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.
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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 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.
Win some, lose some: breaking down the 2026 budget
Government balances reintroduction of maintenance grants with new tariff on international student fees.
Union Council unanimously votes to support staff strikes
The Union Council has unanimously voted to pass a motion supporting the Joint Trade Unions’ industrial action. The Joint Trade Unions (JTU), which represents all three of Imperial’s recognised labour unions, obtained a six-month striking mandate in September. Members of each union had independently voted for strike action following
A strange investigation, but not an isolated case
Reflections on the Agarthan affair.
Slurs, hatred, and Nazi UFOs: what really hides beneath Imperial’s popular “Agarthan Society”?
The now-deleted but once widely-followed meme account, one of dozens that appeared across universities in recent months, was sharing seemingly neo-Nazi content.
International fees: short-term manna, long-term trap.
The UK government seems determined to enact a 6% “levy” (more polispeak to avoid the electorate-angering “tax”) on international fees, which would, according to the Imperial President Hugh Brady, cost Imperial an estimated £26 million to the College. “We have lobbied hard against this and will continue to do so,
“A breakdown in College governance”: more hiccups in the pay dispute
Strikes continue as staff unions accuse College of discreetly doing away with recommendations from 2018 pay benchmarking working group.