News and Investigations
The Cheese Grater’s investigations team works hard to provide you with the latest stories about UCL and the Union. We shine a light on the realities of life at UCL, covering everything from the inanities of student politics to how the Machiavellian manoeuvres of UCL management impact daily life on campus.
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Has scrapping hardship bursary disadvantaged UCL’s worst-off students?
In a year when UCL accommodations are less accessible to the most financially insecure students due to the scrapping of the Accommodation Bursary and Hardship Fund, UCL now appears to…
UCL shirks responsibility for internship from hell
A report has been passed to The Cheese Grater alleging serious safeguarding failures on an internship attended by over 10 UCL students last summer: the Toshin Global English Camp, run…
Homophobia and transphobia at Glittoris
Glittoris, the Student Union’s flagship LGBT+ club night, has come under fire this term after a series of homophobic and transphobic incidents left LGBT+ students questioning if it is really…
Socialist Workers Party secretly run student society
The Cheese Grater can exclusively reveal that UCL Socialist Worker Student Society (SWSS), affiliated to the Socialist Workers Party, is not run by UCL students, but by the old-school Trots…
Why is UCL’s WiFi so bad?
This academic year, it has often been impossible for students to access WiFi in UCL libraries. Though eduroam functioned fine before the summer, since the start of September, coverage has…
Why are lectures being held at the Royal National Hotel?
Room bookings in ‘still bad’ shocker. Quelle surprise, UCL facilities have proven insufficient, and students are bearing the brunt. A lack of lecture theatres has forced various UCL departments to…
UCL blames computer glitch for degree certificate blunder
It has been revealed to The Cheese Grater that a number of students at UCL have had their names listed incorrectly on official records — everything ranging from email addresses…
Low-paid Senate House workers hung out to dry
Activists are back at Senate House after UoL reverses outsourcing decision. The University of London has reneged on its promise to bring outsourced staff in-house. In spring this year, during…
Democracy Officer wants lower turnout threshold for union meetings
On 11 October, at the most recent general assembly of SU UCL (not, under any circumstances, to be called ‘suckle’ -ed.), Democracy, Operations and Community officer Mahmud Rahman unveiled a…
Keeping it casual: UCL outsource temporary staff to Unitemps
From September 2018, UCL will outsource employment of temporary workers to an external agency, Unitemps in a move which UCU representatives have described as ‘undermining … staff rights’ and propagating…