To broaden students’ horizons, universities must first broaden their reputations
The well-worn gap year to university path that so many of us have experienced is disquietingly close to becoming a process where rather than idealistically ‘finding ourselves’, quite the opposite is achieved. This detriment owes itself, in part, to the [...]
BDS: Can three simple letters spell liberation for one of the world’s most polemical conflicts?
The Israel-Palestine conflict is one fraught with passion. After the University of London Union passed a motion endorsing BDS last year, colleges like King’s and LSE have come under greater scrutiny for their ties with companies such as Ahava and [...]
Response: NUS and Anti-Apartheid by James Haywood
This article is a response to James Haywood’s article published in issue 7 Even by the standards of those who support the BDS, and call on the National Union of Students and others to support it, this article seems to [...]
Eurozone Crisis: How not to get rich
The success of German economy has been driven by the high exchange rates at which the peripheral countries joined the eurozone, as well as by its ability to sqeeze its labour class to work cheaply. Germany`s productivity growth as been [...]
Can we rig the National Student Survey?
Recently, students from Imperial College London put a combination of flaws in the National Student Survey’s methods of authentication under the spotlight and revealed that it is possible to mass-impersonate students in the final year student survey in an automated [...]
BDS: Can three simple letters spell liberation for one of the world’s most polemical conflicts?
The Israel-Palestine conflict is one fraught with passion. After the University of London Union passed a motion endorsing BDS last year, colleges like King’s and LSE have come under greater scrutiny for their ties with companies such as Ahava and [...]
Mayoral election: time to think beyond Boris v Ken
ust six months ago today London was emerging from its third night of rioting, with a semblance of order only just beginning to take hold as a massive police presence descended on the city. The fear in the streets was [...]
Greate Debate issue 8: Yes: UCL atheists were right to publish the prophet
The issue of the “Jesus and Mo” web cartoon, currently reproduced by the UCL Atheist, Humanist and Secularist society’s facebook page, is a contemporary example of our fear to question alternative opinions. It would appear that attempts by Richard Dawkins, [...]
Response: NUS and Anti-Apartheid by James Haywood
This article is a response to James Haywood’s article published in issue 7 Even by the standards of those who support the BDS, and call on the National Union of Students and others to support it, this article seems to [...]
The US needs to look after its own
In 1967, photographer Al Clayton made a tour of the Mississippi Delta region of the US and captured images that shocked: young children standing by empty fridges, clearly suffering from malnutrition; dilapidated homes where families lived in cramped, unsanitary conditions [...]
Diversity or equality?
Diversity is the theme for February month on UCL. As a student of anthropology, originally from Denmark and with previous work co-operations with a advocacy organization for homo-, bi- and transsexuals, I can help but finding the theme interesting and [...]
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 [...]
The US needs to look after its own
In 1967, photographer Al Clayton made a tour of the Mississippi Delta region of the US and captured images that shocked: young children standing by empty fridges, clearly suffering from malnutrition; dilapidated homes where families lived in cramped, unsanitary conditions [...]
To broaden students’ horizons, universities must first broaden their reputations
The well-worn gap year to university path that so many of us have experienced is disquietingly close to becoming a process where rather than idealistically ‘finding ourselves’, quite the opposite is achieved. This detriment owes itself, in part, to 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 [...]
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.