London Student http://www.london-student.net The capital's biggest student newspaper Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:47:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en Ignorant? Quite Interesting, as a matter of fact http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/18/ignorant-quite-interesting-as-a-matter-of-fact/ http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/18/ignorant-quite-interesting-as-a-matter-of-fact/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:46:13 +0000 Tom Richards http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/18/ignorant-quite-interesting-as-a-matter-of-fact/ intervieweesIt barely registers in my memory, but I know that when I heard Diana was dead I’d just come home from a bike ride. When I heard that the twin towers had fallen, I was walking past the technology block outside my high school in Shropshire. And half an hour after I heard the news that Barack Obama had won the race to be the next President of the United States, I was sitting in a Bloomsbury office chatting to John Lloyd and John Mitchinson, the creators of QI. So what do two of the most interesting, interested people in the country have to say about what has to be the biggest story of the decade, if not the third millennium? (more…)

]]> http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/18/ignorant-quite-interesting-as-a-matter-of-fact/feed/ UCL in the dock http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/18/ucl-in-the-dock/ http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/18/ucl-in-the-dock/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:33:40 +0000 William Wilkes http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/18/ucl-in-the-dock/ Haverstock SquareNew details have emerged of how UCL reached a backroom deal with Camden council to set up a local school that has caused a storm of protest. (more…)

]]> http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/18/ucl-in-the-dock/feed/ Spooked! http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/18/spooked/ http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/18/spooked/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:20:09 +0000 Joseph Tandy http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/18/spooked/ Outcry from lecturers over plans to make them ’spies’. (more…)

]]> http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/18/spooked/feed/ Students of the world unite! http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/18/students-of-the-world-unite/ http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/18/students-of-the-world-unite/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:16:04 +0000 William Wilkes http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/18/students-of-the-world-unite/ ProtestStudents from across the world are taking to the streets to protest against university tuition fees throughout November. (more…)

]]> http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/18/students-of-the-world-unite/feed/ Issue Five out now. http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/17/issue-five-out-now/ http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/17/issue-five-out-now/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:37:53 +0000 admin http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/17/issue-five-out-now/ Issue five is out now. Read the pdfs here or pick up a copy in your union. (more…)

]]> http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/17/issue-five-out-now/feed/ Police brutality? http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/11/police-brutality/ http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/11/police-brutality/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:33:35 +0000 Joe Rennison http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/11/police-brutality/

Students protesting against LSE’s unethical investment policies at the college’s New Academic Building opening say that one of their number was assaulted by a policeman. (more…)

]]> http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/11/police-brutality/feed/ Issue Four out now. http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/04/issue-four-out-now/ http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/04/issue-four-out-now/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:49:59 +0000 admin http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/04/issue-four-out-now/ fp.jpgPick a copy up in your union. (more…)

]]> http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/04/issue-four-out-now/feed/ Dirty Den http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/04/dirty-den/ http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/04/dirty-den/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:05:22 +0000 Joseph Tandy http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/04/dirty-den/ Minister Denham cuts student grants after cash cock-up. (more…)

]]> http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/04/dirty-den/feed/ Crappucino http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/03/crappucino/ http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/03/crappucino/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:14:54 +0000 William Wilkes http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/03/crappucino/ cof5-lorenzo.jpgUCL students are livid that elected officers have passed a motion granting themselves free coffee at Union bars and cafes. (more…)

]]> http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/03/crappucino/feed/ Sacked? http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/03/sacked/ http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/03/sacked/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:10:20 +0000 Kat Lay http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/03/sacked/ Chris Mullan

KCLSU president appeals dismissal, but this could be the end of the road. (more…)

]]> http://www.london-student.net/2008/11/03/sacked/feed/