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From Issue 1752
23rd Oct 2020Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents
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CoughSoc Committee Manifestos
Members of the infamous CoughSoc engage in their yearly democratic exercise and opportunity to show off just how loud they can cough
Flipbooks fix persistent Panopto problems
College has responded to criticism of expecting all students have WiFi at home by sending out flipbooks and sheet music to reconstruct lectures.
Sharing the Knowledge
In response to budget shortages College has decided to replace all academic teaching staff with black-cab drivers, saying academics are “jumped up, spoiled wastes of space”.
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Letter to the Editors: Alexander Fleming
Dear Felix Science Writers, In issue #1890, Felix, you nearly got it right, but not quite. Alexander Fleming helped in the discovery of penicillin by noticing and crudely measuring the effect of the fungus which produced the chemical responsible for its crucial antimicrobial activity. Howard Florey, Ernst Chain (the guy
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Felix Editor-in-Chief applications now open
Applications for the role of Editor-in-Chief at Felix have opened on February 9th and will close on March 14th. The Felix Editor is a paid sabbatical officer. Current students or recent graduates may be appointed to the role by Imperial College Union (ICU) following a competitive selection process. More information
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Government sets out to curb foreign interference in UK universities
The UK Governement published guidance intended for universities and students to detect and report foreign interference in the British higher education sector, which it called an “attractive target” for hostile states. It is investing £3 million in a package of measures to “tackle the issue,” including a new centralised reporting
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Imperial spinout Nanomox closes £2.4m seed round
Imperial spinout company Nanomox secured £2.4 million worth of seed funding, the earliest stage of startup financing, for their materials recycling technology. Nanomox produces materials – chiefly oxides of metals such as zinc – that it extracts from waste sources using a prorietary process involving ionic liquids. Ionic liquids are considered