The Gryphon

The Gryphon

Front page on 15 November 2019
Type	Monthly newspaper
Format	Compact
School	University of Leeds
Owner(s)	Leeds University Union
Editor	Mia Stapleton[1]
Founded	30 October 1946; 78 years ago (1946-10-30)
Headquarters	Leeds University Union Leeds LS2 9JZ
Country	United Kingdom
ISSN	2057-1038
Website	www.thegryphon.co.uk
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The Gryphon is the student newspaper of the University of Leeds. It is published monthly during term time and its editor, the newspaper's only paid position, is elected annually by Leeds University Union members. The articles are written by students and are largely about local and university issues.

The Gryphon was founded in 1946 as Union News, before merging with Leeds Polytechnic Students Union's Pact in 1970 to become Leeds Student. In 2005, Leeds Metropolitan University students voted to disaffiliate from the newspaper, citing under-representation. Leeds Student was renamed The Gryphon in 2014 in a return to the name used by an earlier University of Leeds student publication.

The editorship became a full-time, paid sabbatical position in 1972 after a campaign led by the then editor, Paul Vallely, who went on to become the first sabbatical editor. Notable previous editors also include Paul Dacre, Jay Rayner and Nicholas Witchell.