News & Investigations
Investigations in The Cheese Grater attempts to understand the goings on in UCL. Be that inane student politics, or the machiavellian manoeuvres of UCL management – we try to be as thorough as possible.
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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 knew that such a vote happened in the first place.…
Sheikh It Off: Inside UCL’s Decision To Leave Qatar
Since its inception in 2012, UCL’s campus in Qatar – a country where apostasy and homosexuality are punishable by death – has been a running sore for UCL management. This…
Here’s How Much UCL Made In Library Fines Last Year
For some weird reason, we all like to one up each other when talking about how much debt we are in to the library. But, as with all high stakes…
Don’t know what UCL East is? Here’s An Explainer
As students enjoyed a break over the summer, work continued apace on UCL’s new campus in Stratford, East London—six miles from Bloomsbury. Located on the site of the Queen Elizabeth…
Breaking News: No Bad News About Bloomsbury
The Cheese Grater is thrilled to reveal that we don’t need to write an article about Bloomsbury Theatre’s renovation as it is surprisingly running right on time. The university’s biggest…
Only 22% of UCL’s Highest Earners Are Women
“UCL was the first university in the UK to admit women” – surely this has been forced down every fresher’s throat by now? What they don’t put in the brochure,…
The Inside Story of Cut the Rent This Year
With significantly fewer students on rent strike this year, how did the student group Cut the Rent achieve such an impressive victory? Earlier this year, the student group Cut the…
Union 15p Card Charge Killed Off
The Cheese Grater can exclusively reveal that purchases made under £5 at Union bars and cafes will no longer be subject to card surcharges. The change will take effect next…
UCL Referendum on NUS 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 (National Union of Students). As usual,…
The indomitable ISoc election machine
UCL know that there is one person who guarantees electoral success: the President of the Islamic Society (ISoc). In this year’s spring elections, five of the seven elected Sabbs had…