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The Tab Caves To Student Pressure

The Tab London has followed the wishes of students announcing on Twitter today that “by popular demand it will now be merely a fortnightly list of who’s fucked who, for how long and in what way.” Democracy & Communications Officer, Hamza Jamshaid says “I’m appalled by this news. The masses should never get what they

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Daily Mail sensationalises UCL fundraising

A series of articles in the Daily Mail accuse various universities, including UCL, of using wealth screening companies to target alumni for donations. The Mail alleges that universities accessed and recorded private information for fundraising purposes, including details of former students’ finances and personal lives. The Development and Alumni Relations Office (DARO) at UCL admitted

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The swimming pool at in the Malet Place ULU building

Wolves at the Door for ULU

Senior managers and academics within the University of London are proposing the closure of the University of London Union (ULU). In documents seen by The Cheese Grater, UoL managers and academics in the ‘ULU Review Group’ advise that the union have its democratic functions stripped and its assets handed over to the University. Under the

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Why Were Newham Complaints Not Heard for Eleven Days?

For background on this story, see CG34 (March 2012) and the September 2012 Welcome Issue. Warren Lubin, chair of the Carpenters’ Residents Steering Committee, and Tony Bird, their independent advisor, unexpectedly turned up UCL today. When they were spotted walking around UCL they told this magazine that they’d tried to meet the Provost, Malcolm Grant,

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