12.12.12 Police are investigating reports of a serious sexual assault on a 20 year old female student on campus. Police say the incident took place in the early hours of Sunday morning (9 December) in […]
Traders sell students dangerous highs
30.11.12 Dozens of Leeds traders are supplying students with dangerous ‘legal highs’, an investigation by Leeds Student has found. This paper has uncovered that a number of stalls in Leeds Kirkgate market and some local […]
Campus clashes over Gaza violence
16.11.12 Clashes broke out on campus yesterday after protests by the Palestinian Solidarity Group (PSG) and Zionist Israeli students spiraled into chaos. Students from PSG and the Jewish Society (JSoc) organised separate protests in different […]
ERASMUS threatened by cuts
16.11.12 Thousands of students could have their chances of studying abroad thrown into jeopardy, if EU Budget plans go ahead. Although the 2013 EU budget is still in negotiation, funding for the Erasmus student exchange programme […]
Tensions at Boyle-ing point in cluster bust-up
2.11.12 A fight broke out this week on the level 11 computer cluster of the Edward Boyle. On Tuesday morning two students became embroiled in a punch up, according to students’ social media reports. An […]
Roll up, roll up, read all about it!
2.11.12 A Leeds Student survey has found students are demanding national newspapers in the University’s libraries. Currently, both the Edward Boyle and Brotherton libraries maintain subscriptions to national newspapers from Spain, France, Germany and other […]
Spitting to save a life
2.11.12 You might have been a little taken aback to be asked to donate your spit on campus, but it’s all part of a push to find bone marrow donors. The Leeds University Union branch […]
Sick spies target Edge changing rooms
26.10.12 Two separate incidents of alleged voyeurism have occurred at The Edge gym on the same day. An eyewitness has told Leeds Student that at approximately 5pm on Tuesday October 23, a girl fled her […]
Police helicopter deployed in burglary drama
A police helicopter was called to the rescue this week after a dramatic burglary in Hyde Park. Police were called out late on Thursday evening to a house in Hyde Park Close as the burglary […]
An ‘armless burglary warning
Students in Hyde Park got a nasty surprise this week when they were greeted by a hand reaching through their letterbox. Fortunately for them, the frightening intrusion was only a ploy by West Yorkshire Police […]
Virgin Media still failing
Virgin Media is still failing to meet students’ needs, a survey by Leeds Student has found. With internet speeds “nowhere near as fast as advertised”, more than half of students asked claimed that the internet […]
Leeds Student speaks to Nick Griffin, leader of the BNP
Despite being shunned by student media across the country, Leeds Student challenged BNP leader Nick Griffin to an interview. James Greenhalgh spoke to the censured MEP about racism, gay rights and the future of his […]