Graduate dining: Top Ten
Results are in, and we finally know what degrees we have, and how much we need to celebrate – a lot in the case of the around 60% of us receiving 2.1s or above. So where on earth are we going to do that? Particularly in a city that we supposedly no longer live in, [...]
Graduate Dining: Veritas Ale & Wine Bar
Charming but not pretentious, Veritas exudes an Anglo-continental charm in all aspects of the dining experience it offers. Leeds Student’s Matthew Hutchinson reviews ahead of graduation… From the dark wooden floors and furnishings and the subtle vintage beer ads which adorn the walls, to the well-stocked delicatessen counter which stretches down the side of [...]
Graduate Dining: Chaophraya
If the idea of a meat-and-two-veg style meal after your graduation doesn’t appeal, then this gourmet Thai restaurant might be right up your street. Leeds Student‘s Victoria Gray has tried it out for you… Located in an elegant building next to the train station, Chaophraya has a very sleek, yet still authentically Thai feel to [...]
Why on earth are we still writing essays?
Is it social reality? Once we graduate, will we ever find ourselves in the situation where our supervisor/manager/mom asks us a difficult question and gives us 3 months to prepare an answer, write it down, with a word limit, 1inch margins and font size 12? I don’t think so. And once the paper is written, [...]
The Lowdown – “Let me begin by telling me a little bit about my background…”
This term I have had been subjected to at least one extra special, really super and exciting guest lecture from an ‘industry professional’ a week. Announced with great fanfare as a real coup by my department, these have almost exclusively been dreadful and required me and my pals to sit through an hour of some [...]
The Lowdown – I need dollar.
As has happened during all of my three years in Leeds, a post exam blowout has seen me spunking obscene amounts of money on such frivolities as disco dancing in trendy rave clubs, buying luxurious sandwiches and not handing back library books. This has previously meant panic job searches, resulting in reluctantly taking one and [...]
The Lowdown – Pro-crastination
January is absolutely the turd of the bunch as months go. In addition to the never ending dark, everyone realises they’re fat and poor. This is compounded nicely by the fact that we have the misery of exams to deal with. Being tested and the associated stress is a strange thing. We’ve been doing tests [...]
Debate: Are unpaid internships a good opportunity?
Many fretting third years will be undergoing the painful practice of applying for graduate schemes, internships and jobs. Increasingly, positions on offer are pay-free. This week Big Debate asks, are unpaid internships a good opportunity? NO: Emily Dunlop Having the safety blanket of student finance, I managed well. [...]
February 26, 2013