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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How UCL Risked The Immigration Status of Vice Wardens For Years
Earlier this year, an international student and former vice-warden of UCL accommodation shared her story with The Cheese Grater. Her tale exposes a system that cares little for international students other…
Voting shambles
In the first successful SU UCL General Assembly for four years, the Union was saddened to discover that their electronic voting machines were broken. Students were asked whether paper would…
The Fight For The Heart of UCL
A battle is raging at UCL, one that will define the very nature of the university for decades to come. It all came to a head this week at a…
Second Time’s The Charm For Ex-IDF Speaker
Back in 2016, UCL won international news coverage when an event with Hen Mazzig, hosted by UCL Friends of Israel, was disrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters, resulting in police involvement. Following…
Online society elections will now be opt-out
Tonight at an Emergency Council Meeting, the debate over whether President and Treasurer elections for societies should go online finally came to a boil. The two protagonists of the night…
iPad debate heats up first successful General Assembly in four years
In a historic night for the Union, Tuesday’s General Assembly was the first since 2014 to which enough people showed up for the meeting to actually go ahead, so that…
Here Are Five Shocking Sexist & Racist Tweets By UCL Professor Who Hosted Eugenics Conference
This morning, London Student published an exposé into the London Conference of Intelligence that has been hosted by UCL for the last four years. The host of the conference is Professor James…
Daily Mail sensationalises UCL fundraising
A series of articles in the Daily Mail accuse various universities, including UCL, of using wealth screening companies to target alumni for donations. The Mail alleges that universities accessed and…
Exorbitant student accomodation at UCL East
UCL East students will face central London prices for accommodation in decidedly-not-central London. The primary justification for building UCL’s new campus six miles away from Bloomsbury in the Queen Elizabeth…
Why did only 160 students turn up to that much-hyped General Assembly?
For the fourth year running, last Tuesday’s promised Union General Assembly never took place, because too few students turned up. Though heavily advertised on Facebook as a forum for students…