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2 News Hannes Hagson GKT MedSoc VP Greetings all! South of the river everyone is hard back at work and working hard at play after a (for most) not very long Christmas break. At the time of writing we are in the midst of that oldest of traditions - RAG Week (January 28th to February 4th). As always it is looking like it will be a great week filled with early mornings, late nights, snakebite and RAGging (whichever kind you prefer). There will also be a RAG Jailbreak on March 5th which I would recommend everyone to check out! The end of January also saw this year’s MedSoc Musical Theatre production: ‘The Little Shop of Horrors’ (interview found on page 13). March 8th is a date to remember as it is the date of the KCL Fashion Show. It takes Laura Brenner BL It’s been a crazily busy start to the New Year here at BLSA. With several big projects on the go we’re looking well on the way to vastly improving our facilities. After many months (and in reality…years!) of planning and lobbying, we look set to secure funding for our beloved Griffinn Bar in Whitechapel! In much need of some refurbishment and TLC;; work is planned to start in the last term with an aim to be ready for Freshers 2011 and will include a brand new food service area and reception (not forgetting the bar). We’ve had some excellent events recently including our infamous Toga and Tequila night and an incredibly successful BL Panto of Cinderella (complete with Ugly Sisters from GKT, Imperial and UCL!). Up next are our most excellent BLAS Cultural Show and RAG Fashion show at Fabric which are set to draw in a massive crowd hoping to catch Luke Turner SGUL What a start to the academic year. After a wildly successful ‘Freshers Fortnight’ we thought: was it time to chill out and settle into everyday University life? Wrong! We took part in the NUS marches against tuition fees, we witnessed medical students become engaged in public demonstrations, disproving the “political apathy” that student groups have apparently come to expect of us. Whilst all of this was going on, it was still business as usual at George’s. We saw our medics Revue “3 star sell out” Edinburgh show. Soon after this we saw Diwali show and Fashion show, raising £1,230 and £5,760 respectively. SGUL Isoc brought us an incredibly successful Charity week raising an impressive £10,369 for Islamic relief. By Christmas, Revue were back again with their incred- place at the Hoxton Pony in Shoreditch and all money raised goes to RAG. A truly must-attend event. On the 16th of April all GKT medics halfway through their degree have something else to look forward to: The Halfway Dinner. It will take place in the Wren Room at The Grange, St Paul’s, and should be one of the great highlights of the year. ‘Golly!’ I hear you say, ‘where can I find out a glimpse of some honed and toned BL Fitties all in the name of charity. We’re also running our first ever ‘Bart’s Got Talent’ on the 11th Feb which showcases some amazing BL talent… along with some of our more unique skills. Definitely not to be missed! Sadly, our wonderful Warden, Sir Nicholas Wright will be leaving us in the summer. After ten incredibly successful years here at BL, he has won ible seasonal show “the GleeMC.” On the sports front we have been holding our own with an undefeated title for our women’s rugby team and a great a start to the year for our women’s boat club Fresher VIII, taking the Alom cup title. So what is next? Well a huge RAG fortnight is around the corner packed with events, both old and new. If “We are in the midst of that oldest of traditions: RAG week. As always it is looking like it wil be a great week filled with early mornings, late nights, snakebit and ragging” more?’ – it’s easy: just search for ‘GKT Halfway Dinner 2011’ on Facebook or if you’re one of those individuals with “too much integrity” for social networking, simply get in contact with one of us at MedSoc and we’ll let you know all you need to know. For now, that is all, and thus I shall simply leave you by saying: See you in Guy’s Bar . “Sadly, our wonderful Warden, Sir Nicholas Wright will be leaving us in the summer. After ten incredibly successful years here at BL he has won a very special place in our hearts and will be sorely missed.” a very special place in our hearts and will be sorely missed. In other words , he leaves a bloody ginormous pair of shoes to fill! Interviews have taken place with shortlisted candidates and I am confident that the college will make a decision on his successor very soon. I hope you all enjoy the rest of the first edition of the new “medicalstudent” and remember: your presidents are here to help so make sure you use them! . “On the sports front we have been holding our own with an undefeated title for our women’s rugby team and great a start to the year for our women’s boat club Fresher VIII, taking the Alom cup title.” that isn’t enough we have the play (A view from the bridge), Tooting show, George’s got talent and the musical (Footloose) all coming up this term. Finally I would