KCL & UCL prepare to battle at Varsity 2012
Rivalries are fierce between the constituent colleges of the University of London, but none are as intense as that between King’s and UCL. Over the past 180 years the rivalry has taken many forms; from the stealing of each other’s [...]
KCL & UCL prepare to battle at Varsity 2012
Rivalries are fierce between the constituent colleges of the University of London, but none are as intense as that between King’s and UCL. Over the past 180 years the rivalry has taken many forms; from the stealing of each other’s [...]
Win tickets to World Sevens Series at Twickenham
For the students of London, the sporting season is fast becoming a distant memory, flittering out as the exam season comes crashing in with petrifying pace. Fear not! London Student Sport is at hand with a cheeky little competition to [...]
Take the ride of a lifetime… for charity
It began on a whim, an impulse. Before I knew it the form was completed and my registration pack had arrived. It was not until I was stood in Brussels last July, bike in hand, with 300 miles of road [...]
Men up their game to break University of London record at BUCS
This year’s BUCS Outdoor Athletics Championships was held at Bedford over the long Royal Wedding bank holiday weekend. Universities from across the UK sent their best athletes to this prestigious annual event in the hope of earning an invite to [...]
Promotion slips, demotion teases as it hangs on one match.
ULU’s final lacrosse game of the season embodied all of their matches this year, tense from start to finish, drawing 9-9 against Northampton to save themselves from relegation. With only three points separating 3rd from 7th in SEMLA East 2 [...]
Unions stage campaigns for sport
Over the last couple of years, Students’ Unions have brought to the attention of university administration, that although having Wednesday afternoons free are endorsed, academic study is still often scheduled for that afternoon. Indeed, the contentious issue of keeping Wednesday [...]
RHUL launches Arsenal and Chelsea language lessons
Everyone likes football. Don’t they? Well, at least that’s the basic logic behind a language program recently launched by Royal Holloway, University of London. The college has paired up with Chelsea and Arsenal to teach Spanish and German languages through [...]
Sikh soc saves the children
Chillin’ out maxin’ relaxin’ all cool; they were shooting some b-ball in the sports hall. When a group of guys that just wanna do good, starting raising money in the neighborhood. On the evening of Sunday 6 March, in a [...]
Take the ride of a lifetime… for charity
It began on a whim, an impulse. Before I knew it the form was completed and my registration pack had arrived. It was not until I was stood in Brussels last July, bike in hand, with 300 miles of road [...]
KCL & UCL prepare to battle at Varsity 2012
Rivalries are fierce between the constituent colleges of the University of London, but none are as intense as that between King’s and UCL. Over the past 180 years the rivalry has taken many forms; from the stealing of each other’s [...]
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 [...]
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.