What book was under your tree?
The Felix Editoral Team review one book they read over Christmas break.
Guillaume Felix
Editor-in-Chief & News Editor (2025-2026)
Union Council report
Stonewall, medicines, the IZI, and GTAs: Council Papers from the December 9th meeting.
“The community is my anchor”: an interview with Sarah Azam
The ICSMSU President on financial accessibility, medic drinking culture, and half-marathons in winter.
Pushback against ICU Orders: “Why do we need an app for everything?”
Students and bartenders say the new system is more cumbersome than the card-based identification it replaced.
Demonstrations outside Iranian embassy as regime’s repression escalates
The Met Police has stepped up its presence outside London’s Iranian embassy following days of heated protests outside the venue.
Bye Bye BlackBoard
Imperial to roll out Canvas as a new unified learning management system.
Dévorer to replace South Kensington Farmer’s Market in January 2026
The startup, co-founded by a former Imperial Business School student, will rotate vendors and introduce “meal deals” to the Tuesday food court.
UCU nation-wide strike ballot misses legal turnout threshold
A UK-wide ballot by the University and College Union (UCU), the country’s largest higher education trade union, failed after it fell short of the 50% turnout requirement mandated by trade union law. A successful outcome would have allowed the union to take national strike action over pay and job
One in five society constitutions missing from Union website
An analysis by Felix has found that the constitutions of 77 out of 361 student societies were missing from the Imperial College Union (ICU) webpage. This appears to be due to a technical error in the ICU’s system. A society constitution is a document that online the student group’
Fashion Awards at the Royal Albert Hall
The 2025 edition of the Fashion Awards, an annual ceremony dating back to 1989 and held in the Royal Albert Hall since 2016, took place on Monday 1st December. Called “one of the biggest nights in the fashion industry’s calendar” by society magazine Elle, the event was hosted by
Officer Trustees attend National Emergency Briefing in Westminster
Sabbatical officers from Imperial College Union attended a climate briefing in Westminster Central Hall on Thursday 28th November. The National Emergency Briefing was a presentation by ten experts on the threats posed by the climate crisis and the appropriate policy response. Over 80 members of Parliament were in attendance, alongside
UCU prolongs industrial action into December
The staff union will be on strike for two consecutive weeks.