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The '''London School of Economics Students' Union''' (sometimes referred to as '''LSESU''') is the representative and campaigning body for students at [[The London School of Economics and Political Science]] (LSE). |
The '''London School of Economics Students' Union''' (sometimes referred to as '''LSESU''') is the representative and campaigning body for students at [[The London School of Economics and Political Science]] (LSE). Like other Students' Unions, it also supports and funds a range of student activities of campus, including societies, sports clubs through the Athletics Union (AU), the Media Group and Raising and Giving (RAG) charitable fundraising initiatives. |
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The Union is affiliated with the [[National Union of Students of the United Kingdom|National Union of Students]] (NUS), as well as being part of the federal Union for [[University of London]] students, the [[University of London Union]] (ULU). It is also a founder member of the [[Aldwych Group]], the national group of Students' Unions which mirror the members of the [[Russell Group]], the top twenty research-intensive universities in the country. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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In 1989, the Students' Union elected [[Winston Silcott]], one of the [[Tottenham Three]] who were originally convicted of the murder of PC [[Keith Blakelock]] during the [[Broadwater Farm riot]], as Honorary President as a protest against miscarriages of justice. Silcott was released when the evidence used to convict him was found to be unsafe, but the Students' Unions decision led to national press attention and a large amount of hate mail, including death threats sent to officers that led then General Secretary Amanda Hart to go into hiding. Controversy has continued as, in 2005, the AU's 'Barrell' event led to students doing a "fun run" down to Kings College and causing £30,000 of damage to the college's buildings.<ref name=LSESU09guide/> There has always been a great rivalry between the LSE Students' Union and Kings College. Students from LSE stopped MP [[Enoch Powell]] speaking at Kings by occupying the lecture theatre and blowing whistles, followed by a small section of Kings students retaliating by leading a violent attempt to steal election ballot boxes during the 1983 officer elections.{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}} |
In 1989, the Students' Union elected [[Winston Silcott]], one of the [[Tottenham Three]] who were originally convicted of the murder of PC [[Keith Blakelock]] during the [[Broadwater Farm riot]], as Honorary President as a protest against miscarriages of justice. Silcott was released when the evidence used to convict him was found to be unsafe, but the Students' Unions decision led to national press attention and a large amount of hate mail, including death threats sent to officers that led then General Secretary Amanda Hart to go into hiding. Controversy has continued as, in 2005, the AU's 'Barrell' event led to students doing a "fun run" down to Kings College and causing £30,000 of damage to the college's buildings.<ref name=LSESU09guide/> There has always been a great rivalry between the LSE Students' Union and Kings College. Students from LSE stopped MP [[Enoch Powell]] speaking at Kings by occupying the lecture theatre and blowing whistles, followed by a small section of Kings students retaliating by leading a violent attempt to steal election ballot boxes during the 1983 officer elections.{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}} |
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Recent campaigning activities include a Living Wage campaign on campus. In 2005, the Union campaigned successfully to secure a Living Wage for the cleaners on campus and within the LSE's residences. The campaign was led by students, cleaners, academics and The East London Citizens Organisation (TELCO) and has involved several protests, petitions, motions and lobbying of the School's administration in an effort to lift cleaners out of poverty pay.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsesu.com/pages/your_union/campaigns/environment_and_ethics/the_living_wage_campaign/|title=The Living Wage Campaign|accessdate=2008-06-05}}</ref> In 2006, the Union also voted to divest from fourteen listed arms companies and are currently lobbying the School to do the same.<ref name=LSESU09guide/> From 2008-9, the priority campaign of the Union was to save the on-campus nursery from closure, and in 2009-10 it campaigned to force LSE to allow students to have resits in their examinations. |
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| ⚫ | More recently, the LSE Students' Union has become famed for campaigns in solidarity with |
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| ⚫ | More recently, the LSE Students' Union, and particularly its Palestine Society, has become famed for campaigns in solidarity with [[Palestine]] and Palestinian students. In 2007-8, LSE students elected as Honorary Vice President [[Khaled Al-Mudallal]], a Bradford University student of Palestinian origin who was detained in Gaza.<ref>Campaign to support Khaled: http://www.letkhaledstudy.co.uk/</ref> In 2007, the Union voted to twin with An-Najah National University Students' Council in [[Nablus]], [[Palestine]], and to affiliate to the Right to Education Campaign in support of the Palestinian Right to Education. In January 2009, a 40-strong cccupation of LSE's Old Theatre by the Union's Palestine Society occurred in protest to the [[Israeli assault on Gaza]], as part of a wave of occupations across British universities.<ref>[http://www.london-student.net/2009/01/15/252 ''[[London Student]]'' article: ''LSE students occupy theatre for Gaza'']</ref> Students and alumni of the London School of Economics have started a campaign to allow a student, Othman Sakallah, to be able to leave Gaza and continue his studies at the university, which is supported by the Students' Union.<ref>[http://letothmanstudy.wordpress.com Let Othman Study website]</ref> |
