Generation UCL: 200 Years of Student Life in London Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/generation-ucl-200-years-of-student-life-in-london Generation UCL is a research and engagement project that is collecting the stories of UCL alumni over 200 years. To give an insight into the breadth and diversity of the student experience, this series includes short extracts from these oral history interviews alongside excerpts from written memoirs that have been voiced by actors. © 2025 UCL Minds 7fc15627-68a2-561f-a8e2-64a9581779b2 no en Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:16:25 +0100 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 02:42:17 +0000 https://img.transistor.fm/7E7WiuPrNQVHcD0lR615StYMDyUVMLYGwgHh844h3BI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ1MzM3LzE2OTUz/OTMxNTQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg Generation UCL: 200 Years of Student Life in London episodic UCL Minds Generation UCL is a research and engagement project that is collecting the stories of UCL alumni over 200 years. To give an insight into the breadth and diversity of the student experience, this series includes short extracts from these oral history interviews alongside excerpts from written memoirs that have been voiced by actors. Generation UCL is a research and engagement project that is collecting the stories of UCL alumni over 200 years. UCL Minds No No 9. Jim Onyemenam 9 9 9. Jim Onyemenam full 1ec2dd9e-3f7d-4f69-9c6c-a3bfc4a9af27 https://generation-ucl.transistor.fm/9 Jim Onyemenam, Laws student, late 2010s, describes why he became a Students’ Union Sabbatical officer and what the role involved. Interviewed for the Generation UCL project by Sam Blaxland in 2022. 

For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london 


Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:01:28
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Jim Onyemenam
Guests: Jim Onyemenam
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; edited by Teresa Baker.

]]> Jim Onyemenam, Laws student, late 2010s, describes why he became a Students’ Union Sabbatical officer and what the role involved. Interviewed for the Generation UCL project by Sam Blaxland in 2022. 

For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london 


Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:01:28
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Jim Onyemenam
Guests: Jim Onyemenam
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; edited by Teresa Baker.

]]> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 16:21:41 +0100 UCL Minds UCL Minds 87 Jim Onyemenam, Laws student, late 2010s, describes why he became a Students’ Union Sabbatical officer and what the role involved. Interviewed for the Generation UCL project by Sam Blaxland in 2022. 

For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london 


Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:01:28
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Jim Onyemenam
Guests: Jim Onyemenam
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; edited by Teresa Baker.

]]> #GenerationUCL, #alumni, #history No 8. Lyn Stone 8 8 8. Lyn Stone full ad44f1fb-17f7-4936-8ab0-d90481eb781d https://generation-ucl.transistor.fm/8 Lyn Stone, Linguistics student in the early 1990s, remembers the dance music scene in London. Interviewed for the Generation UCL project by Sam Blaxland in 2022.

For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london 


Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:00:47
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Lyn Stone
Guests: Lyn Stone
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; edited by Teresa Baker

]]> Lyn Stone, Linguistics student in the early 1990s, remembers the dance music scene in London. Interviewed for the Generation UCL project by Sam Blaxland in 2022.

For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london 


Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:00:47
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Lyn Stone
Guests: Lyn Stone
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; edited by Teresa Baker

]]> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 16:15:49 +0100 UCL Minds UCL Minds 47 Lyn Stone, Linguistics student in the early 1990s, remembers the dance music scene in London. Interviewed for the Generation UCL project by Sam Blaxland in 2022.

For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london 


Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:00:47
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Lyn Stone
Guests: Lyn Stone
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; edited by Teresa Baker

]]> #GenerationUCL, #alumni, #history, #women, #music No 7. Jamie Gardiner 7 7 7. Jamie Gardiner full 542fb854-7211-4f00-8bb3-a29493ea022b https://generation-ucl.transistor.fm/7 Jamie Gardiner, PhD student in Applied Mathematics, discusses setting up GaySoc in the early 1970s. Excerpt from an interviewed for the Generation UCL project by Sam Blaxland in 2022. 

For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london 


Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01
Duration: 00:01:07
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Jamie Gardiner
Guests: Jamie Gardiner
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; edited by Teresa Baker. 

]]> Jamie Gardiner, PhD student in Applied Mathematics, discusses setting up GaySoc in the early 1970s. Excerpt from an interviewed for the Generation UCL project by Sam Blaxland in 2022. 

For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london 


Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01
Duration: 00:01:07
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Jamie Gardiner
Guests: Jamie Gardiner
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; edited by Teresa Baker. 

]]> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 16:13:26 +0100 UCL Minds UCL Minds 68 Jamie Gardiner, PhD student in Applied Mathematics, discusses setting up GaySoc in the early 1970s. Excerpt from an interviewed for the Generation UCL project by Sam Blaxland in 2022. 

For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london 


Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01
Duration: 00:01:07
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Jamie Gardiner
Guests: Jamie Gardiner
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; edited by Teresa Baker. 

