Last week Leeds Student reported on female students using dating sites to meet men who were willing to give them money. This week Big Debate asks, is it ok to use ‘Sugar Daddy’ websites to pay for university fees? […]
Uni receives money from arms dealers
23.11.12 Leeds University has received nearly £1m from companies involved in the arms trade. On the back of a Freedom of Information (FOI) request the University was asked to provide information about the amount of […]
No Money Honey
Is it just me, or is there something about being a student which means you completely and utterly lose a sense of the concept of money? I don’t just mean in terms of adjusting to […]
Money, money, money… in a student's world
According to a recent study conducted by the website Vouchercodes.co.uk, the average student will have used up their first term’s loan within six weeks – at Leeds, that’s by 20th November. However, one in six […]
Funny Money
Life is a journey of making mistakes and learning from them. University, with a large sum of money in hand, is said mistake. The basic things you should indulge in are the student lifestyle staples […]
Budgeting Blunders
You know you’ve got a problem with money and budgeting when you decide to prioritise going out over buying food. Indeed, recently the prospect of Mission Thursdays is sounding so much more appealing than a […]
Has Curiosity killed the economy?
With NASA admitting that the cost of the Mars Curiosity rover has reached $2.6billion, $1billion over its original budget, LS asks whether the money would be better spent elsewhere? NO – Henry Beach Unless you’re an enthusiast […]