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==Location== |
==Location== |
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The Students' Union occupies the East Building, on Houghton Street, which is located in the heart of the School's [[City of Westminster]] campus. At the building's heart is The Quad, a multi-purpose venue with indoor seating, s stage, and social space, which is a Cafe during the day and doubles up in the evening as a club and live music venue. Two bars, the Three Tuns and the Underground, two shops, a print shop, a Gym, and squash courts also form part of the Union. The building also hosts Alpha Books, a second hand book shop. |
The Students' Union occupies the East Building, on Houghton Street, which is located in the heart of the School's [[City of Westminster]] campus. At the building's heart is 'The Quad', a multi-purpose venue with indoor seating, s stage, and social space, which is a Cafe during the day and doubles up in the evening as a club and live music venue. Two bars, the Three Tuns and the Underground, two shops, a print shop, a Gym, and squash courts also form part of the Union. The building also hosts Alpha Books, a second hand book shop.<ref name=LSESU09guide/> |
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| ⚫ | The Executive Committee has offices, known as the Kingsley Rooms, inside The Quad. The rooms are named after [[David Kingsley]] OBE, the first Sabbatical Officer President of the Students' Union during the 1950s. Upstairs, the Media Group have offices and studios. On the mezzanine floor of The Quad, there is a room known as the Activities Resource Centre, which houses a number of the Students' Union staff and which offers societies, sports clubs and other activities meeting and computer space, as well as printing services. |
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| ⚫ | The Executive Committee has offices, known as the Kingsley Rooms, inside The Quad. The rooms are named after [[David Kingsley]] OBE, the first Sabbatical Officer President of the Students' Union during the 1950s. Upstairs, the Media Group have offices and studios. On the mezzanine floor of The Quad, there is a room known as the Activities Resource Centre, which houses a number of the Students' Union staff and which offers societies, sports clubs and other activities meeting and computer space, as well as printing services.<ref name=LSESU09guide/> |
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| ⚫ | In 2009, LSE began a £35m project for to build a new building that will house the Students' Union. The project, known as the 'New Students' Centre', forms the second part of LSE's wider estate investment plan, following the opening of the New Academic Building (NAB) in 2008. The centre will be the first new building on the School campus for more than forty years, and has an aim to be the |
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==Recent activities== |
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In 2005, the LSESU campaigned successfully<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsesu.com/pages/your_union/campaigns/environment_and_ethics/the_living_wage_campaign/|title=The Living Wage Campaign|accessdate=2008-06-05}}</ref> to secure a Living Wage for the cleaners on campus and within the LSE's residences. The campaign was led by students, cleaners, academics and The East London Citizens Organisation (TELCO) and has involved several high profile protests, petitions, UGM motions and consistent lobbying of the School's administration in an effort to lift cleaners out of poverty pay. |
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In 2006, the LSESU voted to divest from 14 listed arms companies and are currently lobbying the School to do the same. |
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| ⚫ | In 2009, LSE began a £35m project for to build a new building that will house the Students' Union. The project, known as the 'New Students' Centre', forms the second part of LSE's wider estate investment plan, following the opening of the New Academic Building (NAB) in 2008. The centre will be the first new building on the School campus for more than forty years, and has an aim to be the "best student building in the world".<ref>[http://www2.lse.ac.uk/newStudentsCentre/Home.aspx LSE website on the New Students' Centre]</ref> |
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In 2007, the LSESU voted to twin with An-Najah National University Students' Council in [[Nablus]], [[Palestine]], and to affiliate to the Right to Education Campaign in support of the Palestinian Right to Education.<ref>Right to Education Campaign website: http://right2edu.birzeit.edu/</ref> |
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==Societies== |
==Societies== |
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Revision as of 12:47, 7 March 2010
The London School of Economics Students' Union (sometimes referred to as LSESU) is the representative and campaigning body for students at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Like other Students' Unions, it also supports and funds a range of student activities of campus, including societies, sports clubs through the Athletics Union (AU), the Media Group and Raising and Giving (RAG) charitable fundraising initiatives.
