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UCL halls to hike rent by 3.9% despite Union lobbying efforts
Leaked documents show UCL considered covering millions in budget shortfall, including a ÂŁ1.3m overspend in its âhistorically inadequateâ maintenance budget...
Episode 9: Phineas returns?
7 March 2025
Episode 7: Valentine’s Day (Pre-Election) Special
14 February 2025
Episode 6: Should SSEES Director Richard Mole resign?
11 February 2025
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Making lasting change at UCL is a student-staff problem
Finger-pointing and the identifying of issues is only the first step. We need leaders in conversation both outside and inside of established processes...
UCL’s Japanese Garden is glorifying imperial legacies
17 February 2025
A case for raving: Losing yourself in an amorphous body
17 February 2025
Is the Studentsâ Union an elective dictatorship?
15 February 2025
Reviews
Rhapsody review â Annual showcase blows the roof off Bloomsbury
11 February 2025
Shrek review â Sellout musical takes the Bloomsbury by storm
1 December 2024

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Issue 90 â March 2025, Election Special
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Michael Spence, inside the mind
10 March 2025
UCL bans straight people for Valentine’s Day
13 February 2025
Vending machine rebellion occupies Student Centre
13 February 2025
The Cheese Grater will not succumb to the woke UCL East agenda
11 February 2025
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Dishonest academic practices
3 March 2025
Beaten by the January Blues
13 February 2025
Beat the January Blues
13 February 2025
Dear phantom flatmate
31 October 2024
Bentham box suggestions
31 October 2024
Not All Men
6 April 2021