University of London Union 1826299 217399659 2008-06-05T21:27:59Z Grunners 67021 [[Image:UniversityOfLondonUnion20060329 KaihsuTai.jpg|thumb|right|University of London Union.]] The '''University of London Union''' (commonly referred to as '''ULU''') is the university-wide [[students' union]] for the [[University of London]]. It is the largest students' union in Europe, with over 120,000 students<ref>http://www.qmul.ac.uk/qmliving/su/</ref>. ULU was founded in [[1955]] and has its main building on [[Malet Street]], near [[Senate House (University of London)|Senate House]]. It represents students to the University and beyond, whilst also providing support and resources to the students' unions of individual colleges. ULU aims to represent the diverse students and students’ unions of the University of London. The ULU building and venue is widely known as one for [[concert|gigs]] that launch major artists such as the [[Kaiser Chiefs]] and [[Goldfrapp]]. The Union funds and publishes a student newspaper, [[London Student]], although the editorial content is not controlled by the Union as a whole but solely by the elected Editor. ==Sporting Activities== One of ULU's main activities is the provision of Sport Leagues and Sport Clubs. The leagues originally only included teams within the University of London. Now they include University teams from the London area that are not in UoL. The governance of these is carried out by Sports Officers from the Universities and Colleges Students' Unions that have at least one sports team in the league. The sports leagues are also supported by the [[Friends of University of London Sport]], whos members are former Sports Officers from within the University of London. ==The University of London Institutes== The University of London consists of over 20 different Universities and institutions. The colleges that are members of the University of London are [[Birkbeck, University of London]], [[Central School of Speech and Drama]], [[Courtauld Institute of Art]], [[Goldsmiths, University of London]], [[Heythrop College]], the [[Institute of Cancer Research]], [[Institute of Education]], [[King's College London]], [[London Business School]], [[London School of Economics]], [[London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine]], [[Queen Mary, University of London]], [[Royal Academy of Music]], [[Royal Holloway, University of London]], the [[Royal Veterinary College]], [[St George's, University of London]], the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]], the [[The School of Pharmacy, University of London|School of Pharmacy]] and [[University College London]]. The instiutions that are members of the University of London are the [[School of Advanced Study]], the [[University of London Institute in Paris]] and the [[University Marine Biological Station, Millport]]. ==External links== *[http://www.ulu.co.uk/ ULU website] *[http://www.sumarketing.co.uk/ University of London website provider] [[Category:English students' unions|London]] [[Category:University of London]] {{England-stub}} {{UK-org-stub}} {{UK-university-stub}}