The Gryphon gained exclusive access to the new multi-million pound Laidlaw Library, which will open for the first time on Wednesday. The estimated £26m investment boasts nearly a thousand study spaces, innovative technology and a […]
Halo expansion would ‘intimidate’ students
Halo nightclub has been criticised for plans to expand, with officials warning students using the 24-hour library next door would be ‘intimidated’ by clubbers. A planning application to extend opening hours from 3.30am to 6am, […]
News l Students accuse University of lacking principles over Laidlaw donation
Students have accused the University of lacking principles in accepting donations from “Tax Dodging Donor” Lord Laidlaw. In a public letter to the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Professor Finlay, students threaten to campaign […]
News | Student trapped in library
A female student was locked inside the Edward Boyle for over an hour last Friday. A second year English student, told LS he had come to drop off some books at 8pm unaware the library […]
News | Unfair uni stops you graduating
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has hit out at the University as being “unfair” and “unreasonable” for stopping students with outstanding debts from graduating. The Leeds University library website states: “If you are in debt […]
Blogs | Library Etiquette
I believe that hours spent in the library are as directly related to degree success as Prince Harry is to his father, Charles. Those evenings jacked up on Red Bull, sitting alone in wooden box […]
Lifestyle | Trading campus for cafés – Alternative revision spaces
January is upon us. A new year, a new term and a looming set of post Christmas exams for most of the unfortunate students returning to Leeds this week. Many of you will be returning […]
News | Edward Boyle blasted over electricity waste
Energy inefficiency is off the scale in the Edward Boyle Library, creating CO2 emissions in a year equivalent to around 3,400 return flights to Australia. The current Display Energy Certificates on show in the Library […]
News | Caffe Nero wins Library cafe bid
Caffe Nero have won a bidding race to secure a shop in the new university library. Scheduled to be completed in early 2015, the library space was reported to have had bids for its new […]
News | 24 hour library access for exam periods
The Edward Boyle library will now be open 24 hours a day over exam periods. Education Officer Alice Smart said that following a trial earlier this year “the feedback from students has been overwhelmingly positive.” […]
News | Library promises students 24 hour access
The Edward Boyle Library has promised students permanent 24 hour access during exam time following a campaign by Leeds University Union. The Union’s Education Officer, Alice Smart, worked on the policy with the library team […]
University considers £10 library fines
The library is considering raising fines to as much as £10 a day, this newspaper can reveal. In a statement to Leeds Student, the University confirmed that it is considering a new range of daily […]