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=== Student-led think tank === Following the 2010 student demonstrations against increased tuition fees, King's College London students founded London's first student-led [[think tank]], King's Think Tank (formerly known as KCL Think Tank).<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Story β Our Mission |url=http://www.kingsthinktank.com/#!about/c1cy0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107060341/http://www.kingsthinktank.com/#%21about/c1cy0 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=7 January 2011 |publisher=King's Think Tank|access-date=8 February 2016}}</ref> With a membership of more than 2000,<ref>{{cite web |title=KCL Think Tank Society |url=http://www.campuspolicy.org/members/kcl-think-tank-society/ |publisher=CampusPolicy|access-date=8 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223124544/http://www.campuspolicy.org/members/kcl-think-tank-society/|archive-date=23 February 2016|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bored of party politics on campus? Think about thinktanks |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/jul/16/bored-of-party-politics-on-campus-think-about-thinktanks |date=16 July 2015 |website=The Guardian|access-date=8 February 2016}}</ref> it is the largest organisation of its kind in Europe.<ref>{{cite news |last=King's College London |title=Student think tank launches at King's |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2011/03March/StudentthinktanklaunchesatKings.aspx|access-date=21 August 2015 |date=10 March 2011}}</ref> This student initiative organises lectures and discussions in seven different policy areas, and assists students in lobbying politicians, [[non-governmental organisations]] (NGOs) and other policymakers with their ideas. Every May, it produces a peer-reviewed journal of policy recommendations called ''The Spectrum''.<ref>{{cite web |last=KCL Think Tank Society |title=Our Story β Our Mission |url=http://www.kingsthinktank.com/#!about/c1cy0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107060341/http://www.kingsthinktank.com/#%21about/c1cy0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=7 January 2011|access-date=21 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=King's College London β Student Think Tank re-launched for new academic year |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/campuslife/student/news/stories/2012/Student-Think-Tank-re-launched-for-new-academic-year.aspx |publisher=King's College London |access-date=21 April 2013 |archive-date=20 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420152212/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/campuslife/student/news/stories/2012/Student-Think-Tank-re-launched-for-new-academic-year.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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