The University’s historic Clothworkers Arch is to be ‘specially’ refurbished, a spokesperson has announced. Conservation experts will spend six weeks working on the gothic-style structure, which was built to mark the foundation of surrounding Clothworkers […]
Features | Lest we forget – Remembering World War One
To mark one hundred years since the outbreak of the First World War, Leeds Museum and Galleries is teaming up with a group of volunteers to run a series of exhibitions and activities. We take […]
News | HistSoc bag £5k in competition
History Society has won £5,000 in RateMyPlacement’s ‘National Society Showcase’ competition. The competition had four rounds, including a YouTube video round for students to display their marketing talents. Leeds HistSoc’s committee got the most people […]
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 | Cheesy reunion for history couple
A budding romance started 50 years ago was celebrated this week in a suprise celebration set up by the History department. Margaret and John Davidson, who studied History and graduated from the University in 1966, […]
EdBookFest | William Dalrymple and David Robison
EdBookFest | William Dalrymple and David Robison ‘Place yourselves on the step between Persia and Afghanistan in the year 1837, as you watch the newly coronated Shah of Iran march to Herat.’ So began William […]
Debate: Education Under Gove
With Secretary for Education, Michael Gove, proposing dramatic changes to the country’s schooling, Big Debate asks, are his proposals promising? YES: Rebecca Shapiro “We cannot afford to have an education system that was […]
Bribes for module places
Students are resorting to bribing their peers to swap modules when they don’t get their first choice. The module enrolment system has come under fire and will be debated at the Union’s forum next week. […]