The Truth and Reality of the "Muslim Takeover" Conspiracy
It’s been over a week since elections concluded and there has been much controversy surrounding it. This blog is my weigh in on the situation and...
70 Years of Student Filmmaking: A Celebration
The UCL Film & TV Society Celebrates 70 Years of Student Filmmaking & More… On Sunday, March 18, the UCL Film &...
Staff on strike. What you need to know & why we're supporting them
We are strongly in support of academic and non-academic staff who are having the terms of their pensions changed without their consent or approval...
Condemning the abduction of Omar Kiswani
On 7 March, Omar Kiswani, student and President of the student council at Birzeit University, West Bank, Palestine was arrested and forcefully...
'Dodgy at best': the spring elections, a tale of which Berlusconi would be proud
Disclaimer: If you don’t agree with anything in this article and would like to respond - don’t take to Twitter, don’t...
Let’s talk about Exams
With just over two weeks to go till the end of term 2 many of you have probably started thinking about your upcoming exams. Last week Wednesday...
These are your Student Leaders for 2018/19
The Leadership Elections are over. This year, 6,763 students cast 33,204 votes (including 2,141 abstentions). This...
UCU - reject the ACAS deal!
Tonight, on 12th March, UCU and UUK proposed a deal through ACAS to end the ongoing industrial dispute over USS pensions. The Students’ Union UCL...
Club and Society Election Results (Cycle One) 2018/19
This year a selection of Clubs and Societies ran online elections alongside the Student Leader Elections. The first cycle of these is complete -...
Union Council 6 March 2018 live blog
Union Council is where elected student officers debate and decide what the Union should take a stance on and do about a number of issues, it also...
Engaging the community through Rugby
On 26th February and 5th March UCL Men’s rugby visited Chislehurst Sixth form and Chislehurst School for girls to inform and inspire their year 12...
Students' Union backs the occupation outside the Provost's office
On Monday 26th February, UCL students went into occupation in the corridor leading to the Provost’s office in the south cloisters, in solidarity...
UCL managers seek to invest £140k in mental health funding following union campaign
Students’ Union UCL protests underfunding of Student Psychological Services on University Mental Health Day; Management to...
Union and Cut The Rent secure rent reductions for 2018/19
Students’ Union UCL has been working with and supporting the students from the UCL, Cut The Rent campaign, since it began with the hugely...
Heads Up, it's University Mental Health Day
For those of you who weren’t aware, today is a hugely significant day in Higher Education. And no it’s not because I’m finally writing a blog 7...
Meet your candidates
Each of your sabbatical officer candidates has recorded a video, letting you know why you should vote and what their priorities would be if they...
UCL agrees to meet with the Union to increase funding for Psychological Services
At yesterday’s meeting of Academic Committee, the students’ union submitted a paper on the chronic underfunding of Student Psychological Services...
Open letter to the Provost regarding the upcoming Strike Action
This past week, many of you have been emailing us at the union regarding the upcoming strike action and have communicated your concerns and...
Reducing plastics
Here at Students’ Union UCL we recognise that our work practices - and those of the people we choose to work with - have an impact on the...
What UCL senior staff say about working with the Union's student leaders
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Referendum Called: Attendance Monitoring
On Tuesday 6 January, Union Council met and voted to call a referendum. You can read the original motion ...