King's College London Students' Union
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| Institution | King's College London |
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| Location | Macadam Building Surrey Street London WC2R 2NS United Kingdom |
| Established | 1873 as Unión Society of King's College 1908 as KCLSU |
| President | Benjamin Hunt |
| Vice presidents | Jack Haywood, Mariya Hussain, Momin Saqib, Mahamed Abdullahi |
| Members | c. 26,000 |
| Affiliations |
National Union of Students Aldwych Group National Postgraduate Committee |
| Mascot | Reggie the Lion |
| Website | www.kclsu.org |
King's College London Students' Union (KCLSU) is the oldest students' union in England. KCLSU is an independent charitable organisation existing solely to further the interests of its members (approximately 26,000 students at King's College London) and govern over the more than 260 student societies and activity groups at King's.
The Strategic Plan that defines the mission of KCLSU is "together we are a union of students where individuals connect, have fun, build communities, share experiences and make change".
KCLSU took over from the then Unión Society of King's College. The latter had a common room in the Strand Campus since 1873 but was running into financial difficulties. With the College Council agreeing that every student should support the Unión, a sum was collected from the student fees effectively re-establishing the Unión in 1905. The new KCLSU eventually took over the organisation of the King's College students' social activities and the athletics club, having been formally established at a general meeting of King's students held on 4 December 1908.
The first president was F. Hanson and for a number of years, it remained an all-male organisation until the arrival of female students in 1915. The most famous President of KCLSU was Sir Ivison Macadam who was President in 1922 and became the first President of the newly merged National Union of Students. An early honour board in the main building dates from 1908 with the name of the first President of the KCLSU.
Following the various mergers and de-mergers of colleges in the University of London with King's, many collegiate students' unions records have been misplaced or are possibly stored in the King's archives.
KCLSU's official mascot is Reggie the Lion. In his early years, he would often be paraded on sports grounds by teams to support matches. There are three "Reggies" in existence: the original, on display in KCLSU's Student Centre at the Strand Campus, a papier-mâché Reggie outside the Great Hall at the Strand Campus (pictured), and a small sterling silver incarnation displayed during graduation ceremonies. In 2003-04 he celebrated his 80th birthday, which was celebrated by a reunion of students' union officers from years past. In September 2009 the crown from the papier-mâché Reggie in the Strand Campus was stolen by first year Medical students from RUMS and is now housed in the bar of the Huntley Street Union.
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