Thoughtful Design: An interview with Sir James Dyson
London Student spoke exclusively with Sir James Dyson about entrepreneurship, the Dyson Award, and technology in Britain Would you describe yourself as an entrepreneur, engineer, industrialist, inventor or designer? I’m a design engineer. We don’t separate the design from the [...]
Dream Real: SPONSORCRAFT
I had the brilliant opportunity of speaking with Duncan Knox over the phone a few days ago. He told me about Sponsorcraft, a new platform for ideas about where university students and staff can seek – and find! – funding. [...]
Variety of the entrepreneurial world – We take an in-depth look at the different types of entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an individual who creates a situation or finds a situation through which he or she can make money. The guy who sells fruits and vegetables at the market is an entrepreneur. The street kid who shines shoes [...]
On being young and successful
Adam Harris is a psychology lecturer. During his lectures, you can tell that he is extremely interested in the subject matter, which is very important for the students to see. Also, his lectures are both informative and highly interactive, which [...]
Ten Ways to Get Happy= GREAT DREAM
We live in a society where the drive and focus tends to be on reducing negativity and misery rather than striving for a positive state of mind. In recent years there has been a strong movement with substantial evidence into [...]
A Model Future
Model United Nations (MUN) is an academic imitation of the United Nations, which aims to educate members about current affairs, international relations, diplomacy and the UN agenda by the participants re-enacting a UN conference. During an MUN conference, each participant [...]
The Social Side to Fantasy Sports
Fantasy sport is surprisingly social as an activity. Surprising because the idea of picking a team of sportspeople based on their ability to achieve statistical success does not seem like it could possibly have much of a social element. However, [...]
Green Column: The Corporate Environment
London students have stormed a top UK competition to innovate a technology-focused solution to a real-world environmental problem, but the University of London is nowhere to be seen. South Bank is represented by one team in the semi-finals of BP’s ‘The [...]
Friends Seek Message of Hope in Tragedy
Honouring James Cooper and James Kouzaris: Uniting Against Youth Violence On April 6th 2011, two young Britons, James Cooper and James Kouzaris were shot dead whilst on holiday in Florida; a tragedy which prompted a group of the [...]
Green Column: The Green Buzz
KeepCup: the latest lunchbox must-have accessory. These multicoloured plastic mugs have swept across the capital’s university coffee shops quicker than a nimbus 2000. If you’ve got one; give yourself a big old pat on the back right here, right now. [...]
Lecture One: Love And Sex In Class. The two sides of the story
From my memories as a student in an all-girls school, the moment a young and decent looking male teacher arrived, he was the topic of heated conversation on every lunch table, creating excitement in, and out, of the classrooms. Although [...]
Writing the Book on Dyslexia
Dyslexia is something that is more often than not misunderstood, both by sufferers and non-sufferers alike. Dyslexics are usually thought of as people who are no good at reading or writing, a stereotype that Naomi Folb, editor of the recently [...]
Its the End of the World as We Know It
So, our little world is soon to go out with a whimper (or a bang, it isn’t particularly clear). We’ve murdered our last polar bear, and watched our last season of Christmas Coca Cola adverts. In a year promising the return of the [...]
London Loves Issue 10
I’m sat editing London Loves in a bedroom that smells of urine. And no, I’m not visiting my great grandmother in a NHS care home. In fact, I’m sat in my own bedroom minutes away from my University campus after [...]
Holly Thompson: The positive side of a vocational degree
On Tuesday 3rd February, ITV screened their take on the higher education debate: ‘The Value of a Degree: Tonight’. The programme showed several sixth-formers being interviewed on what they planned to study at university or college by a panel of [...]
Video: LSE water balloon attack results in clashes
Amateur footage obtained by London Student captures some of the attack on the LSESU Palestine Society, which was holding a peaceful demonstration at the time. You can read the story in full here.
ULU Elections 2012: Three Minutes With…Abs Hassanali
An interview with vice-presidential candidate Abs Hassanali. Click the ‘TV’ tab above to view videos for the other candidates. You can also see their manifestos at www.ulu.co.uk/elections
ULU Elections 2012: Three Minutes With…Ross Speer
An interview with vice-presidential candidate Ross Speer. Click the ‘TV’ tab above to view videos for the other candidates. You can also see their manifestos at www.ulu.co.uk/elections
Interview with The Manic Shine
The Manic Shine are a hot upcoming band. The band’s leader, Ozzie Rogers, hails from the LSE but has chosen the music industry, rather than finance, as his chosen career path.
The second sabbatical interview: an excerpt
In their second interview with London Student, Clare Solomon, ULU President, and Viktoria Szmolar, ULU Vice-President, discuss the current state of the student movement. This excerpt focuses on the momentum of student protest after the Christmas break.