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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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    Strikes to end outsourcing of UCL cleaners, porters, and security workers

    • October 31, 2019
    Despite being one of the wealthiest universities in the country, UCL implements some of the worst terms and conditions for…
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      UCL’s ambiguous approach to Disabled Students’ Allowance

      • October 30, 2019
      In 2014 the minister for Universities and Science, David Willets, announced changes to the Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) which has…
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        Students with disabilities excluded from UCL libraries

        • September 27, 2019
        It is a commonly acknowledged fact amongst UCL’s student population that library facilities leave a lot to be desired. But,…
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          Will the Eugenics Inquiry learn from past mistakes?

          • March 21, 2019
          At a town hall meeting on 1 March, students and staff came together to debate and testify to UCL’s complex…
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            UCLove plagued by suicide threats

            • March 21, 2019
            Content warning: mentions of suicide, depression, anxiety, self-harm and eating disorders, but no detailed or graphic descriptions. Although UCLove was…
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              Academics against outsourcing boycott Senate House

              • March 21, 2019
              Campaigners from the Independent Workers of Great Britain (IWGB) are stepping up efforts to end outsourcing at the University of…
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                Election balls

                • March 21, 2019
                Adverts on social media, a ball pit in South Cloisters, and a promise of £500 to the society with the…
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                  • News and Investigations

                  Union Council bans iPads for sabbatical elections

                  • March 1, 2019
                  Voting opened today in elections for Union sabbatical and part-time officers. This year will be the first in which campaigners…
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                    A brief history of Eugenics

                    • February 5, 2019
                    UCL is finally facing up to its past. An inquiry has been convened to investigate UCL’s history of eugenics and…
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                      Academics oppose GRA reform

                      • February 5, 2019
                      ‘Academic Freedom’ or something more? Six UCL academics were among the signatories of an October 2018 letter published in The…
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