This Thursday members of staff at King’ College London in the University and College Union (UCU) will for the first time ever take a vote on strike action in reaction to proposed job cuts »

The body responsible for upholding the LSE Student’s Union constitution were no-confidenced on Thursday, minutes after voting that the decision to uphold the result of the recent referendum – which saw a controversial article on general meetings and online voting pass by three votes – was not unconstitutional. In an attempt to save the rest... »

Read London Student issue 9 Digital Publishing with YUDU NB – apologies to those looking for Issue 9 of Play, London Student’s culture supplement: we are having publishing difficulties for some unknown reason but it will be uploaded asap! »

An education think-tank has called for the creation of a “market” for education and for lifting the cap on tuition fees to allow universities to charge at least £5,000 per year – prompting an angry reaction from those who say recent strides made in participation would be reversed. Right-wing think-tank Policy Exchange, whose free-market policy... »

A law student from King’s College has been charged with murder, after the discovery of human remains buried in the garden of his father’s house. Mark Alexander, 22, was first arrested on Friday February 5th but released on bail while a missing person’s enquiry was launched. His father, Samuel Alexander, a seventy year old retired... »

Hilary Aked asks ex-MP and veteran campaigner Tony Benn why he is supporting a campaign to oppose the points-based system of immigration - and how it can succeed »

Yesterday the Home Secretary announced a further tightening of student visa regulations, while a Goldsmiths campaign to oppose the current system held a second packed meeting »

Staff at Queen Mary, University of London, have been told that jobs will go in order to cut costs, with the lecturers union, UCU, estimating that between 60 and 100 academic staff are “likely to be shed”. The Principal of Queen Mary, Simon Gaskell, wrote to all staff on January 29th, describing the college as... »

The UK Border Agency (UKBA) announced on January 30th that it was suspending all student visa applications from northern India, Nepal and Bangladesh. The suspension – enforced from February 1st and not due to be reviewed until the end of February – came in response to a large increase in the number of applications from... »

If there’s one job in one country you’d particularly expect to be hostile to and uncomfortable with homosexuality, it’s professional sports in the USA. Before he came out, John Amaechi was probably best known for turning down a $17 million contract offer to play basketball for the Los Angeles Lakers, instead opting to remain with... »