Rebekah Wright N.B. The Cheese Grater has reached out to Michael Spence’s Office for comment, but is yet to hear back from them Michael Spence is UCL’s supreme leader – as our President and Provost he’s at the forefront of UCL’s national and international image (even if the vast majority of students have no idea […]
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This article was awarded Best Media Piece at the 2024 Students’ Union UCL Arts Awards. Mads Brown Students have finally had enough of the transphobic rhetoric which runs rife at UCL. On Friday 24th November, the chant: “Rejoin Stonewall or go to hell, no transphobes at UCL!” echoed across the University’s main quad. In support
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Lily Park and Daniel Harding UCL’s refusal to continue working with Stonewall, despite being over a year ago now, still poses a controversial problem to UCL’s stance on their LGBTQ+ policy as well as overhanging issues over the fairness of the vote to leave Stonewall. With LSE also recently ceasing their commitment to Stonewall, queer
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The short notice, lack of an independent investigation and rushed debate appear to have allowed a small group to wield their personal connections to reverse university policy.
This Halloween, Soc Bitch has never been more spooked than by the Grinch Boris who wants to steal Christmas with another confusing lockdown…
‘Academic Freedom’ or something more? Six UCL academics were among the signatories of an October 2018 letter published in The Guardian. They expressed reservations about proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act, arguing that it would stifle genuine academic research by labelling it as transphobic. The letter expresses concern about the introduction of self-ID for
Glittoris, the Student Union’s flagship LGBT+ club night, has come under fire this term after a series of homophobic and transphobic incidents left LGBT+ students questioning if it is really being run for them. Despite marketing for the event that depicts LGBT+ icons and advertises the presence of drag queens, some students seem unaware that
