On behalf of student-led startup Studenteer, Anna-Karina Yuill explores the benefits of volunteering at this time
Retroactive remedying: How can depictions of Blackface be torn down?
Owen Frost explores the most recent removal of Blackface depictions both within television and film – and how they can effectively be torn down.
Meet the Artist: Niall Unger
We chat to Niall Unger, the designer behind our Freshers’ Guide front cover to discuss inspirations, process and the great things about Leeds.
COVID-19: Community in a time of crisis
In an effort to spread good news in a time of crisis, local community spirit has been written about for the past couple of weeks. Without these small snippets of goodness, it is easy to […]
Leeds Student Community First Responders Celebrate Attending 1000th Call
Leeds Student Community First Responders began in 2016 as the slightly rogue idea of a now almost final year medical student. We have since grown to encompass over 100 volunteers, and are proud to recruit […]
Is Notting Hill Forgetting Its Roots?
When 500 people gathered for the first ever Notting Hill Carnival in 1966, no one could have imagined its coming popularity. This year saw 2.5 million attendees, 40,000 volunteers and 9,000 police, making it the […]
Practice What You Preach – How Sustainable are This Year’s Community Candidates?
It’s that time of the year again, where walls are plastered in brightly-coloured posters promising environmental concern and sustainability – the irony is truly real. An average campaigner will print off around 200 A4 posters […]
EXCLUSIVE: Union’s Inept Approach to Costing Mars Election Results
Through joint research by The Gryphon and LSR, it has become clear that the union has failed to uphold their own rules in the recent Exec elections. In our role in holding the union to […]
Exec-tly What We Need
The Student Exec are elected every year to represent your views and improve your student experience Jack Palmer – Union Affairs What is your role? My role is to chair our Board of Trustees and ensure […]
Free Community Shop for refugees to open in Hyde Park
LUU’s Leave Leeds Tidy campaigners are working alongside the Leeds Community Project to provide free essential items to those in need this summer. Students are being encouraged to donate unwanted items to the Free Community Shop […]
A local reaction with global effects
Community. It’s something that I’ve been thinking a lot about recently. Its importance has been drilled into me by my grandparents, my old school and by the biographies of the great and the good. It’s […]
LUU LEADERSHIP RACE: The Real Junk Food Project
Ruth Wogan is running for Community Officer, here are her views on why the Real Junk Food Project is something LUU should be getting more involved in. When I started thinking about the issues I wanted […]