SOAS Students’ Union campaigns against company accused of human rights violations
SOAS Students’ Union is campaigning to prevent the return of a food services contractor that they claim is guilty of, “a series of human rights violations.” SOAS outsources all food services to Sodexo, with their current contract running out in August. A letter [...]
New Bye-Law could see end of Hare Krishna on campus
A new bye-law being discussed by Westminster Council could see the end of the Hare Krishna delivering free food on University of London campuses. The Hare Krishna, who are regularly outside SOAS and the LSE handing out free food, would [...]
SOAS bike thief arrested
Police chased down a bike thief outside SOAS in broad daylight today. After receiving reports of a growing bike theft problem outside the college, police have begun placing decoy bikes watched by plain clothes policeman. Police chased down a man [...]
Drug suspects arrested on SOAS campus
Four undercover policemen arrested two drug dealers in front of the School of Oriental and African Studies on Tuesday 1March at 18:30. The dealers were caught selling drugs to students around the Institute of Education and SOAS. According to a [...]
SOAS library to reopen
SOAS Library’s Main Entrance will be re-opened after over a year of construction work on Monday 14th March. The refurbishment of the ground floor entrance has cost £6.5million, a project funded by the HEFCE, the Wolfson Foundation and the School [...]
SOAS introduces penalties for exceeding word limit
SOAS has introduced a new word limit policy for term assignments, which will allow tutors to penalise students more rigorously for essays which are too long. The regulations, implemented on January 24th, will affect all students in most undergraduate and [...]
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.