The Union is affiliated with the National Union of Students (NUS), as well as being part of the federal Union for University of London students, the University of London Union (ULU). It is also a founder member of the Aldwych Group, the national group of Students' Unions which mirror the members of the Russell Group, the top twenty research-intensive universities in the country.
History
Founded in 1897, LSE Students' Union is one of the oldest Students' Unions in the UK, and often regarded as one of the most politically active in the country - a reputation it has held since its origins, when it held fortnightly political debates known as the 'Clare Market Parliament'. In 1905, the Students' Union founded the Clare Market Review journal, which ran until 1973 and has since been revived in 2008.[1]
After the First World War, the Students' Union expanded the range of societies and sports clubs its offered, aided by then Director of the LSE, William Beveridge, who expanded the LSE estate, including securing the Berrylands sportsground at New Malden, Surrey. The political nature of the organisation continued in the 1930s, when the Communist Party were banned by the School from being active at LSE and a communist Students' Union President was expelled and deported. In 1937, the Students' Union gained its first premises, which became the Three Tuns Bar. The Athletics Union (AU) was created as a constituent body of the Union in the 1940s, and The Beaver newspaper was established in 1947.[1]
LSE Students' Union made international headlines in the late 1960s during the well documented LSE student riots in 1966-67 and 1968–69,[2][3]. In 1967, David Adelstein, president of the Students' Union, and Marshall Bloom, president of the Graduate Students' Association (that then existed as a parallel Union for postgraduates), were suspended from the School for taking part in a protest against the appointment of Walter Adams as Director of the School, in which a porter died of a heart attack. Adams had previously been in Rhodesia and was accused of complicity in the regime's white minority rule. The suspensions were reversed five days after students began a hunger strike in opposition to the move.[4] An American citizen, Bloom committed suicide in 1969 when he was called up to fight in Vietnam.
The Union once again made the news during 1969 for its student activism when students closed the School for three weeks.[5] The protests were again against the appointment of Walter Adams as Director of the School and his installation of security gates at LSE. These initial security gates were removed by students.[6]
On the 24th October 1968, Adams, fearing an occupation and growing support by the students for the anti-Vietnam War demonstration on 27th October, decided to close the LSE for the weekend. As this questioned the right of the administration to close LSE against the wishes of lecturers and students, the move led to 3,000 students occupying. During the occupation, the School was policed against intruders, and cleaned; teach-ins and discussions were organised; and medical services were set up and staffed. The occupation ended that Sunday night..[7]
In 1969 a "Free LSE" was organised at ULU in response to the suspension of lecturers Robin Blackburn and Nick Bateson. The radical tradition of the Union continued in the 1970s. The banner of the Students' Union in the early 1980s stated "Arm the workers and students - Education is a right not a privilege". Occupations of LSE occurred throughout the 1980s, including the 1983 occupation to secure the LSE Nursery. The name of the lead officer of the Union was changed from 'President' to 'General Secretary' during this period to show solidarity with striking miners. Meanwhile, Raising and Giving (RAG) Week activities were set up by future New Zealand MP Tim Barnett in the same period.[1]
In 1989, the Students' Union elected Winston Silcott, one of the Tottenham Three who were originally convicted of the murder of PC Keith Blakelock during the Broadwater Farm riot, as Honorary President as a protest against miscarriages of justice. Silcott was released when the evidence used to convict him was found to be unsafe, but the Students' Unions decision led to national press attention and a large amount of hate mail, including death threats sent to officers that led then General Secretary Amanda Hart to go into hiding. Controversy has continued as, in 2005, the AU's 'Barrell' event led to students doing a "fun run" down to Kings College and causing £30,000 of damage to the college's buildings.[1] There has always been a great rivalry between the LSE Students' Union and Kings College. Students from LSE stopped MP Enoch Powell speaking at Kings by occupying the lecture theatre and blowing whistles, followed by a small section of Kings students retaliating by leading a violent attempt to steal election ballot boxes during the 1983 officer elections.[citation needed]
Recent campaigning activities include a Living Wage campaign on campus. In 2005, the Union campaigned successfully to secure a Living Wage for the cleaners on campus and within the LSE's residences. The campaign was led by students, cleaners, academics and The East London Citizens Organisation (TELCO) and has involved several protests, petitions, motions and lobbying of the School's administration in an effort to lift cleaners out of poverty pay.[8] In 2006, the Union also voted to divest from fourteen listed arms companies and are currently lobbying the School to do the same.[1] From 2008-9, the priority campaign of the Union was to save the on-campus nursery from closure, and in 2009-10 it campaigned to force LSE to allow students to have resits in their examinations.
