RHUL close Classics department after just one year
Less than one year after its formation, the Department of Classics and Philosophy faces dissolution. College Council has proposed changes to discontinue the Classics BA degree and to cut over half of Classics staff. Under the plans, all Classics degrees [...]
Students’ Union officers accused of ‘lack of concern for liberation campaigns’
Students proposing a motion to introduce five new Executive Officer positions at Royal Holloway’s Students’ Union have accused SU officers of engaging in personal attacks against them during a heated run-up to the final General Meeting of the year. The [...]
UCU strike motion pits Royal Holloway SU President and her successor against each other
Royal Holloway Students’ Union President Rachel Pearson and President-elect Daniel Cooper went head-to-head at the Union’s General Meeting in a motion on whether or not to support the University and College Union’s industrial action. Cooper proposed the motion, which Pearson [...]
Students evicted from Royal Holloway building
Bailiffs forced protesters to vacate a Grade 1 listed townhouse in Central London, which had been occupied as part of the ongoing protests against the Government’s cuts. On February 25, 11 Bedford Square was stormed by students, lecturers and activists [...]
First election results announced
Queen Mary and Royal Howway Students’ Unions have elected their student officers for the forthcoming year
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.