The student newspaper of Imperial College London
Issue 1780
The student newspaper of Imperial College London
Keep the Cat Free
News
Felix has discovered that Imperial College London accidentally released the personal data of thousands of students
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Felix columnist Rupert D'Toriano on the data breach
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An interview with the Chair of the Union's Sustainability Board
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The Sunday Times Good University Guide has granted Imperial College the title of University of the Year 2022
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Imperial College's President-designate has been announced as Hugh Brady, the current Vice-Chancellor of University of Bristol
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Imperial College will be hosting pop-up vaccination centres across its campus from the beginning of the autumn term
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Natural Sciences have not had to alter their admissions process in response to the inflated A level results received by students across the UK
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Imperial College increases its financial support to students returning from red list countries, with even greater support to those who need it.
Section Editor: Vaidhiswaran Ramesh and Alex Jackson
Frozen’s stage adaptation is filled with amazing effects that will make anyone aged 5 to 85 gape in awe.
A play based on real letters from Londoners, 10 Reasons Why is just the start of the Arcola Theatre’s “Today I’m Wiser” festival.
The Cockpit's latest production Penetration gives a honest and disturbingly brutal account of rape and confusion.
After 25 years, Ayub Khan Din shows that immigrant families have not changed one bit.
Section Editor: Isabelle Zhang and Jamie John
Felix Science covers the achievements that won scientists the Nobel Prize this year.
Felix Science covers the achievements that won scientists the Nobel Prize this year.
Felix Science covers the achievements that won scientists the Nobel Prize this year.
A weekly summary of interesting headlines in Science and Technology
Section Editor: Monami Miyamoto
Sustainability Editor Monami Miyamoto interviews the co-founder of a sustainable startup aiming to get you cooking tasty high-protein insects at home.
Sustainability Editor Monami Miyamoto discusses how we can provide solutions to help people reduce their meat consumption.
Sustainability Editor Monami Miyamoto explains how the largest multinational corporations can create meaningful industry change through collaboration.
Sustainability Editor Flora Dickie discusses biodegradable plastics and ways to prevent their potential detrimental effect on the environment.
Section Editor: Rosie Millns
The last band I saw before lockdown was the first band I saw after lockdown, and they were just as fun as I remembered.
Wolf Alice release their latest single 'The Last Man on Earth', and I am reminded why I fell in love with this band.
Each week Michael Kohn helps bring classical pieces into a more inviting and inclusive light.
Section Editor: Hari Kumarakuruparan
Books Editor Hari Kumarakuruparan shares his views on Angela Duckworth's self help book, grit, delving in what it means to be truly gritty, its importance and how to conceive it.
Author of the Wattpad novel Serpent's Veil speaks to Books editor Hari Kumarakuruparan about writing as a student.
Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance ★★★★
Books editor Jia Qi Tan reviews and compares two works of Japanese magical realism
Section Editor: Eva Borras Paredes
Film editor Eva Borras discusses the British film 'Pressure', the first Black British movie directed in 1975 by Horace Ové as well as his impact as a moviemaker in the 70s.
Red Moon Tide is the latest feature by Galician director, screenwriter, and cinematographer Lois Patiño. A much-loved member of a rural fishing community has gone missing; and ever since his disappearance an immobilising curse has worked its way into each of the villagers. [Red Moon Tide is streaming on MUBI now.]
Section Editor: Zahra Abiola
This is undoubtedly soul food at its greatest.
So… 2020 sure did happen. Here is how food played into the socioeconomic changes we observed but first... look at my sourdough bread!
Veganuary is over but let us show you how easy it really is to keep the momentum going!
Section Editor: Ahmad Danesh
In this article, investment writer Subleen Kaur presents a juxtaposition for emerging markets and developing markets, particularly centring on the investment discrepancies.
In 1996, former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan popularised the term “Irrational Exuberance”, describing the unfounded market optimism that lacks a real foundation of fundamental valuation but instead rests on psychological factors.
Where can you start with a career in investment? Video games such as FIFA seem to be paving the way forward
This investment article takes on a holistic look at sustainable investing landscape with graphs and statistics, particularly touching on what are the drivers and how is the current state of sustainable investing.
Section Editor: Khama Gunde
What is the role of PhD supervisors when it comes to supervising PhDs?
Juggling the heavy Imperial workload and the heavy weight of grief is hard, but I want to reassure you that it gets better.
To answer the important questions, Imperial needs to embrace philosophy
Comment editor Khama Gunde sits down with her mum to discuss how climate change has impacted their rural community over the past few decades
Section Editor: Amanda Barden and Konrad Hohendorf
A year that many of us will remember in a bad light was one of success and celebration for one of the universities’ sports clubs.
What are the ways to commute into university and how do they impact you and the environment?
Judo means the "gentle way", an odd name for a martial art... or is it?
A year that many of us will remember in a bad light was one of success and celebration for one of the universities’ sports clubs.
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: Sir Walter Plinge
From avant-garde to haute couture, Japanese street fashion is on the rise and freak-ing cool
The latest cruelty-free brands to switch to right now.
The jewellery that will elevate your outfits and turn them from tear to wear!
Stop using your North Face puffer as a substitute for your personality
Section Editor: Lito Chatzidavari
The weekly cZeus puzzles and last week's solutions
Weekly cZeus puzzles
Weekly concise crossword
27th November 2020 gogen puzzle
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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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