[HDNG]UNIVERSITY OF LONDON UNION:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]P5[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] 5 sabbatical [BULL] NUS member [ESTAT][PARA][ITAL]The individual colleges' SUs affiliate separately to NUS and are [PARA]automatically part of ULU which offers the most extraordinary [PARA]level of facilities at the building in Bloomsbury, open to 11pm or [PARA]later when hosting an event. ULU is also the students' central [PARA]representative body and has effective officers on most of the [PARA]University's important committees. It is a politically balanced [PARA]union with activists from most parties. Since the student body [PARA]which ULU represents is so large and so disparate, it never [PARA]operates through ballots of all members, but rather through an [PARA]electoral college of representatives from the member SUs. As [PARA]an inevitable result, the standard Joe or Joanne London student [PARA]often isn't even aware of ULU's representative role and, relatively [PARA]speaking, is not that bothered by it. This is, of course, an [PARA]extremely unfair generalisation and if there's one thing that can [PARA]be said about London students, it's that they're a very varied [PARA]bunch. They're also a very cosmopolitan crowd with a large [PARA]percentage of mature and part time students. ULU often focuses [PARA]its efforts on providing support for these groups, including running[PARA]international events and campaigns.[EITAL][PARA][PARA][ITAL][HDNG]SU FACILITIES:[EHDNG][EITAL][PARA]The Union building (ULU Building) contains: 2 bars; cafeteria; [PARA]general shop; sports shop; print shop and photocopying; theatre [PARA]and tickets shop; computer shop; travel agent; 2 banks (Barclays [PARA]and NatWest) with cashpoints; Endsleigh Insurance office; [PARA]opticians; vending machines; games and gambling machines; fax [PARA]service; creche; swimming pool; health spa (jacuzzi, sauna, [PARA]sunbed, massage); fitness centre; gymnasium; squash and [PARA]badminton courts; launderette; theatre hall; offices and meeting [PARA]rooms; and a partridge in a pear tree. ULU also provides training [PARA]for staff and student officers of all the member colleges' SUs, [PARA]and handbooks and publications for all aspects of London student[PARA]life.[HDNG]CLUBS (NON SPORTING):[EHDNG][PARA]Air Squadron; Archaeology; Aeronautics; Asian Arts; [PARA]Anti-Racism; Bahai; Bangladeshi; Bridge; Ballroom Dancing; [PARA]Black Arts; Brazilian; Chinese; Christian Outreach; Debating; [PARA]Choral; Farbrengen; Film; Finance; Lifesaving; London Student [PARA]Sceptics; Meditation; Methodist; Indian Dance; International Forum;[PARA]JOne World Action; Opera; Polish; Revolutionary Communist; [PARA]Scottish Dancing; Socialist Organiser; South Asian; St John [PARA]Ambulance; Sri Lankan; Star Fleet Academy; Sudanese; Survival[PARA]International; Vedic; Wargames; Wei Qi; Youth Hostelling [PARA]Association; Zhuan Shu Kuan.[PARA]University colleges also have their own clubs.[HDNG]OTHER ORGANISATIONS:[EHDNG][PARA]The award-winning student newspaper, 'London Student', is [PARA]published by ULU but is editorially independent. It has a [PARA]sabbatical editor and is aimed at all London students both in and [PARA]outside the University.[HDNG]RELIGIOUS:[EHDNG][PARA]London has religious groups for every denomination from from [PARA]Muslims to Moonies, Jews to Jains, and the Church of the Divine [PARA]Simon from Brookside.[HDNG]PAID WORK:[EHDNG][PARA][ITAL]There are more opportunities in London for part-time work than [PARA]anywhere else, but there are also more people trying to get those[PARA]jobs. Students find work in all the usual places like bars and [PARA]restaurants and also in theatres, offices and shops.[EITAL][PARA][PARA]
