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The Aftermath of UCL’s Decision to Reject Stonewall
Online EditorMarch 17, 20230
The UCL guide to being a covert Oxbridge reject
Online EditorJanuary 18, 20230
Naked Yoga: A Belligerent Ode to the Pussy
January 18, 2023
Hong Kong’s Banana Breakthrough
January 18, 2023
Hong Kong’s Banana Breakthrough
January 18, 2023
It’s finally happening. After three years of 21-day quarantine policies, dine-in restrictions, and mask mandates, we citizens of ...
Umair Mehmood, The Underdog Story: How QR Codes Led to Welfare Wednesdays
November 18, 2022
Vivianne Zhang Wei Lack of awareness about the Students' Union elections is a persistent problem at UCL, but one candidate in ...
No More 3 for 10 Jagers?
September 29, 2022
Anna Maria Papaoikonomou, Zine Editor I can’t ever go back to my first two months of university. Not because I had a particula...
Sabbatical Officers Hustings: Thoughts from the Chair
May 29, 2022
For seven hours last week, I sat on stage with candidates for all six Sabbatical Officer positions and had the chance to question ...
Unpaid internships: when did free labour become normalised?
May 29, 2022
There is a sense of excitement when searching for Summer Internships on, what seems like, the endless amount of job finding sites ...
“Rape is not normal; it is normalised”: A First-hand Account
May 29, 2022
Trigger warning: mentions and graphic details of r*pe and sexual assault
Everyone has drunk sex at university, right? That’s w...
The Damning Depop Divide
March 1, 2022
I was fourteen when I first downloaded Depop. Back then, I could find a nice top or dress for £10 and get a good bargain f...
Separate But Equal: Social Sciences’ Superficial Inclusivity
March 1, 2022
I chose Social Sciences as my undergraduate degree thinking, almost naively, that understanding the world around me would help me ...
If you want a functional Students’ Union, you won’t get one here.
March 1, 2022
The other day I got a text from my editor: ‘there’s a virtual Students’ Union Executive meeting, you should go check it out’. Natu...
Who is BAME? Not Me.
February 2, 2022
BAME is a term that has been in use for some years but shot up to the headlines during the COVID-19 pandemic. It stands for Black,...
Government Cuts to the Arts: A Student’s Perspective
January 30, 2022
In July 2021, Gavin Williamson, the former Secretary of State for Education, announced the Conservative party’s plans to...
UCL’s Disability Support, Or Lack Thereof?
November 16, 2021
I chose Education Studies for my undergraduate degree at UCL. The university has ranked number one in the world for Education for ...
UCL’s Ethnographic Collection: A Road Towards Decolonisation
November 6, 2021
While researching a mask belonging to the Sande society of Mendiland, Sierra Leone, for an assignment, I was puzzled to discover t...
Discrimination against Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities has fatal consequences
April 14, 2021
I live in a small village in South East England. I first heard the word Traveller used to describe a group of people when I was ab...
What it feels like to be at the centre of J.K. Rowling’s “TERF Wars”
April 5, 2021
Trigger Warning: Mentions of violence against transgender people.
Let’s talk about J.K. Rowling; author of the impossibly succ...
Change shouldn’t be a ‘women’s burden’
March 19, 2021
Male violence against women must be diminished. Intersectional solidarity is the way forward - a movement of which men must become...
We cannot let the persecution of Uighurs escalate
February 12, 2021
By Amber Kite
*Trigger Warning - this article contains mentions of sexual assault and violence* “I would have done som...
Examining UCL’s Apology for its History of Eugenics
January 18, 2021
By Rusheen Bansal
On 7th January 2021, UCL issued a formal statement of apology regarding their role in the “deve...
Extended Family: Halls and Isolation – and how you can overcome it
December 12, 2020
Vaania Achuthan
As part of Isolation Diaries Trigger Warning: Mention of suicide Ever since students have moved i...
What is the cost of isolation for working-class students?
November 20, 2020
Eleanor Corney
As part of Isolation Diaries Being a student is hard - that goes without saying. Being a student in the m...
Remote Learning and Isolation: My Own Thoughts…
November 9, 2020
Eleanor King
as part of Isolation Diaries 2019 and 2020 have been two binaries for me. The joy of finally graduating wit...
Should I stay or should I go?
November 9, 2020
Jakob Kiessling
as part of Isolation Diaries Every day, between 9 PM and midnight, a man appears in my flat. He’s tall, ...
No Child Should Go Hungry During A Pandemic
November 3, 2020
Riddhi Kanetkar Recently, a Labour motion to extend free school meals until Easter has been rejected by the government, by...
The lies behind the 2020 exams scandal
September 28, 2020
Eleanor Corney Young people are always told that they are the future. When did it become acceptable for others to control t...