Student Experience Fund allocated once more this year
The terms of the fund, which is expected to expand, are currently unchanged.
First Union Council meeting opens
The first Union Council meeting of the academic year will take place on Tuesday 4th November at 6PM, in room 341/341 of the Huxley Building. The Union Council consists of most of Imperial’s elected student representatives, assembled to set the set the policy of Imperial College Union. It
Singapore’s Senior Minister visits campus
Singapore’s Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong visited laboratories in Imperial’s South Kensington campus on Tuesday 18th October, before meeting with Singaporean students. Lee was welcomed by President Hugh Brady and shown Imperial-led research in fast-growing scientific fields such as artifitial intelligence (AI), neurotechnology and quantum computing. The research
Home fees to increase in line with inflation from 2026
Maintenance loans will also increase with inflation, funded by a levy on international student fees.
Errors surface in Imperial’s salary benchmarks
The College will not return to the negotiating table in spite of errors made by consultant.
2024 FoNS MAD winners take home engineering award
Team Marigold is developing an AI-based software to help individuals with sound sensitivities.
Peter Haynes sets out priorities for his tenure as Provost
Professor Peter Haynes set out four main pillars for Imperial’s future governance, two weeks after he took office as the College’s Provost. The priorities are to deliver on Imperial’s strategy, to grow the university’s resource in a financially stable and sustainable way, to invest wisely, and
University Challenge: Imperial dominates SOAS in qualifying round
Imperial College’s University Challenge team qualified for the second round of the hit quiz competition with a resounding victory of 220-115 against the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). The team had “a hell of a performance” according to host Amol Rajan, as they now proceed further into
Ex-Imperial lecturer struck off NHS due to antisemitic social media comments
Ex-Imperial lecturer Manoj Sen has been struck off the UK medical register due to antisemitic comments on social media. A few days after the October 7 attacks on Israel, Sen had responded to a post on Facebook by “‘Mr A”, calling him a “Jewish cunt” and “Jewboy”, and writing “he
Equivalent of 15,000 university jobs cut over last year, says UCU
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
An interview with Tom Gordon, Deputy President for Activities
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,
Activist demonstrations rock graduation ceremony again
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