Diary of a PhD part 3- First Day at School
Everyone has a photo, somewhere, of themselves in a brand new school uniform (complete with cartoon character-related lunch box), which their mother took of them while bursting with pride, on their very first day of school. This excitement and celebratory [...]
Diary of a PhD part 2- Interviews are horrible, fact!
The prospect of being judged, by a panel of strangers, on your academic career so far is somewhat nauseating. In the past few years it has becoming increasingly common and necessary, to prepare a presentation for your PhD interviews. It [...]
Diary of a PhD Part 4- Beg, Borrow or Steal
How does one start a post-graduate research project? As the name states, it is not a taught degree, therefore how does one gather the necessary skills and practices to complete a lab project. ‘Shadowing’ other members of your group, is [...]
Diary of a PhD part 3- First Day at School
Everyone has a photo, somewhere, of themselves in a brand new school uniform (complete with cartoon character-related lunch box), which their mother took of them while bursting with pride, on their very first day of school. This excitement and celebratory [...]
Diary of a PhD part 2- Interviews are horrible, fact!
The prospect of being judged, by a panel of strangers, on your academic career so far is somewhat nauseating. In the past few years it has becoming increasingly common and necessary, to prepare a presentation for your PhD interviews. It [...]
Life After A Science Degree- Greg Talbot explains what it’s like to be a Catastrophe Modeller
I completed my MSc in Geophysical Hazards at UCL whilst working part-time at a syndicate at Lloyd’s of London; Hardy Underwriting. Syndicates at Lloyd’s pride themselves on providing specialist insurance, and cover businesses from shipping and airlines to the [...]
Diary of a PhD part 1- Worth it for the Dr?
By the end of the first term of my first year, I was convinced that I was on the wrong course. By the middle of the second year of my undergraduate degree in pharmacology, I had decided I could make [...]
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.