There have been many fictional accounts of purgatory, but in The Waiting Room, a play written and directed by second year student Dylan Marsh, it is portrayed as a room full of people from different […]
Final 7k run to raise chemo funds
A Leeds University student has raised over £1,000 after completing a series of mini-marathons to help fund her grandmother’s cancer treatment in Ukraine. Second-year International Development undergraduate, Natasha Mykhalchenko crossed the finishing line of her final 7k run […]
Re-Thinkers: Why should you be interested?
Re-Thinkers acts as a platform for students to actively and constructively discuss contemporary issues, which affect us all. We try to get students to ‘rethink’ what we think we know. Often, perceptions and stereotypes are […]
Are doctors pressured into prescribing anti-depressants?
Hannah Williams from Mind Matters told InTheMiddle why the over prescription of anti-depressants can be a problem in the mental health sector. Is it because of the lack of mental health budget? The national budget […]
Bradley Escorcio denies Union funded trip
LUU Union Affairs Officer Bradley Escorcio acted quickly to quash claims that he was enjoying a holiday paid for by the Union. Bradley and Aidan Grills, CEO of LUU have been in Michigan this week […]
Bus Stop struggles when it patronises the audience
Open Theatre Society’s production of Chinese playwright Gao Xingjian’s Bus Stop is not good. A commentary on social classes and the development of cities in modern-day China, the one scene long play might have intrigued […]
ACTION’s Christmas Present Project NEEDS YOU!
As Christmas is drawing ever closer it is a time to share, give and donate to those who are less fortunate that ourselves. For many families in Leeds struggling in poverty, Christmas can be a […]
Two arrested in Union sexual assault
Two men have been arrested in relation to a sexual assault attack in the university area. The twenty and twenty-two year old males were taken to the police station last night in light of the […]
Green Action
‘ We are not just a little Green shop of hippies giving out free bread, jamming to reggae, and selling “rabbit” food. We are more, we promise.’ Green Action is a society that takes practical […]
RAG Week Review
Raising over £1000 in the Abseil alone, this year’s RAG Week was bigger and better than ever before. RAG filled the Union from the 3rd-9th November and saw lots of students getting involved. From Fifa […]
Give a spit and save a life with Leeds Marrow
Feeling compassionate? Sign up to stem cell donation. Leeds Marrow are hosting their biggest sign up event in Riley Smith Hall from 9am-5pm on Tuesday (11th Nov). Last month, the society reached their 500th sign […]
RAG presents Leeds Has Talent
Looking for something different to do with your Friday night? Look no further. To end RAG week, the society are hosting a Leeds Uni version of the popular ITV show, Britain’s Got Talent. Seven acts […]