Research in Brief- 1st December 2011
Open Wide – I Want to Check Your Development The Dental Institute at King’s College London has found that the body can ‘stall’ development of an embryo, while a critical developmental pathway increases its activity. Correcting potentially life threatening birth [...]
Missing KCL graduate found dead in Wales
KCL graduate Jesse Jones, 24, has been found dead. The body of the popular graduate was found on the shoreline at Swanage on 23 February – a tragic end to days of searching by his friends, family and the authorities. [...]
KCL acapella group tours America
All the King’s Men, the vibrant male a cappella group from King’s College London, has recently returned from their highly-successful trip to the USA. The group toured prestigious universities on the East Coast, performing formal concerts hosted by universities’ a [...]
Another college broken into
Birkbeck had £700 stolen from their union early in January, then SOAS’s Student Bar suffered at the hands of theives and now a suspected burglery at King’s looks set to make it a trilogy
Student Diary: Egypt’s cry for freedom
KCL medical student Dina Ashraf recalls the turbulent events of her last few days on placement in Cairo
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.