Jim Onyemenam, Laws student, late 2010s, describes why he became a Students’ Union Sabbatical officer and what the role involved. Interviewed for the Generation UCL project by Sam Blaxland in 2022.

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Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:01:28
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Jim Onyemenam
Guests: Jim Onyemenam
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; edited by Teresa Baker.

Lyn Stone, Linguistics student in the early 1990s, remembers the dance music scene in London. Interviewed for the Generation UCL project by Sam Blaxland in 2022.

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Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:00:47
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Lyn Stone
Guests: Lyn Stone
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; edited by Teresa Baker

Jamie Gardiner, PhD student in Applied Mathematics, discusses setting up GaySoc in the early 1970s. Excerpt from an interviewed for the Generation UCL project by Sam Blaxland in 2022.

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Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01
Duration: 00:01:07
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Jamie Gardiner
Guests: Jamie Gardiner
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; edited by Teresa Baker.

Peter Mitchell, Chemistry student, mid-1960s to early 1970s, discusses his dual identity as both a UCL and University of London student. Excerpt from an interview for the Generation UCL project conducted by Sam Blaxland in 2022.

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Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01
Duration: 00:60:00
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Peter Mitchell
Guests: Peter Mitchell
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis, Edited by Teresa Baker

Toni Griffiths, UCL English student from the mid-1960s, describes her duties as Woman Vice President of the Students’ Union in that period. Excerpt taken from an oral history interview for the Generation UCL project, conducted by Sam Blaxland in 2023.

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Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01
Duration: 00:01:05
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Toni Griffiths
Guests: Toni Griffiths
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; edited by Teresa Baker.

Alwyn Davies, Chemistry student from the 1940s, discusses the impact of the Second World War on students at UCL. Excerpt taken from an oral history interview for the Generation UCL project, conducted by Sam Blaxland in 2023.

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Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01
Duration: 00:01:19
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Alwyn Davies
Guests: None
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; Edited by Teresa Baker

M. T. Z. Tyau (Diao Minqian 刁敏謙), Law student, describes arriving in London as an international student from China in 1909. This extract is from Tyau’s account of his London years. M. T. Z. Tyau, London through Chinese Eyes (London: Swarthmore Press, 1920). Voiced by Yitao Qian.

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Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01
Duration: 00:01:20
Language of episode: English
Presenter:M. T. Z. Tyau
Guests: M. T. Z. Tyau
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; Edited by Teresa Baker

Mary A. Adamson describes the segregation of men and women on the UCL campus in the 1880s. This extract comes from a written testimony Adamson submitted in response to a request during UCL’s centenary commemorations. Mary A. Adamson, ‘University College and Women Science Students, 1884-1886’, 1926, College Archive, UCL Special Collections. Voiced by Morgan Cambs.

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Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01
Duration: 00:01;33
Language of episode: English
Presenter:None
Guests: Mary Adamson
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; Edited by Teresa Baker.