Students' Union UCL

Students' Union UCL

Institution	University College London
Location	Gordon Street, London
Established	1893
Affiliations	Aldwych Group, National Union of Students
Website	studentsunionucl.org

The Union's building on Gordon Street

Students' Union UCL (formerly University College London Union) is the students' union of University College London. Founded in 1893, it is one of the oldest students' unions in England, although postdating the Liverpool Guild of Students which formed a student representative council in 1892. It was formed with the following objectives: "the promotion of social intercourse and of the means of recreation, physical and mental, of the students of University College, and the financial successes of students' clubs". UCL Union was the first of its kind as it was formed for both athletics clubs and social activities alike.

Since its formation, the Union has taken on responsibility for many aspects of student life. Events for example were seen as a key element hence the establishment of an Ents Committee. A student magazine known as the Gazette was formed a few years later and the Somers Town sports venue was also acquired.

Students' Union UCL is affiliated to the National Union of Students.

Organisation

Students' Union UCL runs over 300 clubs and societies, as well as 4 bars, 4 cafés, 1 shop and a fitness centre. UCL students through the Union have access to put on shows at the Bloomsbury Theatre.

The Union's sports clubs have access to several different venues including Bloomsbury Fitness, the Somers Town Sports Centre and the 100-acre (0.40 km²) Shenley Sports grounds, which Watford Football Club rent for training purposes. Arsenal F.C. rented it as training grounds until 1999. In October 1999 they opened the purpose built Arsenal Training Centre on a neighbouring 143 acres. On the other side is the de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre.

Students' Union UCL provides support to students through Jobshop and the Advice Service, and has a highly active Volunteering Services unit, providing volunteering opportunities for over 1400 students a year.

As well as the magazine Pi, the Union's media output includes the radio station Rare FM, the "alternative" magazine The Cheese Grater and a number of smaller publications.

UCLU president's medallion

Charity Status

Operation of the Union lies mainly with elected full-time officers called sabbatical officers and appointed staff. The UCL Union is a registered charity in UK law, a status which requires it to have a trustee board. The board is composed of four of the elected UCLU sabbatical officers (sabbatical trustees), four elected student trustees, and three appointed external trustees. Trustees are charged with responsibility for controlling the charity's work, management and administration on behalf of its members.

Clubs and societies

UCL has numerous clubs and societies which include, sports, film, drama, martial arts, politics and degree-subjects.

The Union's Debating Society, founded in 1829 as the Literary and Philosophical Society, is one of the oldest student debating societies in the UK.

The UCL Film & TV Society, founded in 1948, is one of the oldest in the country, it still has a dedicated studio space on campus and continues to both make and screen films; Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas met and developed some of their earliest films at the society.

Present societies:

Academic related:

• Anatomy society
• Application of Psychedelics Society
• Artificial Intelligence Society
• Asiatic Affairs Society
• Bentham Brooks Institute Society
• Bioethics and Medical Law Society
• Biopharmaceutical Society
• Biotechnology Society
• Connect.ed Society
• Data Science Society
• Data Visualisation Society
• Dermatology Society
• Education Innovation and Edupreneurship Society
• Energy Society
• First Generation Society
• Genetics Society
• Immunology Society
• Integrated Medical Sciences Society
• International Relations Society
• Law for All Society
• Lifestyle Medicine Society
• Medical Society
• MedTech Society
• Orthoptics Society
• Palaeontology Society
• Philosophy Society
• Public Affairs and Social Service Society
• Surgical Society
• Technology Society
• Wilderness Medicine Society

Altruism:

• Amnesty International Society
• Cancer Charities Alliance Society
• Climate Action Society
• Effective Altruism Society
• Engineers in Action Society
• Engineers Without Borders Society
• Friends of Médecins sans Frontières Society
• Giving Voice Society
• In Aid of UNICEF Society
• MEDLIFE Society
• Nature and Conservation Society
• Sexpression Society
• Student Action Against Homelessness Society
• Student Action for Refugees Society
• Students for Global Health Society
• TEDx Society

Arts:

