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Pret coming to South Kensington campus

Pret a Manger will open on campus from “early” September 2025, replacing the College Café. The move follows a 2023 survey conducted by Imperial, where the coffee chain was chosen as the Imperial community’s preferred external coffee provider.

As part of its inclusion on campus, Pret a Manger agreed to “operate within Imperial’s sustainability criteria”.

The College Café closed on 13th June to refit the venue in preparation for the high street coffee vendor’s move onto campus.

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An interview with the Imperial student hunger striking for Palestine

An interview with the Imperial student hunger striking for Palestine

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.  On Tuesday 10th June, Imperial Action for Palestine, and Imperial Friends of Palestine, two of the groups protesting the actions of Israel in Gaza, posted an announcement that a student had begun a hunger strike following a meeting with Imperial’s

By Mohammad Majlisi
New data on Imperial professors’ salaries reveals gender and faculty differences

New data on Imperial professors’ salaries reveals gender and faculty differences

A recent Freedom of Information request has revealed the highest professorial salaries endowed by Imperial are mostly attributed to males and Business School professors. Beyond the outsized numbers of male professors, gender discrepancies in earnings stood out. While the salary distribution for professors of both genders is comparable for pay

By Guillaume Felix
Hot takes: Murakami

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Hot takes: Murakami

Haruki Murakami has become a household name. Often seen as the frontrunner of Japanese literature in the West, he has also become an increasingly divisive author. Despite criticism regarding his presentation of women, and repetitiveness or banality in his oeuvre, Murakami still emerges as a widely read, well-enjoyed novelist. So

By Aditi Mehta, Mohammad Majlisi and Tarun Nair