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
Hot Imperial startup ceases operations
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
Rocky start for Imperial team in first University Challenge round
Despite losing in narrow 160 points to Churchill College, Cambridge’s 175, team still qualify for second round.
Imperial Professor Jason Hallett wins Royal Society Mullard Medal
The award recognizes Hallett's work in biorefining and the circular economy.