Current UCL students' chat thread!

well done you.

if i may butt my nose in about the union stuff
committee members of uclu itself, which is a separate matter to the societies, are not transphobic.
the summer ball will always be expensive. it pays for the rest of the events which you all attend which make a massive loss throughout the year.
unprofessionalism is an interesting point to raise. if you are referring to people being bad at their jobs wot they are paid for but not hte elected people, that's one side to it. if you are referring to the people who we ucl students "elect" to run our union, that's another side. i wonder if anybody not with their face fully inside the union accounts realises just how much of a loss the bars and cafes make? it's only propped up by bloomsbury fitness. if we didn't have that gym, we wouldn't have the bars and cafes. it would be financially impossible at the current prices. everyone probably realises that they make a loss, but it's scary when you know how much. it doesn't really matter of course, because the gym DOES prop it up, and the summer ball DOES pay for all the club nights and give it a go and so on things throughout the year. such is how a central london union works.


i just joined tsr this second so i totes dont need to do **** about the phised passwords, right?

Did you guys get the cultural advice email?

A white European student from a working class background was invited by her new PhD supervisor, who was from an upper middle class, Cambridge educated background, to dine with him and two other students at the supervisor’s private club. When selecting from the menu, the supervisor invited the student to choose from the wine-list.

The student felt intimidated and was worried she would be perceived as ignorant. The supervisor thought he was being kind and generous whereas the student, who knew nothing about wine, felt uncomfortable in this situation.

Only at UCL

The student is initially surprised when encouraged to challenge received wisdom by, for example, critically appraising widely cited theories and published evidence in the field. In the student’s country of origin, facts were taught as ‘the truth’ whereas at UCL students are expected to question and critique received wisdom.

Lol welcome back. Suppose given your position you know more about it than me; what's your opinion on the name changes? Probably was an overreaction on my part.

oh and did you know. i resigned from the trustees in like april. i think april. it's such balls.

I would pick essays without a doubt. Especially if your lecturer even if its vague, will kind of discuss itbwith you before you submit it. I hate exams.

I would pick essays without a doubt. Especially if your lecturer even if its vague, will kind of discuss itbwith you before you submit it. I hate exams.

I would guess that because of the codes you'dhave to choose before, but maybe you could change once youve started if Jakob approves.

Are you picking petrarch?

How come? Something to put on your CV for sure, a trusteeship is a fair wedge of running the thing..

How come? Something to put on your CV for sure, a trusteeship is a fair wedge of running the thing..

There's no point of doing a thing just because it might look good on a CV; you can't really do the job well unless you enjoy it. Besides, life's too short to waste time on something you dislike and don't need to do.

it may be. But if i could communicate poroperly the experience of that trustee board and its meetings, you'd understand. The non student trustees block the students, the students either blindly obey council becuase their exalted leader has council as essentially their puppet, the sabbs turn up late, if at all, and play on their ipads bought by the union or do other things and say nothing, the employees talk utter *******s and trump the students at every chance.

Tell that to all the graduates this year willing to do anything for a foothold!

Any 2nd/3rd years - when did you get your deposit back from halls?

Don't tell me that's the only way to secure a job...

My impression is that all UCL students are constantly brainwashed to take up several leadership positions (unless you're a president, your life is screwed) and get firsts. This leads to many ambitious and perfectionist, yet depressed individuals at uni. What's more, some of them even don't care about ethical aspects of their activities, which leads to immoral acts.

I'm convinced that this mentality should be reconsidered.