On Saturday 2nd February, Leeds Labour Students were very lucky to catch up and have a cuppa with Shadow Foreign Secretary, Emily Thornberry. Emily visited us at Hyde Park Book Club for an informal chat […]
Housing Crisis Causing a Surge in Young Adults Living at Home
Nearly a million more young adults are now living with their parents than 20 years ago, research into the housing crisis suggests. A quarter of 20 to 34-year-olds now live with their parents, a third […]
New Drop in State School Students Going to University
The number of state school students progressing to university has dropped for the first time in eight years, according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency. In the academic year 2017/2018, only 89.5 per cent of […]
Why Get a Job When You Can be Paid to Get Malaria?
There has been a surge in students willing to be a part of medical trials in exchange for financial payment. Students are paid as much as £3500 to be infected with diseases such as typhoid, […]
Warwick Vice Chancellor Must Resign Over ‘Chat Rape’ Scandal, Say Protesters
Embattled Vice-Chancellor of Warwick University, Stuart Croft, is refusing to stand down amidst calls for his resignation by student protesters who marched on campus last Wednesday. Hundreds of students descended onto the campus’s piazza on […]
Campus Watch
University of Sussex: Students Straying from ‘Traditional’ Societies Students at the University of Sussex have made the decision to ditch nightclubs and parties for societies that are dedicated purely to activities such as bingo and, […]
Students Set to Strike
Students of all ages are set to gather outside Leeds Town Hall at 11am today, in protest of inadequate climate control regulations and the British government’s perceived inability to effectively address the growing climate crisis. […]
The Reality of Having Coeliac Disease
I’ve been gluten free since I was 17. I’m now 21. I remember the grogginess, the brain fog, the constant lethargy and feeling sick and not knowing why. It took the doctors months to conclude […]
Sanitary Products as Standard
Students celebrated the introduction of sanitary products from free vending machines throughout Leeds University Union toilets on Tuesday 29th January. Students can now collect tampons and sanitary pads from hygienic vending machines in the female […]
Study Finds a More Effective Way to Persuade People to Kick the Booze
How do you think Kendrick Lamar thought up ‘Humble’ or Zac Efron developed a body reminiscent of the Greek gods? The answer is simple – they don’t drink alcohol. According to a study by the […]