Episodes

  • 9. Jim Onyemenam
    Sep 22 2023

    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.

    For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london


    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.

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    1 min
  • 8. Lyn Stone
    Sep 22 2023

    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.

    For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london


    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

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    1 min
  • 7. Jamie Gardiner
    Sep 22 2023

    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.

    For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london


    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.

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    1 min
  • 6. Peter Mitchell
    Sep 22 2023

    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.

    For more information and to access the transcript:

    https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london


    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

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    1 min
  • 5. Toni Griffiths
    Sep 22 2023

    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.


    For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london

    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.

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    1 min
  • 4. Alwyn Davies
    Sep 22 2023

    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.

    For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london


    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

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    1 min
  • 3. M. T. Z. Tyau (Diao Minqian 刁敏謙)
    Sep 22 2023

    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.

    For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london


    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

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    1 min
  • 2. Mary Adamson
    Sep 22 2023

    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.

    For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london


    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.

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    2 mins