Leeds University Union have announced the addition of a new club night to the roster of their events. SOUL, described as “a club night for Black students, by Black students”, will have its inaugural night on Wednesday 1st December.
LUU refuses to support UCU industrial action
Leeds University Union has announced that it will not be supporting the upcoming strikes led by the University and College Union, one of the largest higher education trade unions in the UK.
Ex-Exec Embroiled in Transgender Rights Row
Online forum Mumsnet has reported itself to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK data regulator, following an intern publishing the IP addresses of website users in a dispute over transgender rights. The intern in […]
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 […]
Union Leadership Race 2018
So, here we are again. Take a trip to uni and you will have seen the banners hung as far as the eye can see. Even living all the way in Spain, I can’t scroll […]
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 […]
Meet your Student Exec-Elect
The votes are in and the results have been counted… Here are your new student exec for 2017/18. George Bissett Community Officer The biggest thing I want to change is the culture surrounding house […]
Question Time tests Exec candidates
Leadership race begins in earnest with mammoth six hour live Question Time. The LUU leadership race is well under way and, on Wednesday, the candidates running for Student Exec positions got a chance to outline […]
Meet your new student exec
Jack Palmer Union Affairs Which of your initiatives are you most excited about? Student engagement – that’s what I ran on and it’s still what I’m most excited about. I think when I ran, only […]
Over 7000 vote in Exec & Gryphon elections
A total of 7744 students cast their vote in this year’s leadership race, a slight decrease from the 8,488 students that voted last year, despite the voting period being extended by three days. More first […]
News | Torn down campaign posters spark outrage
Candidates in the Leadership Race have expressed their outrage after two unknown culprits ripped down posters in the Union to make bunting. Two people carrying black bags made their way around the Union taking down […]
Features | LUU Elections – The Highs and Lows
It’s that time of year again when campus is plastered with posters telling us to ‘Vote for X’ or ‘Get down with Y’ and our Twitter feeds are taken over by the union trying desperately […]