Voices and Reviews

Voices is our opinion column open for all UCL staff and students. If you have an idea for an article, send us a pitch at editor@cheesegratermagazine.org. For shorter opinion pieces up to 300 words, you can write a letter to our editors via the same email.

Voices

A New Page for Media

A New Page for Media

Dear London: You don’t know how good you’ve got it

Dear London: You don’t know how good you’ve got it

Access UCL, or Don’t: How UCL enables a culture of classism

Access UCL, or Don’t: How UCL enables a culture of classism

Shrek review – Sellout musical takes the Bloomsbury by storm

Shrek review – Sellout musical takes the Bloomsbury by storm

UCL’s harm reduction policy is a victory for compassion and common sense

UCL’s harm reduction policy is a victory for compassion and common sense

UCL deserves a culture of debate and discourse

UCL deserves a culture of debate and discourse

The Welkin review – A period drama with profound themes

The Welkin review – A period drama with profound themes

Our fight for freedom knows no distance

Our fight for freedom knows no distance

An Obituary of Middle Eastern Studies

An Obituary of Middle Eastern Studies

Bloomsbury’s Bananas: a tale of massacres, coups, and ethical consumption 

Bloomsbury’s Bananas: a tale of massacres, coups, and ethical consumption 

Jewish Society, wake up!

Jewish Society, wake up!

Robert Delaney: I will rebuild student media

Robert Delaney: I will rebuild student media

Student politics is broken, and it’s our fault

Student politics is broken, and it’s our fault

What is it with the Provost and ‘Disagreeing Well’?

What is it with the Provost and ‘Disagreeing Well’?

Graduation? No thank you.

Graduation? No thank you.

‘It would be a pain if this gets out’: The boy’s club and university rugby

‘It would be a pain if this gets out’: The boy’s club and university rugby

Is it over for France? Portrait of a nation on fire

Is it over for France? Portrait of a nation on fire

On the Provost’s Update

On the Provost’s Update

UCL needs to Divest Now: Why Michael Spence must Listen to Protestors

UCL needs to Divest Now: Why Michael Spence must Listen to Protestors

The state of the NUS is a bit like Blackpool

The state of the NUS is a bit like Blackpool

Not a Big Deal – The Plight of an “Oppressed Middle-Eastern Woman”

Not a Big Deal – The Plight of an “Oppressed Middle-Eastern Woman”

Untitled rant: Why care about student journalism at UCL? (Subject to change)

Untitled rant: Why care about student journalism at UCL? (Subject to change)

New famous landlord technique to avoid mould problems – gaslight your marginalised tenants!

New famous landlord technique to avoid mould problems – gaslight your marginalised tenants!

M.A.B.: We’ll Get Our Marks Back Some Day

M.A.B.: We’ll Get Our Marks Back Some Day

Hong Kong’s Banana Breakthrough

Hong Kong’s Banana Breakthrough

No More 3 for 10 Jagers?

No More 3 for 10 Jagers?

Sabbatical Officers Hustings: Thoughts from the Chair

Sabbatical Officers Hustings: Thoughts from the Chair

Unpaid internships: when did free labour become normalised?

Unpaid internships: when did free labour become normalised?

Our Sabbatical Officers: A Year in Review

Our Sabbatical Officers: A Year in Review

“Rape is not normal; it is normalised”: A First-hand Account

“Rape is not normal; it is normalised”: A First-hand Account

The Damning Depop Divide

The Damning Depop Divide

Separate But Equal: Social Sciences’ Superficial Inclusivity

Separate But Equal: Social Sciences’ Superficial Inclusivity

If you want a functional Students’ Union, you won’t get one here. 

If you want a functional Students’ Union, you won’t get one here. 

Who is BAME? Not Me.

Who is BAME? Not Me.

Government Cuts to the Arts: A Student’s Perspective

Government Cuts to the Arts: A Student’s Perspective

UCL’s Disability Support, Or Lack Thereof?

UCL’s Disability Support, Or Lack Thereof?

UCL’s Ethnographic Collection: A Road Towards Decolonisation

UCL’s Ethnographic Collection: A Road Towards Decolonisation

Discrimination against Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities has fatal consequences

Discrimination against Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities has fatal consequences

What it feels like to be at the centre of J.K. Rowling’s “TERF Wars”

What it feels like to be at the centre of J.K. Rowling’s “TERF Wars”

Change shouldn’t be a ‘women’s burden’

Change shouldn’t be a ‘women’s burden’

We cannot let the persecution of Uighurs escalate

We cannot let the persecution of Uighurs escalate

Examining UCL’s Apology for its History of Eugenics

Examining UCL’s Apology for its History of Eugenics

Extended Family: Halls and Isolation – and how you can overcome it

Extended Family: Halls and Isolation – and how you can overcome it

What is the cost of isolation for working-class students?

What is the cost of isolation for working-class students?

Remote Learning and Isolation: My Own Thoughts…

Remote Learning and Isolation: My Own Thoughts…

Should I stay or should I go?

Should I stay or should I go?

No Child Should Go Hungry During A Pandemic

No Child Should Go Hungry During A Pandemic

The lies behind the 2020 exams scandal

The lies behind the 2020 exams scandal