More recently, the LSE Students' Union, and particularly its Palestine Society, has become famed for campaigns in solidarity with Palestine and Palestinian students. In 2007-8, LSE students elected as Honorary Vice President Khaled Al-Mudallal, a Bradford University student of Palestinian origin who was detained in Gaza.[9] In 2007, the Union voted to twin with An-Najah National University Students' Council in Nablus, Palestine, and to affiliate to the Right to Education Campaign in support of the Palestinian Right to Education. In January 2009, a 40-strong cccupation of LSE's Old Theatre by the Union's Palestine Society occurred in protest to the Israeli assault on Gaza, as part of a wave of occupations across British universities.[10] Students and alumni of the London School of Economics have started a campaign to allow a student, Othman Sakallah, to be able to leave Gaza and continue his studies at the university, which is supported by the Students' Union.[11]
Location
The Students' Union occupies the East Building, on Houghton Street, which is located in the heart of the School's City of Westminster campus. At the building's heart is 'The Quad', a multi-purpose venue with indoor seating, s stage, and social space, which is a Cafe during the day and doubles up in the evening as a club and live music venue. Two bars, the Three Tuns and the Underground, two shops, a print shop, a Gym, and squash courts also form part of the Union. The building also hosts Alpha Books, a second hand book shop.[1]
The Executive Committee has offices, known as the Kingsley Rooms, inside The Quad. The rooms are named after David Kingsley OBE, the first Sabbatical Officer President of the Students' Union during the 1950s. Upstairs, the Media Group have offices and studios. On the mezzanine floor of The Quad, there is a room known as the Activities Resource Centre, which houses a number of the Students' Union staff and which offers societies, sports clubs and other activities meeting and computer space, as well as printing services.[1]
Much of the centre of the Union, including the bars, was refurbished over summer 2009 at the cost of £200,000.[12]
Off campus, LSE owns a 25-acre (100,000 m2) sportground, known as Berrylands, in New Malden, Surrey, where the Athletics Union (AU) sports clubs play.[1]
In 2009, LSE began a £35m project for to build a new building that will house the Students' Union. The project, known as the 'New Students' Centre', forms the second part of LSE's wider estate investment plan, following the opening of the New Academic Building (NAB) in 2008. The centre will be the first new building on the School campus for more than forty years, and has an aim to be the "best student building in the world".[13]
Societies
The Union is responsible for supporting and funding student societies ('socs') on campus, of which more than 200 are currently enlisted catering to a wide variety of interests[14]. There are over fifty national societies, reflecting LSE’s position as the most international higher education establishment on the planet. Additionally, there are societies reflecting the School’s background and interests including business, investment banking, NGOs and government organisations, arts societies and countless political societies. The oldest and one of the largest societies is the Grimshaw IR Club,[15] founded in 1921 which arranges study trips abroad.
Raising and Giving (RAG)
Held every February, RAG Week is one of the biggest weeks in the LSESU calendar where every society, sports club and media outlet comes together in an effort to raise as much money as possible for charitable causes. Highlights often including the Pulse RAGathon - a week-long broadcast of the Union's radio station, with participants unable to leave campus, the Hacks vs. Jocks gunging event, inter-halls sports day and much more. In 2009, the week raised over £25,000 for charity.
Global Week
In Week 5 of Lent Term (term two), the School's national societies unite for a week celebrating the international nature of the School through activities, sport, food, music and other events.
Governance
The governance of LSESU has changed little in its history, run by a 15-strong directly elected 'cabinet', known as the Executive Committee ('Exec') who are also the Trustees of the union.
Four of these positions (General Secretary, Treasurer, Education & Welfare and Communications) are full-time positions, known as Sabbatical Officers or 'Sabbs'. These are LSE students who have either completed their degree and elected to stay on another year, or students taking a year out from their studies to fulfil the role. A salary of £27,000 per academic session is paid for each of these roles. A recent UGM motion reduced their salaries after criticism that their pay was too high, however it remains the highest in the country compared to other students' unions. In theory Sabbs hold no more constitutional weight on the Exec than the part-time officers.
