Isabel Ralphs interviews Pandora Sykes: journalist, fashion guru and writer, who once wrote for our student newspaper too.
Leeds student and producer Figgis will lift you out of your isolation slump with new track ‘Idle’
Leeds student and music producer Figgis has released a new single ‘Idle’ is – a dance track perfect for isolation times.
“We Can Build Better Prisons Than This”: Plans For New Leeds Student Halls Delayed
Members of Leeds City Council’s planning panel voted unanimously in favour of temporarily blocking the decision to build 188 new student flats on Park Lane due to criticisms of the design. The 188 bed spaces […]
Students organise Leeds rally against Chechnyan ‘gay prison camps’
Leeds students have planned an event in Leeds city centre, due to take place next Sunday 22nd April, in response to allegations of abuse from newspapers and human rights groups in the Chechnyan region. Independent Russia […]
The Gryphon to host National Student Media Conference in May
The Gryphon is set to host the Student Publication Association National Conference and Awards, the biggest student media conference in the country. On May 6th and 7th, over a hundred students from university publications up […]
The Charlie Hebdo series: a fight for cultural acceptance, a fight for human rights
Amongst humanity’s many crimes, failure to ingrain tolerance at the foundations of society must sit the highest. The despicable acts of the men responsible for yesterday’s attack on the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris have […]
The Charlie Hebdo series: Je ne suis pas Charlie
The Gryphon will be releasing a series of comment pieces in light of the Charlie Hebdo headquarters attack on Wednesday, 7th January 2014. It can be unanimously agreed upon that the recent attack on the […]
Two arrested for Christmas Eve shooting
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a shooting on Christmas Eve in Burley. The pair, aged 24 and 27, have been released on bail since their arrest on Monday. The […]
Breaking: Police investigate deaths of Leeds Uni student and her family
A University of Leeds student has been found dead in her home in Bradford. 19-year-old Biochemistry student Trisha Lad and her family were discovered at their home in Clayton on Monday evening. In a statement […]
Society Profile: Comedy Soc
Name: LUU Comedy Soc About: Comedy Society is made up of two sketch groups. Leeds Tealights are auditioned members and Fresh Milk is for everyone else. This society accepts everyone, you don’t even have to […]
News| Sanitary product prices drop in the Union
LUU are pledging to help students save by reducing the price of sanitary products. Essentials, the Union’s sanitary products stockist, will reduce the costs of sanitary protection under the new measure, which will see customers […]
News | Leeds University Student named among MH17 passenger victims
Maths and Finance undergraduate at the University of Leeds Richard Mayne has been named as one of the victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash in Eastern Ukraine on Thursday. Mayne was one of ten […]