RCSU mag Broadsheet relaunches
Felix sat down with the Broadsheet editorial team as they gear up for their first issue since 2022.
The Royal College of Science Union (RCSU) is re-launching the Broadsheet magazine after more than three years of hiatus. Editor Amber Patara and Deputy Editor Begum Yener sat down with Felix to discuss the new edition, set to be digital only and released in the final week of Spring term.
The duo decided to reform Broadsheet earlier this academic year after noticing that the publication had lain dormant for several years. Both are in their first year at Imperial, with Amber completing a Master's in Security and Resilience: Science and Technology, in the Department of Physics, and Begum starting her undergraduate studies in Biochemistry. Begum said seeing the magazine defunct "made me upset that something exists but isn't utilised well."
Amber was similarly inspired by the motto of the magazine: "Bringing science, society, and the arts together". She completed her undergraduate degree at LSE, reading Philosophy of Science. Amber's undergraduate education led to an interest in how "paradigms inform hypotheses." She viewed it as opening up a dialogue between the natural sciences and subjects such as sociology, psychology, or political philosophy. Broadsheet is all about "complex science becoming accessible to anyone without a scientific background," said Amber.
So why not Felix? Begum and Amber were both in agreement- to them Felix was a generalist project and had a broad scope and many sections to write for, but for the duo, they needed something not only with editorial "control" but also the ability to narrow down and focus on, in the case of Amber, her interests.
Anyone is welcome to contribute to Broadsheet, across faculties. The magazine is open to contributors and will have a variety of features in its first issue back. Included will be a double page spread on upcoming science events in London. The magazine will feature longer pieces of prose, with both editors' contributing.