The remaining twelve positions on the 'Exec' comprise part-time, unpaid positions. Two of these are non-voting positions - the Athletics Union President and the Returning Officer. The former is not elected by a cross-campus ballot and the latter remains impartial, and thus the roles and those holding them are restricted in their actions.
The 'Exec' (except AU President and Returning Officer), are all trustees of the LSESU, and legally represent the Union, entering into contracts and representing the organisation in court. These trustees are all individually legally responsible for the Union's activities: they ensure the Union is compliant with legislation, they oversee its financial management, and they prioritise its resources on behalf of all the members.
Executive Committee
| Position | 2007 - 2008 | 2008 - 2009 | 2009 - 2010 | Position | 2010 - 2011 |
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| General Secretary | Fadhil Bakeer Markar | Aled Dilwyn Fisher | Aled Dilwyn Fisher | General Secretary | Charlotte Gerada |
| Treasurer | Libby Meyer | Wil Barber | George Wetz | Education Officer | Ashok Kumar |
| Education & Welfare Officer | Ruhana Ali | Emmanuel Akpan-Inwang | Emmanuel Akpan-Inwang | Welfare & Community Officer | Hero Austin |
| Communications Officer | Kayt Berry | Dan Sheldon | Robin Low | Activities & Development Officer | Charlie Glyn |
| Postgraduate Officer* | |||||
| Part-Time Officers | Student Officers | ||||
| Anti-Racism Officer | Amina Adewusi | Joseph Brown | Ben Jones | Anti-Racism Officer | Ben Grabiner |
| Environment & Ethics Officer | Aled Dilwyn Fisher | Justus Rollin | Hero Austin | Environment & Ethics Officer | Hanna Polly Williams |
| International Students' Officer | Firoz Noordeen | Ayushman Sen | Suraj Girijashanker | International Students' Officer | Michael Lok |
| LGBT^ Students' Officer | Dom Rampant | Lizzie Merrow | Scott MacDonald | LGBT Students' Officer | Reagan Persaud |
| Mature & Part-Time Students' Officer | Ziyaad Lunat | Luke Spyropoulos | Vladimir Unkovski-Korica | Disabled Students' Officer | Polly McKinlay |
| Postgraduate Students' Officer | Mani Das | Cole Ryan | Bobby Mills | Women's Officer | Maisie Jobe |
| Residences Officer | Louise Robinson | Helen Roberts | Andrew Wright | Athletics Union President | Ben Robinson |
| Societies Officer | Carys Morgan | Zoe Cooke | Chris Westgarth | ||
| Students with Disabilities (SWD) Officer | Lizzie Fison | Jessica Brayne | Luke Moore | ||
| Women's Officer | Daisy Mitchell-Forster | Ruby Buckley | Jessie Robinson | ||
| Non-Voting Members | |||||
| General Course Students' Representative | Jamie Corley | Keerat Pannu | Matt Hellauer | ||
| Athletics Union (AU) President | Dan Holness | Sophie De La Hunt | Charlie Glyn | ||
| Returning Officer | James Bacon | Ossie Fikret | Shanti Kelemen | ||
Sub-Committees
Until February 2010, there were two principal sub-committees to which students were elected to assist in the governance of the LSESU. As a result of the reforms referendum held in February 2010, these were scrapped and replaced with a new committee, the Democracy Committee, to oversee constitutional appliance.
The Constitutional and Steering Committee (C&S) comprised seven members, who ensured the actions of the LSESU and Executive are in accordance with the Codes of Practice. They screen each motion of the weekly UGM. In February 2010, just weeks before their abolition following a referendum result, they were no-confidenced at the Union General Meeting and are no longer an existing body.
The Finance and Services Committee (FSC) has ten members and assists the Union Treasurer in the preparation of the annual budget and acts as a check on the financial actions of the LSESU. As of March 2009, their membership comprises the four sabbatical officers, Societies Officer, Environment & Ethics Officer and four lay-members:
Elections
The SU holds two sets of elections throughout the academic session, in November and February to elect new officers and sabbatical officers. Use of the Single Transferable Vote PR system has operated in recent years. These are the most well-attended in Britain, with LSE students taking their democratic view and opportunity extremely seriously, and there are strong campaigns by students each October and January prior to election day. The elections themselves are broadcast live throughout the night on both the School’s radio and television stations.
The 2009 Lent Term elections took place on Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5 March 2009, with the results announced between the evening of 5th and the early hours of 6 March 2009. There was a record turnout of 2,002 voters. Two incumbent candidates, Aled Dilwyn Fisher and Emmanuel Akpan-Inwang were re-elected to their respective roles.
