Goldsmiths’ MA Filmmaking students in the spotlight at BAFTA
Goldsmiths’ MA Filmmaking students showed their work at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts as part of the annual screening event. The screening will took place on the 26th of January 2012 and it consisted of four films [...]
Election News: Slow start at the ballot box
There has been a sluggish start to the 2012 ULU elections with just 185 votes registered by 4.30pm on Friday. Voting began at 6pm the day before (Thursday). The low turnout is disappointing given that the period immediately after the start [...]
Grant survives No Confidence vote as students cry foul over “management interference”
The results of UCLU’s recent referendum provoked more questions than it answered after students complained that the results were subject to “management interference”. The referendum covered three questions, the first of which was: “Does UCLU have confidence in Malcolm Grant [...]
Breaking: Vice-President candidate pulls out and endorses rival
London Student has learnt that ULU Vice-Presidential candidate Ian Drummond has withdrawn himself from the election and instead endorsed former rival Ross Speer. He told London Student that his decision to stand down 3 hours prior to the start of voting was [...]
ULU Senate: Proposed Motions
We will be tweeting live from ULU Senate. Please follow us at @LondonStudent Here are the motions that will be debated, so you can follow the debates: 1. Student Strikes, Feeder March and NUS Demo! Proposed: Sean Rillo Raczka [...]
Drop in university applications
University applications are down by 7.4% compared to last year, figures released by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Services have revealed. The total number of applicants decreased from 583,546 in 2011 to 540,073 this year. This comes following a surge [...]
Breaking: ULU election candidates announced
A provisional list of candidates for the 2012 ULU elections has been announced. They are: PRESIDENT Sean Rillo Raczka - Currently ULU Vice President Re-Open Nominations (RON) VICE PRESIDENT Daniel Lemberger Cooper - Royal Holloway, University of London Ross Speer - Queen Mary, [...]
Nazi drinking game results in brawl
A Jewish student at LSE has suffered a broken nose after a Nazi-themed drinking game on an Athletics Union (AU) trip led to a brawl. According to a report in The Beaver, the ski trip to Val D’isere saw students [...]
Goldsmiths’ team kettle sends BBC boiling over
An attempt by Goldsmiths’ University Challenge team at making a political statement has been shut down by the BBC. The students had tried to use a large white kettle as their mascot at a studio recording on March 3rd in [...]
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 [...]
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
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.