Food for thought
Student-led volunteering project Zero Food Waste will be collecting unsold food from our cafes and donating it to charity, reducing our environmental impact, and increase our social impact.
Clubs and Societies make things better
Look at all of the amazing things Societies and Clubs have done to make the world a better place!
Don't Pay Again
With fees sky high, we don't think there should be additional charges on you course. Your Education Officer has been lobbying on this and the first concession has been the abolition of the £15 transcript fee.
We're auditing Auditing
Thanks to one Academic Rep's work, UCL are now developing an official and consistent approach to letting students attend modules they're interested in, but not enrolled on.
Hairy Fundraisers
Collectively, Team UCL have raised an enormous, incredible, facial hair raising, £15,193, making #TeamUCL the 7th biggest fundraisers for Movember this year.
A step in the right direction
Our campaign has got UCL management to agree to seek an extra £140k of funding for mental health funding
We're officially investors in people
We've achieved Investors in People accreditation, we're officially a great place to work.
£10,500 for the Mexico Earthquake Appeal
Mexican Society have been raising money for the earthquake appeal and to date they've raised an incredible £10,500
We've got space sorted
We've worked with Estates and Libraries to secure 300 extra study spaces during term three.
Making graduation better for PGt students
We helped on Academic Rep successfully lobby UCL bring overseas Masters' students' graduations forward to November, instead of holding them nearly 12 months later.
Tackling Sexual Harassment
This year we delivered over 200 Active Bystander workshops to 4500 students. 89% of attendees agreed that the workshop, helped them feel prepared to intervene in situations if witness sexual harassment.
Gold for Deborah Alawode
Deborah Alawode, a second year medical student and member of the #TeamUCL Barbell Club, has won Gold at the British Weightlifting Championships. Lifting 154kg to take the U75 junior title.
Reducing plastic waste
We have taken a number of steps to reduce our waste, including offering a discount for cafe customers that bring their own reusable mug and ditching plastic straws.
Fee update
International student fees: We’ve made sure that international student fees stay fixed throughout your degree.
"My relationship with my inner self gets better and it makes me more healthy too"
Project Active is helping more people like Uyun enjoy exercise and try things they never would have before.
More ways to help
We've made big changes that mean we can give a wider range of advice to students in need.
Supporting student parents
Your Postgraduate Students' Officer has convinced UCL to review its provisions for student parents. We’ve already won a commitment to expand the nursery and will use this review to push for more improvements.
A win for our students
Our Advice Team successfully helped four students dispute an unfair £11,000 bill from their landlord and saved them almost £10k
Celebrating amazing education
More of you then ever nominated a staff member for a Student Choice Award this year, with 1084 nominations for 633 different staff members.
Cutting the Rent at UCL
The union and Cut The Rent have secured a number of improvements to rent pricing in UCL accommodation for 2018/19.
Helping you discover things you'll love
Our first ever Give it a Go Week saw over 200 of you trying new activities. From film making, to beer tasting and juggling, students took part on more than 20 completely student led activities.
Ensuring exams reflect course content
When students on MSc Clinical Opthamology felt their December exams didn't reflect the course content, one Academic Rep worked on rectifying the issue.
"There are very successful ways to raise a topic in your department which I wasn't aware of before the training"
We have trained 1,022 Academic and Faculty Reps and 97% of them said the training gave them the tools they need to represent you better..
Where more happens
In addition to the funding we provide, we've helped Clubs and Socs secure an extra £67,740 of funding to help them run better, more subsidised activities for you.
Our Community
Since last September, we've helped 2,134 students find community volunteering opportunities in London
Standing against government changes
Last year, UCL was one of a dozen universities to successfully boycott the NSS; this led to the House of Lords temporarily severing the link between the TEF and fee rises, and delaying the wider implementation of the reforms.
70 years of Film Society
This year, our Film Society is celebrating 70 years of activity, supported by the Union. They have spawned talent such as Christopher Nolan and score composer David Julyan.
Proud to be TeamUCL
For Pride in TeamUCL Week, 65 club reps attended Pride in Sport training, 136 students attended a Gender Neutral sports activity and #prideinteamucl got 3430 likes across the week on Instagram.
Making studying easier
Your Education Officer has worked with UCL to implement a tool that will allow you to check for free library seats online.
Improvements in Department of Greek and Latin
“This year has been a good one for improvements - we gained undergrads access to the departmental kitchen, something which has been greatly desired since my first year.”
Alexandra Fraser, Course Rep
Award winners
We’re making sure that sport on campus is inclusive. And the rest of the UK is taking notice.
On Time Timetable
The UCL exam timetable was released on time for the first time in 4 years, with help from Education Officer Sarah.
Dairy free delight
We've found a new supplier that will allow our cafes to offer soya milk coffees at no additional cost. Saving you 30p per drink.