Opinion

1 year ago

To the East India Club: reconsider the legacy

Rohan considers the legacy of the East India Club. He challenges its outlook amid new discussions around colonial memory in public spaces.

1 year ago

#GetDyl2Cambridge - UCL alum Dylan Kawende needs your support

The UK education system is not a meritocracy – and the #GetDyl2Cambridge campaign proves it. Dylan “Dyl” Kawende is the…

1 year ago

It’s about time UCL scrubbed Galton’s name off its lecture theatres, but let’s never ignore the history of eugenics

Renaming campus buildings should be an opportunity to learn how racist ideas were invented at our universities, argues UCL’s Jules Fynn.

1 year ago

#BLM: We need to self-educate

We’re learning about our colonial past through direct #blm action. Without government support, it falls to us to self-educate, Kieran Seager writes.

1 year ago

We must challenge our addiction to the ‘glory’ of the past

Rohan Mapara sets out the case for a “Museum of Shame” amid new calls to topple statues of our colonial ‘heroes’ across London.

1 year ago

How can universities and student groups support Black students and #BlackLivesMatter?

Renée Landell argues that academia is another systemically racist institution which continues to fail Black people.