Pi Media is celebrating a remarkable milestone this year as it turns 80, alongside 200 years of UCL’s pioneering history. To mark the occasion, Pi Media is releasing a very special anniversary issue that reflects on the past, celebrates the present, and looks ahead to the future of both Pi and the UCL community. Featuring standout stories, familiar faces, and moments that have shaped generations, this commemorative edition will be available in print from 11th February across campus.
About Pi Media
Founded in 1946, Pi Media is the oldest-running student media society at UCL. Initially launched as a newspaper and named after former Provost David Pye, the role of Pi shifted in the 1960s under the leadership of its then Editor-In-Chief, the future broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby, from focussing on college news to wider, global issues. Pi now publishes across three platforms, Pi Online, Pi Magazine, and PiTV, and is completely student-led.
About the special issue
The special issue features interviews with UCL's President and Provost, Michael Spence, and Pro-Provost Bicentennial, Dame Hazel Genn, as well as your Students’ Union President Anam Choudhary and London Marathon hopeful Mathura Kathirgamanathan.
It also includes over 20 pieces written by student journalists, covering the following themes:
- History, heritage, and 200-year reflections
- Academic culture, curriculum, and the future of learning
- Identity, internationality, and access
- Personal transformation and student life
A note from Pi's President, Hermione Chan
This special issue is the result of a collective effort from Pi and the Students' Union: editors, designers, writers, and committee members working together to reflect on UCL’s past and present, while telling honest, student-led stories about what it really feels like to be studying here. The process of putting this issue together was incredibly rewarding, because we got to hear from so many people first-hand about their experiences at UCL. My hope is that this issue enables us to truly appreciate the diversity and range of perspectives present at our university. After all, what better way to pay homage to 200 years of UCL (and 80 years of Pi) than to give a voice to as many different people as possible?
What better way to pay homage to 200 years of UCL (and 80 years of Pi) than to give a voice to as many different people as possible?
The special issue is available for FREE from 11th February. You can pick up a copy from the Hanger, at the UCL Illuminated events, or across the Bloomsbury campus.