• Argentine Tango Society
• Art Business Society
• Art Society
• Caledonian Society
• Cheese Grater Magazine
• Comedy Club
• Dance Society
• Dancing Le Rock Society
• Drag Society
• Dramas Society
• Electronic Music Society
• Film and TV Society
• Free Hype Society
• Freestyle Dance Society
• Guitar Society
• Hip-Hop and RnB Society
• Holography Society
• Jazz Society
• Juggling and Circus Society
• K-POP Society
• Live Music Society
• MDs Comedy Revue
• MODO Fashion Society
• Music Society
• Music Society (RUMS/Medical School)
• Musical Theatre Society
• Photography Society
• Salsa Society
• Shakespeare Company
• Stage Crew Society
• Writers' Society

Common Interest:

• 3D Modelling Society
• 93% Club Society
• AIESEC Society
• Alternative Proteins Society
• Animal Rights Society
• Anime Society
• Autism Society
• Automotive Society
• Baking Society
• Beekeeping Society
• Beer Pong Society
• Behavioural Innovations Society
• Board Games Society
• Book Club
• Botany Society
• Bridge Society
• Bubble Tea Society
• Cats Society
• Cheese and Wine Society
• Chess Society
• Chinese Traditional Painting and Calligraphy Society
• Coffee Society
• Communication Society
• Cosmetology Society
• Cubing Society
• Debating Society
• Dementia Research Society
• Design Thinking Society
• Detective Society
• Disney Society
• Doggo Society
• Environmental Law and Life Science Society
• Environmental, Social and Governance Society
• European Horizons Society
• European Society
• Females Forces in Fashion Business Society
• Food Society
• Furry Society
• Gaming Society
• Gender and Feminism Society
• Global China Study Society
• Go (Weiqi, Baduk) Society
• Graphic Novels and Comics Society
• Harry Potter Society
• Healthcare Management and Politics Society
• Her Campus Society
• Karaoke Society
• Knitting Society
• Lamorna Society
• Legal Tech Society
• Magic Society
• Mahjong Society
• Mature Society
• Medieval Society
• Mental Health Society
• Mindful Society
• Museums Society
• Paediatric and Child Health Society
• Pokémon Society
• Poker Society
• Product Development Society
• Quant Society
• Real Estate Society
• Sci-Fi and Fantasy Society
• Sign Language Society
• Soap Opera Society
• Space Society
• Student Parents and Carers Society
• Taylor Swift Society
• TfL Society
• Tree Society
• UCL East Society
• United Nations Association
• Urban Farmers Society
• Volunteering Society
• WASH Society
• Watch Society
• Welsh Society
• Women's Engineering Society
• World History Society

Cultural:

• Abacus Society
• Afghan Society
• African Caribbean Society
• Albanian Society
• Arab and North African Society
• Armenian Society
• Asian Social Network Society
• Australian, New Zealand and Oceania Society
• Austrian Society
• Azerbaijan Society
• Bangla Society
• Bhangra Society
• Bulgarian Society
• Canadian Society
• Chilean Society
• Chinese Society
• Chinese Students and Scholars Association Society
• Colombian Society
• Cypriot and Hellenic Society
• Czech and Slovak Society
• Dutch and Flemish Society
• East African Society
• Egyptian Society
• Emirati Society
• Esperanto and Endangered Languages Society
• Ex-Yugoslav Society
• Filipino Society
• Francophone Society
• Georgian Society
• German Society
• Hindu Society
• Hungarian Society
• Indian Dance Society
• Indian Society
• Indonesian Society
• Iranian Society
• Irish and Northern Irish Society
• Italian Society
• Japan Society
• Jewish Society
• Kazakh Society
• Korean Culture Society
• Korean Society
• Kurdish Society
• Lebanese Society
• Lithuanian Society
• Malayali Society
• Malaysian Society
• Mexican Society
• Multicultural Society
• Nepalese Society
• Nordic Society
• Pakistan Society
• Polish Society
• Portuguese Speaking Society
• Punjabi Society
• Romanian and Moldovan Society
• Russian Society
• Saudi Society
• Singapore Society
• Spanish and Latin American Society
• Sri Lankan Society
• Sudanese Society
• Swiss Society
• Taiwanese Society
• Tamil Society
• Thai Society
• Turkish Society
• Ukrainian Society
• Vietnamese Society

Departmental:

