London Union of Students established
3.16PM, Wed Aug 7 2013
Student unions from across London have come together to establish the beginnings of a new union to represent all students in London - the London Union of Students (LUS). Institutions from all over the city were represented at the founding meeting on Tuesday 30th July. London is one of the biggest student cities in the world, with around half...
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ULU to pay living wage to all staff
4.30PM, Tue Aug 6 2013
The University of London Union is delighted to announce that for the coming year, we will be a living wage employer. The London Living Wage (LLW) is calculated by the office of the Mayor of London as the basic minimum for London workers. It currently stands at £8.55 per hour. ULU has been politically committed to paying LLW for a numbe...
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Hollaback! ULU Press Release
12.30PM, Thu Aug 1 2013
Hollaback! ULU University campuses play a key part of student life, providing spaces for learning, socialising, activism and leisure. Whilst we’d all like to think campuses are spaces in which students should feel safe, that is not always the case. University campuses...
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University of London say they will prosecute campaigners - Statement from ULU
9.16AM, Wed Jul 31 2013
As the elected officers of the University of London Union (ULU), we wish to make public the below letter, sent on behalf of Mr Chris Cobb, Chief Operating Officer, University of London. The letter threatens supporters of the 3 Cosas Campaign for equal sick pay, holidays and...
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Statement on police invasion of ULU building and attack on the 3 Cosas Campaign
2.24PM, Tue Jul 16 2013
A statement from the ULU sabbatical officers Police today invaded the University of London Union building on Malet Street, assaulted a number of student activists, and arrested someone – all on the orders of the University of London. University staff asked police to intervene after they allegedly saw someone chalking on University prop...
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ULU Statement on 'Marxism 2013'
12.06PM, Tue Jul 9 2013
'Marxism’ is the annual summer school event of the Socialist Workers’ Party (SWP). This year, part of the event is scheduled to take place inside the ULU building on Malet Street. The SWP booked its rooms at full commercial rate (around £17,000) through the ULU conferencing department, over which we have no direct overs...
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ULU Men’s Cricket Final Report
10.05AM, Mon Jul 8 2013
Despite the start of the day being overcast on Wednesday 3rd of July, the ULU Men’s cricket final between St Bart’s 1st and KCLMS 2nd’s had enough excitement and drama to match any Caribbean Carnival KCLMS won the toss and after looking at the overhead conditions, took the decision to put St Bart’s into bat. Their dec...
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The ladies take over at Lords
3.07PM, Mon Jun 17 2013
It was great to see the arrival of the teams competing in the ULU Women’s Indoor Cricket Tournament held in the excellent indoor facility at the home of Cricket LORD’S. We were very keen to ensure that our female students who are keen cricket players were given the opportunity to play and after taking into account the unreliabilit...
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