Over 450 young adults were caught watching live TV without a licence in Leeds last year. Of the 25,000 adults under the age of 25 in the UK found without a licence in the past […]
News | University staff strike
Lectures and seminars across the University were cancelled yesterday as lecturers and staff took to the streets over cuts to pay and working conditions. Pickets were held at every entrance to the University followed by […]
News | Petition saves Syrian students
Leeds student Christine Gilmore has successfully prevented Syrian students across the UK from expulsion from universities. Gilmore’s petition has received over 52,000 signatures. The third year, PhD Arabic literature student told LS: “we only expected […]
News | New Vice Chancellor talks to LS
LS speaks to the new Vice Chancellor, Sir Alan Langlands What will you do differently to the last VC? I think Vice Chancellors are sort of temporary stewards of Universities and each one makes some […]
World Doesn’t Owe You a Living
According to my mother in one of her ‘life lesson’ discussions, we as students expect to have the world handed to us on a plate. We are an ungrateful generation of kids who have been […]
The Syrian crisis… on our doorstep
Syrian students in the UK are facing hardship after their funding has been cut, leaving some with fears of expulsion or the possibility of returning to dangerous conditions in their home country. Charlotte Prince spoke […]
NUS branded ‘incompetent’ as thousands march on London
National Union of Students’ (NUS) President Liam Burns was pelted with eggs and thrown out of his own rally during the ‘Demo 2012’ demonstration in London on Wednesday. At a rally held at the end […]
Shift cuts leave Union workers out of pocket
Workers at Essentials were this week told their shifts have been cut due to plunging footfall numbers in the Union. The number of shoppers in the Union was approximately 17% below target last week, partly […]
Student numbers slide as £9k fees kick in
The University has admitted that it is missing its target for students starting at Leeds this year. According to University Senate documents seen by this paper, the University is experiencing a shortfall in undergraduates, with […]
Clegg apologises for fees U-turn
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has apologised to students for breaking his party’s pre-election pledge on tuition fees.