Students' Union
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‘Drink elsewhere at your peril’, says Union as bar prices jacked
The Students' Union appears confident that students will return to its bars despite raising the price of pints to cover increased...
Down Your Union: New Sabbs in Focus
By way of introducing readers to the new sabbatical leadership at the Students’ Union, The Cheese Grater has taken the great risk...
KCL and SOAS sack new sabbs over support for Palestine
Three newly elected sabbatical officers across two University of London institutions have been barred from taking office for thei...
Cheese Grater Journalist Makes Sabb Cry In Meeting
Nick MiaoActivities and Engagement Officer Aria Shi, right, pictured tearing up during Questions to Officers at the final...
‘Union Funding Barely Keeps Us Afloat’: UCL Water Polo and the SU
Robert DelaneyThe first rule of water polo is to keep your head above the water. Yet, the UCL Water Polo Club is struggling t...
Inside the SU Deep State
Nick MiaoSabbatical Officers at Students’ Union UCL (SU) are elected in cross-campus elections once a year to represent the s...
‘Too Lazy to be Energetic’: An Honest Guide to the SU
Nick MiaoThe Students’ Union prides itself on being a student-led, student-owned organisation. But how much do you, the stude...
Umair Mehmood, The Underdog Story: How QR Codes Led to Welfare Wednesdays
Vivianne Zhang WeiLack of awareness about the Students' Union elections is a persistent problem at UCL, but one candidate in ...
Chun Buckets Everywhere: How Initiation Ceremonies Ruin the Freshers Experience
Neil Majithia and Elettra PlatiFour years ago, the UCL Students’ Union acted on its ban of initiations and disaffiliated Men’...
Why UCL’s NUS referendum was a sham
This evening, the results for UCL's NUS referendum were announced, though you'd be hard-pressed to find a student who actually kne...
NUS referendum scheduled for October
Students' Union UCL (previously known as UCLU) will hold a referendum this October on whether it wants to remain a part of the NUS...
Voices
Student politics is broken, and it’s our fault
Student politics at UCL has a major crisis of engagement. In last year’s Leadership Race, the Union celebrated a ‘record-breaking...
The state of the NUS is a bit like Blackpool
Nick MiaoOne question I found asking myself and my fellow delegates on our three-day trip to this year’s National Union of Stu...
Untitled rant: Why care about student journalism at UCL? (Subject to change)
Robert DelaneyThe question posed above is one I often face when confronted about my role as co-Editor-in-Chief at The Cheese ...
No More 3 for 10 Jagers?
Anna Maria Papaoikonomou, Zine EditorI can’t ever go back to my first two months of university. Not because I had a particula...
Sabbatical Officers Hustings: Thoughts from the Chair
For seven hours last week, I sat on stage with candidates for all six Sabbatical Officer positions and had the chance to question ...
Our Sabbatical Officers: A Year in Review
It has been a turbulent year for all at UCL. It was truly a rollercoaster ride with changing COVID conditions, numerous bouts of s...
If you want a functional Students’ Union, you won’t get one here.
The other day I got a text from my editor: ‘there’s a virtual Students’ Union Executive meeting, you should go check it out’. Natu...