Union breaks record for biggest student election ever
Leeds University Union (LUU) has broken the record for the biggest student election in British history.
Union fights Council over student housing
The Union is fighting a Council proposal that will change the provision of student houses in Hyde Park and Headingley. The plans, approved by Leeds City Council in 2011 and still being developed, are designed to restrict the future conversion of properties into ‘houses of multiple occupancy’ (HMOs) – the legal term for the houses [...]
Student finds valentine after twitter plea
A student has received an offer to be on Big Brother after starting a Twitter campaign for a Valentine’s date. Third-year English student Adam Wood was catapulted to fame after starting the Twitter campaign #findmeavalentine. Wood has been shocked by the response to his search for a girl to take on a swanky Valentine’s date. [...]
NUS branded ‘incompetent’ as thousands march on London
National Union of Students’ (NUS) President Liam Burns was pelted with eggs and thrown out of his own rally during the ‘Demo 2012’ demonstration in London on Wednesday. At a rally held at the end of the march through the capital, Burns attempted to address the crowd. As soon as he began, hecklers interrupted shouting [...]
Student paralysed in rugby friendly
23.11.12 A third-year Politics and Economics student has been left paralysed after a POLIS (Politics and International Studies) society rugby match. 20-year-old Daniel Cowley broke his neck in the accident, which took place on the Bodington sports pitches at around 4pm on November 4. Daniel told Leeds Student that the experience was “terrifying”. His injuries [...]
Man charged over attempted rape
9.11.12 An 18-year-old Leeds man is to be tried in court following an attack on a 19-year-old female in Headingley. The police has told Leeds Student that the victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is a student. Jacob Feldman of Shadwell, has been charged with attempted rape and appeared at Leeds Magistrates Court [...]
Big Brother Uni tracks your tweets
The University has admitted to keeping a record of “all internet traffic at the University”. Three students had their access to the Portal blocked last term after posting negative tweets about the University, despite deleting them soon afterwards. One of the students told Leeds Student how they were made to attend a cautionary meeting, where [...]
Is the iPad 2 for you?
Leeds Student Tech gave Rosanna Pound-Woods an iPad 2 for two weeks to see how the 10-inch tablet intergrated into her student life. A luxury for some, a necessity for others… but is the iPad 2 a student must-have? Whilst perhaps most at home being read as a newspaper substitute by suited commuters on the [...]
UPDATE: 10 Attacks, 14 Arrests
The University says it considering walking people home from campus after an “unprecedented” level of brutal attacks on students this week. In the latest wave of incidents, at least 10 young people were beaten up and two students were left hospitalised after a gang of masked muggers ran riot on Wednesday night. The news comes [...]