The British Medical Association (BMA) is the largest trade union for medical students with 20,000 student members, and a growing 200,000 total BMA membership.
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The Garrod: Plans to Paint
The Garrod building is finally reopened, mostly. But how does it compare to the original concept drawings from the reveal in late 2022?
Around BL: Sports and Societies: 2023
The academic year is back in full swing, our Sports teams have started their fixtures, and our Societies are starting up again in welcoming freshers.
Return To The Garrod
As we hope many of you will know, BLSA is returning to the Garrod building with many exciting new student spaces. But perhaps few of you know how this came about and what’s specifically happening.
Happening Around BL: 2023
Want to be featured in this section? We’ll be sending out a form to student groups before the next issue comes out so keep an eye out!
What’s in a name? BL Identity Crisis
What should it matter what a medical school is called? This is a question I’ve been forced to ask myself recently - in the face of the forced rebrand of our medical school - and I’ve had to conclude that ideally, it seems as if it shouldn’t matter.
The Big Branding Debate
Both BL and QM Debating Society held a historic debate earlier this term. Our esteemed president and vice-president, Rob Tucker and Numa Ali, represented BL with 2 others in a 4-man team with the QM team having 4 formidable debaters in their ranks.
My experience as a Teaching Assistant - Sam Jarada
After deciding to take a gap year following A levels, I worked from March 2021 to July 2021 as a Teaching Assistant in different schools throughout London.
I am the Lead Curriculum Operations Unit Manager. My role is to manage the operations unit team and, alongside my colleagues, ensure the provision of administrative support to the programmes managed by the Institute of Health Sciences Education (IHSE)
QM cuts Global Health course in the Middle of a Pandemic
The Barts and The London Global Health course is only 1 of only 3 BSc’s of its kind in this country and one that prides itself on widening participation and increasing access, especially for marginalised groups.
A 'Barts and The London Level' Response
It is only fitting then, that the benches in the Square of St Bartholomew's played host to another conversation
Brexit Hitting Too Close To Home
It’s been more than a month since the Minister of State for Universities, Michelle Donelan, announced the devastating news that “EU, other EEA and Swiss nationals will no longer be eligible for home fee status, undergraduate, postgraduate and advanced learner financial support from Student Finance England for courses starting in academic year 2021/22.”
QMUL Under Pressure for Blocking Furlough of Students
QMSU has launched a new public campaign which takes aim at QMUL for blocking student-staff from access to the Government’s Furlough scheme. It comes after multiple weeks of internal lobbying of University leadership by QMSU without breakthrough, leaving little choice but to escalate.
To Go or Not To Go? An international student perspective on COVID-19
The philosopher Albert Camus puts beautifully: “There were no longer any individual destinies, but a collective history that was the plague, and feeling shared by all. The greatest of these were feelings of separation and exile, with all that that involved of fear and rebellion.” This is certainly true for the international students at BL, many of whom are now torn on what is the best thing to do.
Coronavirus: A Reminder for Our Communities from BL ROCK
In the coming months, remember to take care of the health and the wellbeing of those around you. Check on your neighbours and the elderly, in the same way you would do for your loved ones.
Safety Last?
If you’ve ever been a part of BLSA Help Squad, the group that helps the fresh-faced students move into their new student accommodation, chances are that you will have been asked at some point whether “it’s safe around here?”
Happening At BL 2
Happening at BL is our round up of the great things our student community has been up to!
Do It With Thy Might: Spring 2020
BL Men’s Football are featured in Do It With Thy Might this term!
What the EPM?
Educational Performance Measure, or EPM, is one of the ways applicants for the UK Foundation Programme (UKFPO) are ranked on a combination of clinical and non-clinical skills, comprising the knowledge and performance of the the medical student.