like to finish by saying how thrilled I am to see the rebirth of the “medicalstudent” newspaper and to say a big thank you to all of those who made it happen . Editor-in-Chief February 2011 medicalstudent News Editor: Ken Wu news@medical-student.co.uk John Hardie introduces the revived medicalstudent Congratulations on finding a copy of the newly re-launched Medical Student newspaper. After a two-year hiatus spent wandering the tundra of London’s Kafkaesque administration, we’ve managed to emerge relatively unscathed. In the annals of the paper’s history, two years is but a drop in the ocean. In 1774, the London Advertiser announced the launch of the ‘Medical Magazine’. The publication, written for medical students and the general public, contained “Judicious criticisms on authors of the highest credit.” Although the paper has gone through numerous name changes, I’m sure you’ll agree that the writing quality established by this “society of gentlemen” has prevailed through to the present day. The Medical Student newspaper is older than The Times, The Guardian and the Daily Telegraph. Therefore, before you read on, politely address the person you find clutching one of The Editorial Team Editor-in-chief John Hardie GKT News editor Ken Wu ICSM Features editor Neha Pathak RUMS Sub-editors Bibek Das Hannah Harvey Lucia Bianchi Hayley Stewart Radhika Khanna Martha Martin Giada Azzopardi Treasurer Alexander Cowan-Sanluis the filthy aforementioned rags and direct them to the far superior 80.9 grams of newsprint you are currently holding. To become part of this glorious lineage, simply email editor@medicalstudent.co.uk with your articles and comments. Whether you had your first major scoop by the time you left preschool, or whether you’ve never penned an article, we’d love to hear from you. So…I’m sitting with palpitations from a minor caffeine overdose - sun threatening at the horizon – and the issue still isn’t ready for the 7 a.m. print deadline. Two hundred and thirty seven years later and the editor still hasn’t learnt his lesson . Comment editor Sarah Pape GKT Culture editor Robyn Jacobs ICSM Doctors’ Mess editor Abe Thomas BL Photographers & Illustrators Alan Liu Naoko McCabe Alexander Karapetian Sam Lee Storm Lonsdale Richard Berwick Peter Ziegler
medicalstudent February 2011 3 News ICSM dominates Ken Wu News editor Adrenaline Following the huge success of ‘999’ in October, ULU Medgroup launched its second event of the academic year, ‘Adrenaline’ on the 1st February at Tiger Tiger. With all of the London medical schools in attendance, the event proved to be an overwhelming success once again. With DJs in two rooms playing the usual assortment of club tunes, it was a thoroughly enjoyable night for everyone, with many students describing it as “absolutely epic”. The event further strengthened the unique and historic bond shared by all five medical schools. As always, the old inter-medical school rivalries came into force, especially concerning the ticket sales. ICSM absolutely destroyed the opposition, selling 225 tickets in advance which accounts for 60% of all advance ticket sales. Barts came a respectable second, selling 114 tickets in advance. RUMS only managed to sell a meagre 16 tickets in advance whilst St Georges sold only four more at 20 tickets. Students from GKT were noticeably absent although they were suitably excused this time since ‘Adrenaline’ clashed with the GKT RAG week. However, the actual ticket sales put students from RUMS and Georges in a slightly more sociable light with numerous people from both schools as well as Imperial Graduate medics buying on the door. In total, 510 people attended the event. Anil Chopra, the ULU Medgroup chair, commented that the event was “an absolutely great effort” and that he was “impressed with St Georges since all of their 1st and 2nd years had exams next week”. By contrast the 1st and 2nd years from ICSM had a lecture-free morning the following day so most students were quite happy to party the night away without the fear of a hungover lecture in the morning. Jeeves Wijesuriya, the event organiser, also said that the night was “a huge success that will hold us in good stead for the future” and wanted to “congratulate all who were involved and thank everyone who helped sell tickets, were on the door and all who came to the event”. ‘Adrenaline’ also proved to be a financial success, making a healthy profit of £700, which is currently funding the production and printing of the revived ‘medicalstudent’ newspaper. Plans are underway for a summer event to be organised by ULU Medgroup so expect another unforgettable evening coming to a medical school near you . Negin Damali Amiri RUMS Senior President We at RUMS are truly excited to see the rebirth of ‘the medicalstudent’ newspaper. It has been an amazingly busy year for us. After our recent fantastic sellout at the 2010 Winter Ball we’re now set to prepare for what promises to be yet another successful event (the Summer and Finalists’ Balls). Hot on our agenda for this term, and the next, are the effect of the rising