An increasing number of students are running into financial trouble, largely due to failures in the student finance system and the rise of tuition fees. We talk to two very different students about their experiences […]
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 […]
News | Sugar daddies splash cash on Uni girls
Leeds University now ranks fifth for the fastest growing communities of ‘sugar babies’, students who seek relationships online for money. Leeds is the ‘Fastest growing Sugar Baby School in the UK’ according to seekingarrangement.com, where […]
News | Union's financial deficit exposed
The Union’s almost £230,000 financial deficit was revealed this week at the charity’s Annual General Meeting. Chris Martin, an external financial adviser, confirmed that the number of new students starting at the University has fallen […]
Features | The Tuition Fees – How have they really affected us?
Despite the new £9000 fees, the number of students entering into full-time higher education in 2013 reached a record high, with almost half a million undergraduates being accepted into universities around the UK. In fact, […]
Music | Live in Leeds – MONEY
Money – Belgrave Music Hall (5/5) In Manchester’s unforgiving industrial landscape, MONEY are the latest musical outfit to emerge from its crevices. Fronted by Jamie Lee – a clown-like and enchanting creature – they deliver […]
Comment | Energy companies vs. onesies
As heating bills continue to rise and another frozen winter descends on Leeds, it’s worth noting how ridiculous the debate on energy policy has become at the national level. Common sense seems to have become […]
News | Late house hunters cash in
Students who wait until June to sign for their houses pay £8 less per week on average than those who sign in January. Rent has been increasing year on year around Leeds, with a 3.1 […]
News | Union reveals nearly £30,000 of missing money
The Union has revealed that nearly £30, 000 has disappeared from its accounts. The discrepancy was first discovered last June. When asked how a sum of £29, 576 of money went unaccounted for a period […]
Take a Gap, Yah?
As third year flies past at record speed, and thus the big step into the real world creeps closer, there have naturally been a lot of conversations of post-graduation intentions. Whilst many have plans of […]
Union spends thousands on Leadership Race
It has been revealed that the Union spends thousands of pounds on advertising for the Leadership Race elections each year. This year, the Union has spent £7,000 encouraging students to vote for the new student […]
Art | The Most Expensive Paintings of All Time
Sotheby’s art auction last week cements the fact that even in our less-than-stable economic climate, the value of good art is on the rise every day- and people are certainly willing to pay good money […]