An analysis by the University and College Union (UCU) suggested that cuts equivalent to over 15,000 jobs were announced by UK universities in the past year. The UCU, a higher education trade union, calculated that over 12,000 redundancies had been directly enacted, on top of planned savings worth
Tom Gordon walks into the Felix office with an Imperial College Symphony Orchestra (ICSO) sweater. I wear a Felix hoodie. The game is on. Before his election as Deputy President for Activities (DPA), Tom was very involved with student societies. A member of now-defunct Comedy Soc in his first year,
Three graduands displayed banners condemning the alleged involvement of Imperial in the humanitarian crisis in Gaza during the graduation ceremony of Commemoration Day, on Wednesday 8th October. In three separate incidents, the activists took out messages concealed in their robes onstage, and were swiftly forced off the graduation stage by
Carbon capture startup Cyanoskin announced on Tuesday 7th October that it was “closing its doors”, citing “a misalignment between the product’s performance and the commercial requirements”. Cyanoskin was co-founded in 2023 by Antoinette Nothomb, then a MSc Management student at the Imperial Business School, and Emma Money from the
Despite losing in narrow 160 points to Churchill College, Cambridge’s 175, team still qualify for second round.
The award recognizes Hallett's work in biorefining and the circular economy.
The award recognizes Hairer’s work with stochastic partial differential equations.
The award recognizes Pendry’s extensive work with metamaterials and transformation optics
Members of the Joint Trades Union (JTU) formed picket lines around campus on Tuesday and Wednesday, as part of a first wave of strike action following a dispute with the College over its most recent pay award. In September, Imperial’s three recognised labour unions, which together form the JTU,
Imperial ranked first among UK universities both for graduate prospects and research quality in an annual ranking by The Times. It earned the prize of University of the Year for Graduate Employment 2026. The newspaper noted that 95.9% of Imperial graduates moved on to “highly skilled jobs or further
Notpla’s compostable packaging helps reduce single-use plastic waste
The former physicist shares his past experiences and ambitions for the year