[…] Johnson’s rhetoric at the conference sought to differentiate them from the fiscally irresponsible Labour Party, whilst coming off the back of a pandemic during which billions were spent on faulty PPE, an eighteen month-long furlough scheme and a test-and-trace system that achieved next to nothing […]
Student life under the Taliban: Education at risk
The Taliban’s advance to power has meant many things. Repercussions have been felt around the world as foreign powers rush to evacuate at risk citizens and international diplomacy has been tested as leaders grapple with questions of what the 20-year occupation in Afghanistan was for. And, crucially, was it worth it?
The University’s 10K Deferment Policy is Leaving Existing Students in the Dust
A Leeds Student Group Opinion Round-up
[…] “‘Sorry we can’t afford lecturers’ pensions. Sorry we can’t afford tuition fee refunds. Sorry we can’t afford more mental health support. Oh but here’s 10k if you want to defer!’” Student Jake Moran wrote. A sentiment it appears that many of the students who have weathered university life throughout the crisis share. […]
In Person Teaching is Vital for Students
September marks the return for students to University, combined with the arrival of many new faces who are experiencing higher education for the very first time. It provides opportunities to see old faces, meet new ones and settle down into the year with a sense of excitement and intrigue about what you might be studying
£10k Offers are Unethical to Students and Demean Universities
Money all too often defines the university experience and it is by the far the most unfair limitation for anyone outside the walls of tertiary education who is unsure of how to get in. Money wraps itself around classism, racism and the experiences of those from other underrepresented university backgrounds who in the British system luckily receive maintenance loans; socially acceptable benefits, that along with student course fees, are paid off essentially in a graduate tax at later date contingent on future income.
Texas’ new Abortion Law: A Frightening step back for Women’s Rights
Last Wednesday, the US Supreme Court decided in favour of Texas banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and harshly criminalising anyone involved.
A defence of in-person lectures
Being a student in the 2020s has so far been defined by the pandemic, which has fundamentally hurt an entire generation’s life chances from early and to higher education. Technology, however, has been our saviour, […]