Union General Meeting (UGM)
The UGM is the sovereign body of the Union, and the LSE is the only university in the country which retains a weekly Union General Meeting open to all to attend where motions and ideas are discussed and debated. This is opposed to an annual gathering. Reasons for this largely stem back to the LSE’s radical past in the 1960s, but it has been upheld today, and meetings are well known to get heated, almost violent at some points. It is not uncommon for paper (and even other objects) to be thrown onto the stage of the Old Theatre whilst students debate and discuss motions, although the creation of a new role of "Keeper" is designed to prevent this. The UGM can remove any elected union official from office and sets union policy to which all elected officials must adhere, linked with the Constitutional & Steering Committee (C&S).
Any two people can move a motion on any subject, which is then debated at the UGM. These motions can be serious, setting policy and making major financial decisions, or can be much more light-hearted. Recent activity, including the linking with a Palestinian university has been met with much debate amongst the student cohort, especially in the wording of a letter sent from the General Secretary to Freshers at the beginning of the 2007 academic session. Regular meetings are also held with the School’s Director, and the heads of both ULU and the NUS.
Notable Sabbatical Officers
- Martin Lewis - General Secretary 1994/5
- Gary Delaney - Entertainments Officer 1994/5
Athletics Union
The LSE Athletics Union (LSEAU) is the body responsible for all sporting activity within the university. It is a member of the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS). Sports teams are wide-ranging from football (where the School excels nationally) to fencing, squash, badminton, aqua-hoc, polo, ultimate Frisbee and raquets. Particular rivalry is found with King's College London and also University College London. The Union operates the Natwest Gym in the Old Building, as well as numerous squash courts, badminton courts, a gymnasium, an indoor basketball court and tennis courts at the School’s central London location, with ownership of twenty-five acres of playing fields at Berrylands in south London, easily accessible by train and also by coaches which depart each day.
Students are permitted to use the facilities of other University of London colleges, and those of Energybase at ULU, comprising its own sports halls, courts, multigym and swimming pool. LSE’s cricketers use the indoor and outdoor facilities at Lord's Cricket Ground year-round. The LSE has a particularly strong association, along with the University of London, in rowing, and has a boat house situated on the River Thames at Chiswick. In distinction to the ‘blues’ awarded for sporting excellence at Oxford and Cambridge, London’s outstanding athletes are awarded ‘purples’.
Media Group
A weekly student newspaper, The Beaver was founded in 1946, and as such is one of the oldest student publications in Britain. It has gained great clout in recent years, investigating campus, national and international issues and stories, including the issue of costly postgraduate degrees, student loans and examination pass rates. It has a weekly readership of approximately 5,000 and is distributed free across campus every Tuesday, as well as in Whitehall offices, and many City firms and corporations who take keen interest. There is also several smaller papers such as 'LSE Sanctuary' and also society magazines. Students also get access the The London Student, the largest student publication in Europe, which is published by the University of London. The Clare Market Review, established in 1905 and published termly, is an interdisciplinary academic journal run by students, and provides a critical forum for students and faculty.
Pulse! is the School’s own radio station, which was relaunched in October 2007 and broadcasts twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week on campus and online, as well as providing regular podcasts. The interview slot is popular with students, and recent interviewees have included Jacqui Smith MP, Mark Steel, Peter Hain MP, Clare Short and Neighbours' actor Alan Fletcher.
LooSE Television, which was incorporated in 2005, is the LSE’s own television station, responsible for filming and streaming public lectures, as well as publicity films, election results and other media.
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h Cite error: The named reference
LSESU09guidewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "BBC website: LSE Student Protests". 31 May 2007. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- ^ "BBC website: On This Day - LSE Student Protests". 13 March 1967. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- ^ 1967: Protest over student suspensions
- ^ "1969: LSE closes over student clashes".
- ^ 1969: Once a rebel
- ^ 1969: LSE closes over student clashes
- ^ "The Living Wage Campaign". Retrieved 2008-06-05.
- ^ Campaign to support Khaled: http://www.letkhaledstudy.co.uk/
- ^ London Student article: LSE students occupy theatre for Gaza
- ^ Let Othman Study website
- ^ The Beaver article: LSE social spaces refurbishment
- ^ LSE website on the New Students' Centre
- ^ "Societies A-Z List".
- ^ "Grimshaw IR Club website".