With the number of international students studying at UK Universities decreasing in recent years, Joseph Birch investigates where all the international students have gone and why they’re staying away. A report by the Higher […]
Comment | The brutal lessons of WW1
Most people’s knowledge of the Great War is summed up perfectly in an episode of Friends in which Phoebe and Rachel reach the conclusion that the allied forces fought against Mexico in the First World […]
Features | 'I went into labour the night before my exam'
Trying to stay on top of deadlines is difficult for many students, but even more so with a baby to look after. This week LS talks to Kathleen Van Geete, a mother of two, about […]
Features | Five of the best alternative moments in British history
For most people their studies of British history at school began at 1066 and ended in 1945 with Churchill flipping V signs in Trafalgar Square, but now Michael Gove wants to change that with his […]
News | LS holds the Exec to account
LS questions the Exec on what they have and haven’t achieved this year. Alice Smart Education Officer Do you think lecture podcasts affects attendance? There was the odd lecturer making these claims. They’re there because […]
Comment | Gove the reformer
If we truly believe all students should have the same opportunity to be successful, we should have an education system which reflects that. This week Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, set out his mission: to […]
Features | The Tuition Fees – How have they really affected us?
Despite the new £9000 fees, the number of students entering into full-time higher education in 2013 reached a record high, with almost half a million undergraduates being accepted into universities around the UK. In fact, […]
Photojournal | Staff on strike – "It's the last resort today"
“What’s twenty times six?” asks Ann Blair, law lecturer and President of University of Leeds University and College Union (UCU). “One hundred and twenty”. “Well. That’s how many mince pies I’ve been distributing on the […]
Comment | Why we need grammar schools
British education is failing. Our schools are failing our students and the future prosperity of the UK hangs in the balance. Figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have rated England’s 16-24 year-olds as being 22nd […]
Comment | Support the teacher's strike!
This Halloween, staff from the University and Colleges Union (UCU,) Unite and Unison took industrial action against higher education campuses across the country. The strike came as part of an ongoing dispute with University management that […]
News | In pictures – Leeds education workers on strike
Staff at the University of Leeds went on strike on Thursday in protest over pay and cuts to higher education. They proceeded to join striking staff from Leeds Met and other members of the public […]
Blogs | Why Are You Here?
When you start any course of study there is the inevitable ‘Now, let’s go around in a circle and find out a little about you – what you have done and why are you here?’ […]