Cutting to the Point: George Binnette
Camden, the borough with the highest concentration of University of London students, is among the local authorities hardest hit by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition’s programme of slashing public spending. As some 400 demonstrators occupied Euston Road on a damp Monday evening, [...]
Cutting to the Point: Rita Issa and Timesh Pllay
Major cuts in public services are sweeping across the nation. In the climate of austerity, there is also political will to make efficiency gains in services. This will also be seen the NHS, whose budget has been “ring-fenced”, but will [...]
Cutting to the Point: Greg Brown
The Government has just announced new terms for its National Scholarship Scheme (NSS), designed, we are told, to mitigate some of the dangerous barriers the tuition fee reforms will set in place. The Office for Fair Access – a watchdog [...]
Cutting to the Point: Cat Wright
Facing obscene budgets cuts, many colleges in the University of London and elsewhere will soon be seeking cash-rich sponsors. Ethical concerns will therefore be deemed less relevant than financial security and as a result arms companies will be looking to [...]
Cutting to the Point: Guy Aitchison
The coming year is set to be one of the most turbulent and unpredictable in British politics for a generation. The extraordinary eruption of student anger and militancy, which many of us were swept up in last term, may not [...]
Cutting to the Point: Greg Brown
Crash! Bang! Wallop. Is this the sound of a legitimate student protest? Or the sound of a mindless rogue minority bent on destruction and chaos? No. I hear the sound of a rapacious government brutalising public services, tearing them limb [...]
Cutting to the Point: Greg Brown
Michael Gove, Education Secretary, said last week: “Someone who is working as a postman should not subsidise those who go on to become millionaires.” On the face of it, it sounds like Gove has suddenly developed a conscience and come [...]
Cutting to the Point: Greg Brown
For all the figures rattled out like meaningless syllables, the grinning faces on the Tory/Lib Dem front bench, and the staggering cheerleading from almost all the major newspapers, you’d be forgiven for thinking these breathtaking cuts won’t harm us. You’d [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A student London fashion weekend
Every year in mid-February, London is taken over by designers, models, bloggers and fashionistas from all over the world to celebrate London Fashion Week at the beautiful Somerset House. The atmosphere is intoxicating: outside Somerset house is a thoroughfare 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.