]]> #GenerationUCL, #alumni, #history, #LGBT No 6. Peter Mitchell 6 6 6. Peter Mitchell full bca56f5d-fa49-410a-b884-ff044b599f95 https://generation-ucl.transistor.fm/6 Peter Mitchell, Chemistry student, mid-1960s to early 1970s, discusses his dual identity as both a UCL and University of London student. Excerpt from an interview for the Generation UCL project conducted by Sam Blaxland in 2022.

For more information and to access the transcript:  

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london


Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01
Duration: 00:60:00
Language of episode: English 
Presenter: Peter Mitchell
Guests: Peter Mitchell
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis, Edited by Teresa Baker

]]> Peter Mitchell, Chemistry student, mid-1960s to early 1970s, discusses his dual identity as both a UCL and University of London student. Excerpt from an interview for the Generation UCL project conducted by Sam Blaxland in 2022.

For more information and to access the transcript:  

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london


Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01
Duration: 00:60:00
Language of episode: English 
Presenter: Peter Mitchell
Guests: Peter Mitchell
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis, Edited by Teresa Baker

]]> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 16:09:36 +0100 UCL Minds UCL Minds 61 Peter Mitchell, Chemistry student, mid-1960s to early 1970s, discusses his dual identity as both a UCL and University of London student. Excerpt from an interview for the Generation UCL project conducted by Sam Blaxland in 2022.

For more information and to access the transcript:  

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london


Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01
Duration: 00:60:00
Language of episode: English 
Presenter: Peter Mitchell
Guests: Peter Mitchell
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis, Edited by Teresa Baker

]]> #GenerationUCL, #London, #alumni, #history No 5. Toni Griffiths 5 5 5. Toni Griffiths full 3b32bda1-2fb7-4e58-ba6b-015f09a440f2 https://generation-ucl.transistor.fm/5 Toni Griffiths, UCL English student from the mid-1960s, describes her duties as Woman Vice President of the Students’ Union in that period. Excerpt taken from an oral history interview for the Generation UCL project, conducted by Sam Blaxland in 2023.


For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london
 
Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01
Duration: 00:01:05
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Toni Griffiths
Guests: Toni Griffiths
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; edited by Teresa Baker. 

]]> Toni Griffiths, UCL English student from the mid-1960s, describes her duties as Woman Vice President of the Students’ Union in that period. Excerpt taken from an oral history interview for the Generation UCL project, conducted by Sam Blaxland in 2023.


For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london
 
Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01
Duration: 00:01:05
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Toni Griffiths
Guests: Toni Griffiths
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; edited by Teresa Baker. 

]]> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 16:06:32 +0100 UCL Minds UCL Minds 66 Toni Griffiths, UCL English student from the mid-1960s, describes her duties as Woman Vice President of the Students’ Union in that period. Excerpt taken from an oral history interview for the Generation UCL project, conducted by Sam Blaxland in 2023.


For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london
 
Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01
Duration: 00:01:05
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Toni Griffiths
Guests: Toni Griffiths
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; edited by Teresa Baker. 

]]> #GenerationUCL, #history, #women, #alumni, #gender No 4. Alwyn Davies 4 4 4. Alwyn Davies full 30b53e6b-d032-4ff6-95d1-5b2ee48d6dea https://generation-ucl.transistor.fm/4 Alwyn Davies, Chemistry student from the 1940s, discusses the impact of the Second World War on students at UCL. Excerpt taken from an oral history interview for the Generation UCL project, conducted by Sam Blaxland in 2023.

For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london


Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01
Duration: 00:01:19
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Alwyn Davies
Guests: None
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; Edited by Teresa Baker

]]> Alwyn Davies, Chemistry student from the 1940s, discusses the impact of the Second World War on students at UCL. Excerpt taken from an oral history interview for the Generation UCL project, conducted by Sam Blaxland in 2023.

For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london


Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01
Duration: 00:01:19
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Alwyn Davies
Guests: None
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; Edited by Teresa Baker

]]> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 16:01:25 +0100 UCL Minds UCL Minds 80 Alwyn Davies, Chemistry student from the 1940s, discusses the impact of the Second World War on students at UCL. Excerpt taken from an oral history interview for the Generation UCL project, conducted by Sam Blaxland in 2023.

For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london


Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01
Duration: 00:01:19
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Alwyn Davies
Guests: None
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; Edited by Teresa Baker

]]> #Generation UCL; #history; #alumni; #war; #WW2 No 3. M. T. Z. Tyau (Diao Minqian 刁敏謙) 3 3 3. M. T. Z. Tyau (Diao Minqian 刁敏謙) full 01f4f300-defd-4dd2-ad04-64acefd6f61e https://generation-ucl.transistor.fm/3 M. T. Z. Tyau (Diao Minqian 刁敏謙), Law student, describes arriving in London as an international student from China in 1909. This extract is from Tyau’s account of his London years. M. T. Z. Tyau, London through Chinese Eyes (London: Swarthmore Press, 1920). Voiced by Yitao Qian. 

