Union Council report
Stonewall, medicines, the IZI, and GTAs: Council Papers from the December 9th meeting.
“The community is my anchor”: an interview with Sarah Azam
The ICSMSU President on financial accessibility, medic drinking culture, and half-marathons in winter.
Pushback against ICU Orders: “Why do we need an app for everything?”
Students and bartenders say the new system is more cumbersome than the card-based identification it replaced.
Demonstrations outside Iranian embassy as regime’s repression escalates
The Met Police has stepped up its presence outside London’s Iranian embassy following days of heated protests outside the venue.
Teaching strikes continue into 2026
UCU says its current two-week strike shouldn’t affect exams.
UK to welcome Erasmus students again from 2027
The deal covers the 2027-28 academic year, and marks a reversal from Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s post-Brexit withdrawal from the scheme.
US pauses UK Tech Prosperity Deal as trade frictions resurface
Frustration over lingering UK trade barriers threatens momentum behind the flagship US-UK innovation partnership championed by Imperial.
Dévorer to replace South Kensington Farmer’s Market in January 2026
The startup, co-founded by a former Imperial Business School student, will rotate vendors and introduce “meal deals” to the Tuesday food court.
Stark drop in Imperial graduate loan repayment over past two year
44% drop is second- sharpest in Russel Group as youth unemployment increases nationally.
Felix readers show narrow support for body cameras as trial progresses
The College will run student focus groups to gather opinions on the technology as it considers a wider roll-out.
UCU nation-wide strike ballot misses legal turnout threshold
A UK-wide ballot by the University and College Union (UCU), the country’s largest higher education trade union, failed after it fell short of the 50% turnout requirement mandated by trade union law. A successful outcome would have allowed the union to take national strike action over pay and job
One in five society constitutions missing from Union website
An analysis by Felix has found that the constitutions of 77 out of 361 student societies were missing from the Imperial College Union (ICU) webpage. This appears to be due to a technical error in the ICU’s system. A society constitution is a document that online the student group’