Red for Leicester Free Speech
The University of Leicester has been given a red ranking for free speech, among the worst in the country, by a recent survey. The survey, conducted by spiked-online.com and sponsored by The Joseph...
View ArticleAre Universities Breaking Consumer Law?
In a recent study the University of Leicester was found to be one of several universities found to have potentially broken consumer law by altering courses after students have already enrolled and...
View Article£500k for Student Votes
The government have decided to invest five hundred and thirty thousand pounds in schemes to engage student voters who have been lost from the electoral register. This follows on from the Labour party’s...
View ArticleUniversity of Leicester joins HeForShe movement
The University of Leicester’s Vice-Chancellor, Paul Boyle, has announced that the University has joined the United Nation’s Women’s HeForShe solidarity movement. This means that the University of...
View ArticleMental Health at Leicester: What’s available and Why?
The warm days of summer are over and it’s time to head back to long study hours in the library whilst trying not to lose your social life. Whether you’re a fresher or a returning student, everyone is...
View ArticleDIY Halloween
It’s that time of year again where all the students in Leicester are united in a frenzy for fake-blood and fancy-dress. But Halloween doesn’t have to be expensive- there are plenty of ways you can...
View ArticleWHY SO SERIOUS-LY EXPENSIVE?
It is now November. Halloween has passed and Freshers Fortnight is a distant memory. With Christmas not far around the corner and deadlines and exams looming, the first semester of the year will be...
View ArticleA Trichy Life of Mental Illness
At 10 years old, Kerry Gallagher started pulling out her hair. For her, it was a stress reliever; a way of dealing with the trials of school. To her, it didn’t seem like something out of the ordinary...
View ArticleA Letter to my Younger Self
If you could go back in time and give your awkward pubescent teenage self the wisdom you’ve gained over the last few years, would you? Although we all try to live with that ‘no regrets,’ ‘carpe diem’...
View ArticleTop Spots: Food and Drink
Food Bonzai/ £6- £20// I had the Salmon Bento and shared a variety of sushi between some friends and it has now become my favourite place to eat in Leicester by far. Meatcure/ £10-15// Raging Bull is...
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