Simone Buitendijk’s first year as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Leeds has certainly not been a quiet one. In a Gryphon exclusive, she discusses leading the institution through a pandemic, accusations of injustice on campus, and the future of higher education as she sees it.
Arts and Culture section editor Emma Rivers reveals some of University of Leeds’ top campus spots!
September marks the return for students to University, combined with the arrival of many new faces who are experiencing higher education for the very first time. It provides opportunities to see old faces, meet new ones and settle down into the year with a sense of excitement and intrigue about what you might be studying
Money all too often defines the university experience and it is by the far the most unfair limitation for anyone outside the walls of tertiary education who is unsure of how to get in. Money wraps itself around classism, racism and the experiences of those from other underrepresented university backgrounds who in the British system luckily receive maintenance loans; socially acceptable benefits, that along with student course fees, are paid off essentially in a graduate tax at later date contingent on future income.
Arts & Culture editor Owen Frost writes about the first few weeks as a Humanities freshers student at the University of Leeds.
With students moving to university, William Nixon highlights the importance of sleep and the impact it has on education.
The University of Leeds’ LGBTQ+ Staff Network and University College Union (UCU) have written a joint letter to the VC Simone Buitendijk calling for an end to what they call the “hostile environment” on campus for transgender staff and students
Being a student in the 2020s has so far been defined by the pandemic, which has fundamentally hurt an entire generation’s life chances from early and to higher education. Technology, however, has been our saviour, […]
Estranged students face many additional challenges, particularly in securing accomodation. Rebecca Healy explores the experience of estranged students, particularly throughout the pandemic.
Tasha Johnson sits down with the University of Leeds’ Dr Mark Sumner to discuss the university’s involvement with Textile 2030
Catherine Upex reports on why hedgehogs are in danger and what the University of Leeds is doing to help.
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