01/12/15

• On 1 December London Student reported on a controversial lecture held at Goldsmiths. This article was amended on 1 Dec to clarify at student did not turn of Maryam Nawazies powerpoint presentation after she showed a cartoon from the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, but after she showed a cartoon from Jesus and Mo.
• The headline was also changed to describe the lecture itself as ‘controversial’ rather than the speaker herself.
• The details of an alleged death threat, as referenced in the headline, were mistakenly removed during an edit, but restored on 2 December.
• A passage was updated to describe Reza Moradi as a lecturer and activist. He was previously without a description.

17/11/15

• We published an article on 17 November relating to Mona Eltahawy speaking at SOAS. It was amended on Tuesday 17 November to change the headline after a source within SOAS students’ union denied the students’ union “no platformed” Mona Eltahawy. The original article was headlined “SOAS ‘no platforms’ world-renowned Egyptian speaker Mona Eltahawy” after the speaker herself complained on social media she was prevented from speaking because some students may have found her views offensive. The students’ union was contacted before the article was published for its version of events.

11/11/15

• An article relating to KCL’s Drug Control Centre was amended on Thursday 12 November to remove the supposition that samples “sabotaged” by Russia were initially tested in KCL’s Drug Control Centre. These samples were tested in Russia.
• The article also suggested samples were handed from the DCC to authorities – after which point action was supposedly not taken against athletes suspected of cheating. This line was also removed.

06/11/15

• We ran an article on 6 November on the government’s higher education green paper. It was amended on Monday 9 November to remove a quote purported to be from the Department for BIS. The original story stated that when asked how students would react to the news their fees may rise, a spokesperson for the department said: “You would need to ask students how they’d react. We can’t comment on that.” At the time the question was asked it was not made clear London Student was seeking the department’s views. The spokesperson was commenting only in an advisory capacity.

02/11/15

• An article reporting on a charity cake sale at UCL was amended on Monday 2 November to clarify Raees Lunat, who ran the auction on Friday, was 2014’s Charity Week lead organiser. The original article claimed he was this year’s lead organiser.

26/10/15

• In a comment article discussing the junior doctors’ contract row, it was suggested that only two protest marches had been organised in the UK to date. The piece was amended to clarify that only two protest marches had been organised in London. Marches had also been organised in Scotland and Northern Ireland, as well as such cities as Newcastle, Manchester and Nottingham, with further protest marches expected to follow in the coming days and weeks.