Calum Pinches speaks to students about their experience of the police entering their university accommodation. LUU respond.
UK students return home early to avoid Christmas chaos
Madeleine Williams speaks to students about their response to the government advised ‘travel window’.
There’s No Place Like Halls
Why we feel homesick and what we can do about it.
Purpose-Built Student Accommodation A Potential Post-Brexit Investment
The Purpose-built Student Accommodation (PBSA) sector has seen record growth in the UK in 2019. In the past decade, universities have become a prominent player in the UK economy. This is due to the sector […]
Student Halls ‘Put on Lockdown’ Following Reports of Man ‘Armed with Axe’
Armed Police are currently searching Leeds’ student district, following reports of a man allegedly armed with an axe. Members of the public have been warned not to approach the wanted man, whilst student accommodation on […]
Bomb Squad Called to Kirkstall Halls of Residence
Kirkstall Brewery halls of residence were evacuated yesterday, as West Yorkshire Police responded to information about the possibility of firearms being on the site. The Leeds Beckett student accommodation houses about 800 students, who were […]
To Wash Or Not To Wash
Leeds University Union are having a referendum to decide whether or not they should pressure student accommodation providers to include laundry credits worth 20 washes and 20 dries in the prices of their rent. […]
Sentinel Towers cladding fails combustibility tests
Cladding from Sentinel Towers was found to have ‘not met the national combustibility standard’, The Gryphon can reveal. The discovery was made as part of a range of precautionary assessments following the Grenfell Tower tragedy. […]
Soaring halls prices halted by Exec victory
Real term rent cuts agreed after cost of accommodation rises 19% in five years. LUU Community Officer Jamie Ali has secured an agreement between LUU and Leeds University to make ‘real term rent cuts’ in […]
Fugitive Found Hiding in Leodis
Police raid finds gunman hiding in Leodis flat A fugitive was found hiding at a flat in Leodis halls of residence in the early hours of 5th October after a planned police raid. The suspect […]
Communal printers: a victory for halls
The University of Leeds has recently introduced communal printers into Halls of Residence. Oxley, Lupton, Ellerslie and St Marks were the first to receive printers last year. Sentinel Towers, Lyddon, Central Village, Charles Morris and […]
Student halls shuts after fire safety inspection
Trinity Hall student accommodation, a 94-bedroom luxury student development in Woodhouse, has been shut down following an inspection by a West Yorkshire Fire Service Marshal. The brand new residence was due to open to tenants […]