Features
Welcome and take a warm seat by the fire, you have come to the right place. Features has the benefit of variety. Within this section you will have articles ranging from the highest of contentious political debate to a ponderance on the best ice cream flavour. Whilst we may not deal with the latter too much our aim to get as varied content as possible in view to create a section facilitating any range of temperance and taste. My name is James Terry a Literature student and the Features Editor for The Met Online, enjoy my section and if you have any questions or proposals for Features you can get in touch with me on my email: jterry21@hotmail.co.uk.
Leeds Introduces New Voucher Scheme for the Homeless
I’m sure a lot of us are guilty of avoiding eye contact with the ‘beggar’ obstructing our path in the street, either throwing what change we have at them or possibly just walking on by because ‘they only use that money on drugs and alcohol anyway’. However, homelessness...
Fairer Pay at Leeds Met: Richard Wilkinson talk
I’ve banged on about the Fair Pay Campus campaign for a while now (see here and here). As a reminder, the Young Green’s campaign lobbies Universities to pay all their staff the Living Wage (£7.45) as well as reduce their pay ratio (the gap between the highest-and lowest-...
Leeds Met Student Union Elections Show Widespread Apathy Amongst Young Voters
Isn’t Nick Clegg the Prime Minister? Everyone who’s interested in politics has had one. A moment when all your delusions are shattered and you realise that, contrary to your idealistic notions, the world is not as it should be, (and no, I’m not talking about Lib Dem...
Win a Table for 4 at One of Tiger Tiger’s New Bars
Please note what is written is a press release and not by a Met Online Writer. A top Leeds nightspot is set to dazzle the city’s partygoers with the celebrity-studded launch of two bars in March. Tiger Tiger, at The Light, 117 Albion St, Leeds, is opening Jewel...
Leeds Met: An Unfair Pay Campus
This post was written by a member of the Leeds Met Greens. We’ve got a stall at Refreshers Fair on the 7th Feb as well as a film screening, on the same day at 17.30 at City Campus. Come say hello or email leedsmetgreens@gmail.com for more info; membership is free. Before Christmas I...
Work is work, so where’s the money? – Shame of unpaid internships.
Recently I have been struck by the sheer panic of graduation day looming, and the challenging question of what to do now? It strains me to not already know what I am destined for career wise. It raises all sorts of fearful questions, like what am I...
10 Things I Don’t Want to See in 2013
As the fresh calendar pages of a new year draw closer, I always begin to look back at the previous one with nostalgia. 2012 was predicted by a Mesoamerican civilization to be the beginning of a cataclysmic event that would mark the end of the world or...
New Year’s Resolutions: How to see them through
January is upon us which means a whole new year is here, along with a fresh opportunity to stick to those annual resolutions and turn over a new leaf. We do it every year: make a list of resolutions that despite our best intentions, we know...
‘You’re only as good as the last email you sent’ – an interview with Matt Grossman, VP for Publicity at Disney EMEA
An internship can be a daunting and challenging prospect – the magnitude of change and variables frequently adds unnecessary stress to applicants. Sean Ball, a second-year PR & Marketing student at Leeds Metropolitan is currently enjoying a year with The Walt Disney Company (TWDC). Since starting in...
Video Advent Calendar #1
The Met Online wishes each and every one of you a very merry Christmas! It certainly wouldn’t feel like Christmas without hearing Noddy Holder’s classic….
Video Advent Calendar #2
It’s Christmas Eve, a time to sit down and unwind. The rush and stress of shopping is over, with a day of eating and unwrapping presents shortly due. So we thought we’d keep it simple and present to you YouTube’s reflection of 2012…
Palm Oil: Cheap yet highly costly
Orang-utans have 97 per cent of our DNA. That’s a hell of a similarity, and to think that these creatures, indeed one of our closest relatives behind the chimpanzee, are less important than palm oil is an absurd notion. With the European Union labeling palm oil as a...
