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Wood Lane Studios running on a tight schedule

In brief

There is fear in the College Council that the contractor, ISG, who have the £39 million construction contract for the accommodation blocks at the new White City campus, may not be hitting their “target completion date”.

According to the September 2012 meeting minutes the venture was originally to end in September 2013, however an agreement was made to give accommodation to some students early. ISG therefore had a target competition date for the end of August 2013, a date that now looks overly ambitious. The College Council deemed the current timings “extremely tight” and have therefore asked that the situation be “closely monitored”.

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Meet Imperial’s 2026 iGem team: reGelerate

The Imperial iGEM 2026 team, reGelerate, is preparing to compete in the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM), the world’s largest annual synthetic biology contest. Bringing together interdisciplinary student teams from across the globe, iGEM challenges participants to develop innovative research projects that address real-world issues in areas such

By Vaiva Knabikaite