News

Joint Oxford-Imperial team comes second at PLANCKS UK

I Carnot, a joint team from the University of Oxford and Imperial College London, came second in PLANCKS UK 2026. PLANCKS is annual international theoretical physics competition aimed at undergraduates arranged by the International Association of Physics Students. The competition’s national preliminary, PLANCKS UK, is run by the Institute

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Imperial represented at global AI summit in India

Amanda Wolthuizen, one Imperial College’s Vice-Presidents, attended the India AI Impact Summit which took place in New Delhi from 16th to 20th February. The College cemented new artificial intelligence research partnerships with institutes in the South Asian country, including the joint development of a platform to provide mental health

News

Calls for new ballot during last day of staff strikes

Staff on strike and supportive students marched around campus on Tuesday 24th February, for what strikers said was the last day of industrial action within the trade unions’ current strike mandate. Imperial’s three trade unions – the University and College Union (UCU), Unite, and Unison – obtained a six-month striking mandate

Opinion

Britain is driving away the talent it trains

Closing the door for international students opens the door to decline

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Film & TV

From Gothic tragedy to Valentine’s night out

How Emerald Fenell's adaptation of Wuthering Heights became a glossy, gendered spectacle.

Sport

City Varsity IX returns to Richmond

"OH BABY IT’S BACK!” is how physics student Oli Long chose to open when I asked him about this year’s City Varsity, and honestly, it’s hard to put it better. The Fennex City Varsity returns on 7th March at Old Deer Park in Richmond for its

Books

Why I don't care if Heathcliffe is white

There’s been a lot of controversy about the casting of Jacob Elordi, a white Australian, as Heathcliffe in Emerald Fennel’s adaptation of Wuthering Heights, particularly that a white man could portray a character, who although never explicitly stated to be what we in 2026 would call a racial

Environment

David Attenborough’s Wild London

Are London’s foxes, falcons, and frogs really intruders?

Environment

Interview with Lucy Hand, Head Gardener

Can you tell me a little bit about your background and how you ended up being a gardener and at Imperial? I originally wanted to combine art and plants; that was my original desire. I studied as a Horticulture and Landscape technician. It’s a combination of design, landscape design,

Science

Ayahuasca-derived treatment shows lasting antidepressant effects in Imperial-led clinical trial

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Science

Air pollution causes ant aggression

Exposure to air pollution caused ants to show aggressive behaviour and even abandon their young.