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 be trying to curb the activities of Cut the Rent. Whilst attempting to organise an event for Max Rayne and Ifor Evans students, Cut the …
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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 Rent, CtR, announced that they had won £1.49 million from UCL in rent concessions. Through extensive interviews, The Cheese Grater can now reveal the inside …
The slowly wilting corpse of The Independent had a splash this week courtesy of everyone’s favourite rent renegades UCL Cut The Rent, and you might have seen a Cheese Grater shout out in there too. The article revealed that cuts to UCL bursaries will affect incoming students this September, but this isn’t the whole story. …
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Vice Provost Rex Knight clashes with students as UCL Cut The Rent protests escalate. The Cheese Grater has already said it once this year (CG 51), but it’s been another rough term for the previously mighty UCL Residences, and given the events of the past month things won’t be looking up for some time. If the …
