UCL Union Housing Activism Activism News relating to student activism at UCL Union Fossil fuel sponsorship ban oppressive and discriminatory, engineers claim in desperate rant 7 March 2025 Union Union to back Fossil Free Careers after two years of political ping-pong 7 March 2025 University UCL divests from major weapon parts manufacturer 12 February 2025 Union Sabbs abstain in vote to ban oil and gas sponsorships for societies 3 February 2025 Union UCL Union resumed banking with Barclays as soon as ban expired 19 January 2025 Union Globetrotting sabbs to rack up at least 18,500 air miles 19 January 2025 University Plight of working students ‘sidelined’ by History Department, campaigners say 19 January 2025 Palestine Around hundred attend vigil for UCL alumni killed by Israel 19 January 2025 Palestine Art is political, say activists who raised £1k for Palestine 19 January 2025 Union Union President ‘didn’t feel comfortable’ at COP29 24 November 2024 Palestine UCL professor launches Israel-Palestine discussion project 23 November 2024 University UCL to review investments in major win for pro-Palestine activists 17 November 2024 Union No jobs for graduates if Union bans oil and gas sponsorships, engineers warn 11 November 2024 Palestine Cut ties and divest from genocide, careers fair protesters tell UCL 27 October 2024 Palestine SOAS encampment attacked by lone counter-protester 27 October 2024 Union Rep Elections: Vegan campaigners field undercover candidates for NUS rep 20 October 2024 Workers Cruciform cleaners win pay parity after hard fight 13 October 2024 University No free speech for UCL’s outsourced workforce 21 September 2024 University Access denied: UCL fails disabled student on graduation day 5 September 2024 Palestine KCL and SOAS sack new sabbs over support for Palestine 20 July 2024 Palestine UCL set to evict Pro-Palestine encampment 15 July 2024 Palestine ‘This is Not Business as Usual’: UCL Stands for Justice Escalate Protests as University Fails to Meet Demands 11 June 2024 Palestine Life in the Encampment 24 May 2024 Palestine The Jeremy Bentham Room Occupation: Highlighting UCL’s role in the Suppression of the Palestinian People 8 April 2024 Investigations The Bleak Reality of UCL History Department’s Redundancy Crisis 8 April 2024 Provost The Provost’s Record on LGBTQ+ Support Sinks to a New Low 8 April 2024 University Unfair Gordon Square: The Problems with Accessibility at UCL 24 March 2024 University TERF out Transphobia: The IOE and “Academic Freedom” 19 January 2024 Workers UCL v. Security Staff: Echoes of Exploitation Ignored by Student Apathy 11 January 2024 Palestine “Complicity in Genocide”: Students Call for UCL’s Support of Gaza 9 January 2024 University “Painting the Town Orange”: Just Stop Oil, UCL and Fossil Fuel Investment 9 January 2024 LGBTQ+ The Aftermath of UCL’s Decision to Reject Stonewall 17 March 2023 Workers Exploitation and Inequality: The Plight of UCL’s Outsourced Security Staff 18 January 2023 Workers Cost of Greed Crisis: UCU’s Persisting Strike Actionucl 18 January 2023 LGBTQ+ The Story Behind UCL’s Rejection of Stonewall 23 February 2022 Workers The Past, Present and Future of Strike Action 16 November 2021 University UCL’s Role in Human Rights Abuses in the Middle East 8 October 2021 Climate Academia and air travel: how sustainable is UCL? 22 February 2021 University Leaked recording highlights UCL’s disability discrimination problem 10 February 2021 Workers Workers demand furlough after being compelled to work in non-essential buildings at UCL 19 January 2021 University Decolonising the divided: how anti-racist is UCL? 5 January 2021 Club and Soc Why we need the 93% Club at UCL 26 September 2020 University “If it weren’t for my parents, I would have dropped out.” Deaf first year student left with little support from UCL 28 March 2020 University UCL Cares? Disabled Students’ Network report reveals bleak treatment of students 28 March 2020 Union Open Letter From the Disabled Students’ Network 3 March 2020 University UCL Has Lost The Goodwill of Its Staff 12 December 2019 Workers UCU Academics Strike Explained 26 November 2019 University “The risk of internalising your own inferiority”: In conversation with two black female academics at UCL 31 October 2019 Workers Strikes to end outsourcing of UCL cleaners, porters, and security workers 31 October 2019 University UCL’s ambiguous approach to Disabled Students’ Allowance 30 October 2019 Investigations Students with disabilities excluded from UCL libraries 27 September 2019 News Academics against outsourcing boycott Senate House 21 March 2019 LGBTQ+ Academics oppose GRA reform 5 February 2019 Workers UCL shifts blame for unpaid security staff 4 February 2019 Union UCL may adopt IHRA definition rejected by Students’ Union 28 January 2019 Investigations Has scrapping hardship bursary disadvantaged UCL’s worst-off students? 11 December 2018 Investigations Homophobia and transphobia at Glittoris 10 December 2018 Workers Low-paid Senate House workers hung out to dry 30 October 2018 Workers Keeping it casual: UCL outsource temporary staff to Unitemps 29 September 2018 University Inheriting Galton: The people working to make UCL less racist 19 March 2018 Investigations How UCL Risked The Immigration Status of Vice Wardens For Years 15 February 2018 University The Fight For The Heart of UCL 8 February 2018 Palestine Second Time’s The Charm For Ex-IDF Speaker 29 January 2018 Palestine One Man Protest for Anti-Zionist Speakers 17 November 2017 Workers Zero hours, agency workers and rodents: investigation reveals Sodexo staff concerns 10 February 2017 Provost Jurassic Arth: Dinosaur Provost backpedals on fossil fuel divestment 10 February 2017 University Teaching on the cheap: UCL’s exploitation of teaching assistants revealed 22 January 2017 News Violence between police and protestors over Senate House occupation 3 December 2013
