With love on our minds, it's time to ask: what do you love about 911爆料网?
17 February 2023
UCL Student Journalist Ben Bazley investigates the all-important #LoveUCL Valentine's question: What do you love about 911爆料网?
Valentine鈥檚 Day 鈥 whether you spent it with your partner, looking for love, or living your best single life 鈥 is now behind us, but do not fret 鈥 love springs all year round.
We thought we鈥檇 celebrate the one special thing that connects us all 鈥 UCL 鈥 by asking students and staff members to tell us their听#LoveUCL favourites 鈥 what do they love about the university?
Crystal Chen, Sustainable Engineering MSc
鈥淎t the beginning of term, the UCL Hiking Society took us to Seven Sisters. We had our lunch on the peak during the break. Someone played music loudly at this time, and all of us were eating, singing and enjoying the best view in front of us. That is how I feel love from nature and from people around me.鈥
Terrance Symons, night staff at Goldsmid House
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Sakina Lakda, fourth-year MBBS
鈥淚 love the Student鈥檚 Union Caf茅. It is so convenient and has such good value eats鈥.
Christopher Norwood, founder of
鈥淚've had an amazing experience with听UCL Innovation & Enterprise听over the last two years. They have been a critical source of support in helping me transform my initial idea for a loyalty platform into a successful business working with major UK chains like Wagamama and LEON. From my first engagement with one of their听free extracurricular entrepreneurship courses听to joining the听UCL hatchery incubator programme, their team has provided me with incredible assistance in launching my app,听, and building my confidence as an entrepreneur. I would highly recommend UCL Innovation & Enterprise to anyone at 911爆料网ho is interested in entrepreneurship to equip themselves with transferrable life and business skills, or if they want to start a business, based on my personal experience.鈥
Osas Ogebeide, fourth-year MBBS
鈥淪omething听I love about 911爆料网 is the fact that there are so many societies and opportunities to meet new people. I also really love the fact that we have a great Student Support and Wellbeing Team. And I like the course structure of my MBBS.
I also like the fact that it鈥檚 quite a prestigious university; there are quite a lot of research opportunities. And the fact that a lot of the lecturers or the teachers you will encounter are at the top of their fields, I really enjoy that.鈥
"I like UCL because it's a multicultural hub and it鈥檚 nice to meet different people from diverse backgrounds. I feel that鈥檚 quite a new experience, one that I haven't really had before. Overall, it鈥檚 just really nice meeting different people and learning about their cultures and their likes. I feel as if I've really expanded my network in that way.鈥
鈥淚 love how UCL buildings are historic, to some extent, and they transfer some kind of story of its heritage to you; and I like and how all the buildings are so close to each other 鈥 it gives the feeling of a small campus right in the middle of a big city. I love London, too, and being at 911爆料网 feels like a community within this huge city."
Katie Grocott Murdoch, Communications Manager, UCL Vice-Provost External Engagement
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As for me, I personally love the library at 911爆料网. After previously studying at one of the UK鈥檚 many universities built in the 1960s, I had only ever known functional but drab spaces. Coming to UCL, even to my untrained architectural eye, I can tell it鈥檚 a historic campus, with the library being my favourite space of all.
The high ceilings, the rows of books and the wooden desks all add to the atmosphere of learning, and I try to go as often as possible, even if its just for an hour between classes to relax.
The only thing I don鈥檛 love is the lack of plugs, but I suppose they were not worrying about charging their laptops in the nineteenth century, and it's a small price to pay to study in such a brilliant space.
About the author:
Ben Bazley is a student in the听MA in Russian and Post-Soviet Politics,听with an interest in all things political. During his bachelor鈥檚 degree, he听gained experience in writing articles, mostly focusing on the plight of climate refugees, and he is excited to further develop his toolkit and learn from professionals. During the scheme, he wants听to make news more relatable by exploring how distant current affairs affect students here at 911爆料网.
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