Thousands of students, professors and alumni have signed petitions demanding that their universities become “sanctuaries” for undocumented students whose immigration status looks increasingly precarious following the outcome of the US election. Although Trump has rowed […]
Students gather to commemorate those killed as a result of transphobic violence and hate. On Monday evening, a group of people (many drenched, some holding lanterns) filled the foyer of the University’s Union to take […]
Extreme right wing terrorist Thomas Mair has today been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox, whom he shot and stabbed to death in Birstall, near Leeds, on the 16th […]
On Tuesday the LUU Oxfam Society staged a brief “photo stunt” outside the Union building as part of a campaign which hopes to raise awareness of the ongoing Yemen crisis. Members of the society posed […]
Treehouse unexpectedly closed ahead of schedule on Monday, leaving societies who had booked the space forced to hold events in alternative venues. The initial plan was to close Treehouse at Christmas to begin renovation work. […]
West Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses after a cyclist was killed and a driver seriously injured in a road traffic incident last night on Kirkstall Road nearby the Cardigan Fields retail park. The 33-year-old […]
While some believe that a silly TV advert marks the start of the Christmas countdown, we know that the Christmas clock truly began on Thursday (10th November) with the spectacular switch on of Leeds’ Christmas […]
Activists from SERIOUSLY, a high profile national campaign which aims to tackle what the NHS claims is the “biggest threat to health” humans will ever face, brought the message to a frosty campus on Thursday […]
Following a review of taxi licensing regulations, Leeds City Council has uncovered “a range of unreported convictions and police cautions” among the city’s taxi drivers, according to a report drafted for councillors. Previously, Licensing checks […]
Students have been left bemused this week following the appearance of odd, knitted creations across campus. The “community-made knitted sculptures” were produced in celebration of the Yorkshire Year of the Textile, an arts project initiated […]
Two arrests have been made following an incident on Halloween when a group of youths drove erratically around the centre of Leeds in a ‘Mad Max’-style ride out on motorcycles, scooters and quad bikes. Police […]
“Greatest period drama in the last decade?” The overwhelmingly positive reviews of the BBC’s re-imagining of War and Peace have left me somewhat confused. To me, it seemed less an adaptation of the leviathan novel […]