For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london


Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01
Duration: 00:01:20
Language of episode: English
Presenter:M. T. Z. Tyau
Guests: M. T. Z. Tyau
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; Edited by Teresa Baker 

]]> M. T. Z. Tyau (Diao Minqian 刁敏謙), Law student, describes arriving in London as an international student from China in 1909. This extract is from Tyau’s account of his London years. M. T. Z. Tyau, London through Chinese Eyes (London: Swarthmore Press, 1920). Voiced by Yitao Qian. 

For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london


Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01
Duration: 00:01:20
Language of episode: English
Presenter:M. T. Z. Tyau
Guests: M. T. Z. Tyau
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; Edited by Teresa Baker 

]]> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:57:46 +0100 UCL Minds UCL Minds 81 M. T. Z. Tyau (Diao Minqian 刁敏謙), Law student, describes arriving in London as an international student from China in 1909. This extract is from Tyau’s account of his London years. M. T. Z. Tyau, London through Chinese Eyes (London: Swarthmore Press, 1920). Voiced by Yitao Qian. 

For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london


Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01
Duration: 00:01:20
Language of episode: English
Presenter:M. T. Z. Tyau
Guests: M. T. Z. Tyau
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; Edited by Teresa Baker 

]]> #GenerationUCL #history #alumni #China #international No 2. Mary Adamson 2 2 2. Mary Adamson full 3fd5d797-c0ef-472f-b4bd-d731f50661a7 https://generation-ucl.transistor.fm/2 Mary A. Adamson describes the segregation of men and women on the UCL campus in the 1880s. This extract comes from a written testimony Adamson submitted in response to a request during UCL’s centenary commemorations. Mary A. Adamson, ‘University College and Women Science Students, 1884-1886’, 1926, College Archive, UCL Special Collections. Voiced by Morgan Cambs. 

For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london 


Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01
Duration: 00:01;33
Language of episode: English
Presenter:None
Guests: Mary Adamson
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; Edited by Teresa Baker.

]]> Mary A. Adamson describes the segregation of men and women on the UCL campus in the 1880s. This extract comes from a written testimony Adamson submitted in response to a request during UCL’s centenary commemorations. Mary A. Adamson, ‘University College and Women Science Students, 1884-1886’, 1926, College Archive, UCL Special Collections. Voiced by Morgan Cambs. 

For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london 


Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01
Duration: 00:01;33
Language of episode: English
Presenter:None
Guests: Mary Adamson
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; Edited by Teresa Baker.

]]> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:52:52 +0100 UCL Minds UCL Minds 94 Mary A. Adamson describes the segregation of men and women on the UCL campus in the 1880s. This extract comes from a written testimony Adamson submitted in response to a request during UCL’s centenary commemorations. Mary A. Adamson, ‘University College and Women Science Students, 1884-1886’, 1926, College Archive, UCL Special Collections. Voiced by Morgan Cambs. 

For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london 


Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01
Duration: 00:01;33
Language of episode: English
Presenter:None
Guests: Mary Adamson
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; Edited by Teresa Baker.

]]> #GenerationUCL #history #Alumni #women #gender No 1. Edward Fry 1 1 1. Edward Fry full 0cf2c235-992a-45a1-a847-d92d18d4f8d1 https://generation-ucl.transistor.fm/1 Edward Fry talks about his chance at a university education in the 1840s. Fry was excluded from Oxford and Cambridge because of his Quaker religion but enrolled at UCL in 1848 at the age of 21. This extract is taken from a memoir compiled posthumously by Fry’s daughter. Agnes Fry, Memoir of Right Honourable Sir Edward Fry, CBE 1827-1918 (Oxford: OUP, 1921). Voiced by Mark Freeman.

For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london 


Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01
Duration: 00:01:03
Language of episode: English
Guests: Edward Fry
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; Edited by Teresa Baker 

]]> Edward Fry talks about his chance at a university education in the 1840s. Fry was excluded from Oxford and Cambridge because of his Quaker religion but enrolled at UCL in 1848 at the age of 21. This extract is taken from a memoir compiled posthumously by Fry’s daughter. Agnes Fry, Memoir of Right Honourable Sir Edward Fry, CBE 1827-1918 (Oxford: OUP, 1921). Voiced by Mark Freeman.

For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london 


Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01
Duration: 00:01:03
Language of episode: English
Guests: Edward Fry
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; Edited by Teresa Baker 

]]> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:37:03 +0100 UCL Minds UCL Minds 64 Edward Fry talks about his chance at a university education in the 1840s. Fry was excluded from Oxford and Cambridge because of his Quaker religion but enrolled at UCL in 1848 at the age of 21. This extract is taken from a memoir compiled posthumously by Fry’s daughter. Agnes Fry, Memoir of Right Honourable Sir Edward Fry, CBE 1827-1918 (Oxford: OUP, 1921). Voiced by Mark Freeman.

For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/generation-ucl-200-years-student-life-london 


Date of episode recording: 2023-09-01
Duration: 00:01:03
Language of episode: English
Guests: Edward Fry
Producer: Produced by Georgina Brewis; Edited by Teresa Baker 

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