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Issue 1801 (PDF)
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Muir Sanderson, the CFO and “de-facto COO” of Imperial College London, has resigned.
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The repayment period will increase from 30 to 40 years, and students may need at least to E grades to apply for student finance.
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Imperial has stagnated while Oxbridge soar to commendable heights
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Rudy Giuliani, the invasion of Ukraine, abortion and communication returned to tonga
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Imperial College London has received £55 million from Chinese funding sources since 2015, £5 million of which came from companies sanctioned by the US government.
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A drugs taskforce will have the goal to “set out a common approach to reduce harms from drug use and to better tackle supply”.
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Prince Andrews settlement, the Ukraine crisis, mudslides in Rio and war crimes cases in Syria and Iran
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Imperial Professor Robin Shattock told an audience member of the BBC's Question Time that what they were saying was "nonsense".
Section Editor: Alex Jackson, Alexander Cohen and Boxuan Zhang
A new exhibition at the Design Museum explores the weird and the wonderful world of ASMR.
Hampstead theatre is cosy; its stage slanting downwards towards the audience, grey and completely empty. The lights go out and darkness descends. Suddenly, the stage is illuminated, and we jump into The Breach, a new play by Naomi Wallace.
Explore the familial dysfunction in a 'scientific' American family for a change.
As the audience enter the London Coliseum, the handmaids’ red jackets, symbols of their oppression, dangle on stage inhabited as if being worn by invisible figures.
Section Editor: Isabelle Zhang, Jamie John, Cara Burke and Marek Cottingham
New study finds that antibiotic resistance claimed over 1.2 million lives across the world in 2019 alone
Science Writer Carmen Garcia Sebego on how RNA has provided a new perspective on primate evolution
Sharks are fascinating creatures that have been living on Earth since before the dinosaurs, thanks to their mighty mouths AND mighty immune systems.
Peter Adesina investigates how the shape, size and distribution of sand particles on a microscopic scale affect behaviour and material properties on a much larger (macro)scale
Section Editor: Monami Miyamoto, Marie Mori and Hahyun Lee
Environment Officer Camilla Billari takes at look at the College's progress towards its net zero goal
Environment writer Léa Haber takes a look at the ins and outs of carbon off-setting by corporations
After weathering three storms it is time to tally up the damages.
The UK Government has increased the frequency of auctions for renewable energy projects
Section Editor: Tara Pal Chaudhuri and Joe Riordan
The Kooks continue a three-night run at O2 Brixton - and I actually liked them
Battle of the bands, '2am' by Foals and Tears for Fears
The band round off their three-night run at Hammersmith Apollo
The Welsh songwriter made an album which completely stole my attention from BCNR – don't tell Rosie
Section Editor: Zanna Buckland
With its succinct diary-style format, ‘This Is Going to Hurt’ is a recommendation for readers and non-readers alike.
Kay’s second book follows much the same format as the first but focusing on the six Christmases and New Years’ in a row that he spent traipsing up and down hospital wards.
An exploration of Kafka's Metamorphosis
An article on Lewis Wolpert's 'The Unnatural Nature of Science'
Section Editor: Eva Borras Paredes and Jonah Hewett
The French Dispatch, starring Bill Murray, Benicio del Toro, Frances McDormand, Jeffrey Wright and many more stars, is one of the most highly anticipated films of the year.
Enchanto is a Columbian word for “enchantment”, and after watching it last weekend, I can say that the name fits.
Following on from the review in Issue 1786, ‘Hawkeye’ has delivered in true Marvel fashion, with twists leading to a satisfying conclusion.
Film Writer Aurélia Bordes takes a look at Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda's take on Beauty and the Beast
Section Editor: Bencan Yalcin
Greetings and salutations to my readers for this week’s column. Today we’ll be looking at a Turkish restaurant called “Selale”
Cafe Kitsune is a 16-minute bus journey from Imperial College - so it’s perfect to attend if you have a few hours to spare in the afternoon
In today’s segment, we will be talking about Shoryu Ramen a minimalist Japanese ramen chain restaurant that is scattered in a few spots in and around London
Staff Writer Pete Knapp covers myriad factors in favour of a plant-based diet
Section Editor: Ahmad Danesh
What has the president of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, been up to? Hye Oh discusses below
Why is Meta facing serious issues at the moment? Our writer, Anna Fu discusses a list of possible reasons.
How clean really is the technology thats getting been getting fast praise in the green era of investing
Ukraine is a big news story over the past few weeks, but how could macroeconomics be playing a part in stoking tensions between the different sides involved?
Section Editor: Khama Gunde
González-Torres created visual art using commonplace objects such that his work appeared simplistic on the surface, but he often touched upon his personal life and the widely ignored emotional toll of the HIV epidemic on the LGBTQ+ community in the 80s.
Women have long been pressured to find their value in marriage and motherhood, but this puts young women at risk of committing to relationships that do not fulfil their wants and needs in the short and long-term.
HBO’s Euphoria is back, and I will not be watching it this time.
Comment writer Farid Kaveh questions Imperial's History Group on their recommendation of renaming the Huxley Building
Section Editor: Amanda Barden and Konrad Hohendorf
To put it bluntly: injuries suck. There is no "oh look on the bright side".
This week we sat down with a close friend of ours, Yasmin. She has to be one of the craziest people at Imperial who has the most packed timetable we’ve ever seen. We felt tired just listening to what she does in an average week, I hope you enjoy reading this interview.
If you didn’t catch it, here are some of the highlights!
Last Saturday (29th January) the Imperial Judo Club took part in a large student competition hosted by the Warwick University
Section Editor: NegaFelix
Your weekly update on the positions of the stars
Our Felix exclusive horoscope
This week's astrological predictions
Section Editor: Sam Lovatt
Section Editor: NegaFelix
Section Editor: Lito Chatzidavari
| 1 | Deep-Fried Charizard | 150 |
| 2 | It's not fat, it's power | 139 |
| 3 | AKGroup | 130 |
| 4 | Lucky's Magic Whisk | 65 |
| 5 | Plont Palace | 30 |
| 6 | Hea-ing | 13 |
| 7 | The First Order Physicists | 6 |
Congrats to this week's leaders! As always, you can send your solutions to fsudoku@ic.ac.uk before Wednesday at 12:00
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Felix is the student newspaper of Imperial College London. The first issue of Felix was published in 1949, as a continuation of the Phoenix publication that H. G. Wells founded in 1904.
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