A smoke bomb quickly ended a talk involving a controversial academic intent on setting up a private university. Protesters disrupted a panel discussion at Foyles bookshop on Charing Cross Road, which featured Professor A C Grayling, Birkbeck College Professor of [...]
Students and Students’ Unions in London have been shortlisted for awards recognising their contribution to student life over the past year. The NUS Awards happen every year, rewarding exceptional student involvement in a wide range of activity across 13 categories. [...]
Two former student officers will tackle an arduous endurance race to raise money for an educational charity working to increase awareness of the situation in Burma. Nizam Uddin, ULU President 2009/2010, and Mazdak Alizadeh, ULU Vice President 2009/2010, are taking [...]
SOAS Students’ Union is campaigning to prevent the return of a food services contractor that they claim is guilty of, “a series of human rights violations.” SOAS outsources all food services to Sodexo, with their current contract running out in August. A letter [...]
Dear Mr Bellon, This summer, SOAS’ food service contract with a controversial multinational corporation will expire, and the Students’ Union will ensure the company cannot return to our school until it resolves a series of human rights violations overseas. The [...]
A bomb scare at UCL today is considered to be a hoax by the Metropolitan police. Students were prevented from leaving UCL premises until police had investigated the incident, with many being moved to the UCL Library for their safety. [...]
The London School Of Economics have decided to charge £8,500 tuition fees from 2012, making them the first Russell Group University to decide on fees less than £9,000. Students and academics campaigned against charging £9,000 fees, with the Academic Board, [...]
Intercollegiate Halls of Residence consultation The University of London is proposing to remove the role of Warden in the Intercollegiate Halls of Residence in order to convert the space occupied by the Wardens’ flats into more than 50 new student [...]