tuition fees on widening participation and the future of NHS bursaries. We’re also looking into how the proposed changes to the UKFPO application process will af- David Smith ICSM President It is an absolute pleasure for me to welcome you to the first issue of ‘the medicalstudent’ since 2008! It has been a very busy few months for us at ICSMSU since term started back in October. We have held numerous events, most notably Freshers’ Fortnight, which was incredibly successful thanks to the hard work of Mike and his social team. An unprecedented 256 freshers bought a ‘passport’ which gave access to all events over the two week period. We have also hosted black tie balls, comedy nights, University Challenge trials, numerous bops, a boat party and many more social events. RAG has run its first event of the year, the Halloween Collect, and special mention must go to Hamish and his team for their incredible work in raising a record total of £15,177. We are greatly looking forward to reclaiming our crown as the number one medical Anil Chopra ULU Medgroup Chair Hello and welcome to the first issue of the new and improved ‘the medicalstudent’. I believe the last time you saw this would have been the summer of 2008. I would like, firstly, to say thank you to John and all the team for getting this publication back up and running. I hope you will agree that as London medical and dental students, this is a fantastic asset. The point of the new newspaper is not only to report on current affairs relevant to medical students, share knowledge and advertise events but also to try and recapture that old medical school spirit. Less than 30 years ago, there were 12 medical schools in London, each with their own identity, their own strengths and their own traditions – some of the old clan claim that the modern medical school has “lost its soul”;; I don’t think they could be more wrong … and this is where ULU Medgroup come in. Medgroup is a network made up of the Unions of the five London medical schools. We meet monthly to dis- fect our finalists in the coming years. Last but not least with our current curriculum undergoing a review, student representation has been central in the past few months. Our AGM will be happening on the 21st of March 2010 and I am looking forward to seeing as school in the RAG stakes this term! This year has also seen the Reynolds Bar undergo the first stage in its renovation, thanks to extremely kind donations from Imperial College Union and Imperial College Commercial Services. The next stage in the redevelopment involves plans to convert the downstairs meeting room into an alcohol free common room in a move that will hopefully bring us closer to catering for all of our students. cuss current issues and work together to resolve them. We share best practice and use the knowledge and past experience to constantly maintain the high calibre of doctors that London produces. We also co-ordinate social events such as ‘999’ and ‘Adrenaline’ and I’m sure those of you who came found them to be great nights. The money raised from these socials has gone into the production of this newspaper. The focus for Medgroup over the coming weeks will be preparation for the BMA Medical Students Conference due to take place in Edinburgh “Hot on our agenda for this term, and the next, are the effect of the rising tuition fees on widening participation and the future of NHS bursaries” many of you there as possible. Remember, this is your chance to share your opinion with us on some of the key issues affecting us all and for us to listen and take action. Enjoy the rest of the year and please drop me a line with any comments, queries or questions . “This year has also seen the Reynolds Bar undergo the first stage in its renovation, thanks to extremely kind donations from Imperial College Union and Imperial College Commercial Services.” It is a great shame that the bar has been subject to some negative press coverage of late, especially considering the huge strides that are being made this year to reverse some of the trends mentioned. It was an extremely unfortunate piece, hugely exaggerating practices which had already died out and painting individuals in an unfavourable light. Fortunately we have recovered from this setback with our bar intact and live to fight another day! . “The focus for Medgroup over the coming weeks will be preparation for the BMA Medical Students conference due to take place in Edinburgh on the 1st and 2nd April and promoting our campaign for this year.” on the 1st and 2nd April and promoting our campaign for this year. The Medgroup campaign, headed by Tharani Mahesan from GKT and David Hobden from St Georges, will focus on student welfare and specifically access to welfare services within your medical school. We believe that this is an important issue for medical students in particular, particularly with students who are on placements. If you would like to be involved with Medgroup or would be interested in coming to any of our meetings, please do get in touch .
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