The National Union of Students (NUS) Quality Students’ Union accreditation scheme has awarded Leeds University Union ‘Excellent’ status, making it the first union in the country to gain this title. NUS said that it was […]
Union and halls evacuated after gas leak on Clarendon Road
A gas leak on Clarendon Road led to the union and surrounding buildings being evacuated on Saturday night. Over 100 students were reportedly evacuated from the union, Lyddon Hall and various other university residences. A […]
A Different Kind of Christmas: Faith
From the brightly lit festive streets to the self-service checkouts in Tesco (‘Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas!’) and the constant stream of Christmas ads on TV to the soundtrack in the Hidden cafe, Christmas is […]
LUU to Lobby University Over Fossil Fuels Divestment
Last week saw the campus wide referendum on the issue as to whether Leeds University Union should lobby the university to divest away from fossil fuels and use other sustainable resources. After the Better Union […]
How we're all about to lose our voice
If we don’t act by the 20th November, loads of students are about to go missing and the weird thing is that no one is talking about it. Loads of us are about to go […]
Tampon Tax – Necessity Made Luxury?
The Gryphon examines the current arguments concerning what is widely regarded as a sexist measure and explores important campaigns, both on a local and national scale, that seek to highlight the ramifications of the tax. […]
Hundreds Turn Out for BHM Event
On the 26th October, Leeds University Union held a “Why Is My Curriculum White?” forum, discussing a lack of diversity in the University Curriculum. On the panel for the forum were: Richard Tavernier, a member […]
Surprising Unity Despite Political Divides
The Union’s Political Societies debated key issues, from tax Credits to the EU, at Friday’s Question Time debate which was chaired by Politics student Edward Hardy. The issue of cuts to tax credits saw […]
Amnesty Demonstrates against Refugee Deaths
Even at a distance on approaching the the Union, signs could clearly be read ’71 people died in this space’ accompanying a small cordoned off area. This display comes as part of a demonstration conducted […]
Students Debate LUU Stance on EU Referendum
A debate on whether the union should support the campaign to stay in the EU took place on Tuesday, with a panel of four students representing various student bodies discussing the issue. Jamie Ali from […]
Folk Society GIAG: Open Mic Night
Take a journey back in time with Folk Society, one of the oldest music societies on campus… Held this Monday at the Packhorse pub, Folk Society’s GIAG Open Mic Night was a wonderful glimpse into […]
Society highlight: What’s all that Jazz (society) about?
The Jazz & Blues society is a casual musical society that caters to individuals who either love playing jazz music, listening to jazz music or basically anything jazz and blues related! For more information, I […]