• Arts and Sciences Society
• Bartlett School of Architecture Society
• Civil Engineering Society
• Computer Science Society
• Disaster Risk Reduction and Humanitarianism Society
• Engineering Society
• English Society
• European and International Social and Political Studies Society
• Geographical Society
• Greenough Society
• History of Art Society
• Institute of the Americas Society
• Life Science Society
• Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Society
• Natural Sciences Society
• Pharmacology Society
• Physics Society
• Political Risk and Intelligence Society
• Population Health Sciences Society
• Psychology and Education Society
• RUMS (Medical School) Society
• School of European Languages and Culture Society (SELCS)
• School of Pharmacy Society
• School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies Society (SSEES)
• Society for Global Prosperity
• Society of Engineering and Architectural Design (SEAD)
• Statistics Society
• Surgery and Interventional Science Society

Faith and Spirituality:

• Ahlul-Bayt Society
• Buddhist Society
• Catholic Society
• Chinese Christian Anchor Fellowship Society
• Christian Union Society
• Gospel Society
• Islamic Society
• Jain Society
• Krishna Consciousness Society
• Sikh Society

Finance and Enterprise:

• 180 Degrees Consulting Society
• Advertising, Marketing and PR Society
• Asset Management Society
• Blockchain Labs Society
• Business Society
• Consulting Society
• Economics and Finance Society
• Enactus UCL
• Entrepreneurs Society
• Eurasian Business Society
• FinTech Society
• Green Economy Society
• Guild Society
• Hedge Fund Society
• IDEA Society
• Intellectual Property Society
• Investment Society
• Leadership and Management Society
• The Female Lead Society
• Women in Finance Society

Political:

• Conservative Society
• Diplomacy Society
• Friends of Israel Society
• Government and Politics Society
• Labour Society
• Liberal Democrat Society
• Libertarian Society
• Marxist Society
• Socialist Society
• Stefan Bloc Society
• Student Socialist Alternative Society
• Students for Justice in Palestine Society
• Women and Politics Society

Sports:

• Aikido Club
• Amateur Boxing Club
• American Football Club
• Badminton Club
• Badminton Club (RUMS/Medical School)
• Barbell Club
• Basketball Club (Men's)
• Basketball Club (Women's)
• Boat Club
• Boat Club (RUMS/Medical School)
• Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Club
• Calisthenics Club
• Cheerleading Club
• Clay Pigeon Shooting Club
• Climbing and Mountaineering Club
• Cricket Club
• Cricket Club (RUMS/Medical School)
• Cricket Club (Women's)
• Cycling Club
• Dodgeball Club
• Fencing Club
• Football Club (Men's)
• Football Club (RUMS/Medical School Men's)
• Football Club (RUMS/Medical School Women's)
• Football Club (Women's)
• Football Red Star
• Futsal Club
• Gliding Club
• Golf Club
• Gymnastics Club
• Handball Club
• Hiking Club
• Hockey Club (Men's)
• Hockey Club (RUMS/Medical School Men's)
• Hockey Club (RUMS/Medical School Women's)
• Hockey Club (Women's)
• Horse Riding Club
• ice Club
• Jitsu Club
• Judo Club
• Karate Club
• Karting Club
• Kendo Club
• Kickboxing Club
• Lacrosse Club
• Lacrosse Club (Men's)
• Mixed Martial Arts Club
• Muay Thai Club
• Netball Club
• Netball Club (RUMS/Medical School)
• Orienteering Club
• Parkour Club
• Pole Fitness Club
• Pure Krav Maga Club
• Rugby Club (Men's)
• Rugby Club (RUMS/Medical School)
• Rugby Club (Women's)
• Running, Athletics and Cross Country Club
• Sailing Club
• Scuba Club
• Shaolin Kung Fu Club
• Skate Club
• Snooker and Pool Club
• Snowsports Club
• Squash Club
• Surf Club
• Swimming Club
• Table Tennis Club
• Taekwondo Club
• Tennis Club
• Tennis Club (RUMS/Medical School)
• Ultimate Frisbee Club
• Volleyball Club
• Water Polo Club
• Yoga and Meditation Club

Student Media:

• Delilah Magazine
• Era Journal
• Kinesis Magazine
• Pi Media
• Rare FM
• Science Magazine Society
• The UCL Review Society

Liberation Networks:

• Disabled Students' Network
• LGBT+ Network
• POC Students' Network
• Trans+ Network
• Women's Network

Former societies:

• Alcohol-Free Society
• American Society
• Bruneian Society
• Catalan Society

External links

• Students' Union UCL web site