‘We don’t like that we’ve had to organise. We were desperate.’ The next fight for student activists
By Jack Beeching In a 2014 piece for the Guardian, the late David Graeber wrote: “If ever a ‘reform’ has…
Urbanest rent strikes see further developments
A petition lobbied at private accommodation provider urbanest, in light of recent rent strikes from an inter-collegiate group of students,…
Urbanest rent strikers demand accountability
Following the development of rent strikes in LSE-owned accommodation, student strikers’ attention has now turned to demanding accountability from private…
Inside the LSE Rent Strike
Reporting by Jack Beeching Across the country, students are angry. Having been encouraged to move into university accommodation with promises…
Committing to improving the experiences of black students: The story behind the failed LSESU motion
By Beatriz Silva On November 12th, Faiso Kadiye and Sabir Abdullahi, two LSE undergraduate students, proposed a motion to the…
Students’ Union blasts proposed exam guidelines as LSE rejects ‘non-detriment’
Additional reporting by Morgan Fairless. The Students’ Union has blasted LSE’s proposed guidelines for exam boards in the upcoming assessment…
Keeping Student Activism Alive
Written by Miranda Imperial As a one year Master’s student, my time at LSE has been short. My experience of…
The Systemic Problem of Mental Health at Universities
UK universities have a mental health problem, and LSE is no exception. With student satisfaction below 80%, and 43% of…
Re-shuffling the Students’ Union
Over the summer, the LSESU broke up a 10-year staff-sharing arrangement with Arts SU, which has meant a complete overhaul…
We need to scrap elections to save the SU
LSE has a problem. Our students’ union doesn’t represent the wider student community. While the majority of students are women,…
