A fresh batch of sabbs
Daniel Zhuo to lead ICU, with Jacob Eyre, Sky Wang, and Sarah Azam acting as Deputy Presidents.
Guillaume Felix
Editor-in-Chief & News Editor (2025-2026)
College considers scrapping Wardens
Student representatives worried by consequences on residents’ safety and welfare.
ICU apologises for issues with digital systems
Imperial College Union (ICU) responded to an open letter criticising flaws in its digital transformation, shared in the wake of the Union’s rocky move of the Student Group Shop from eActivities to SUMS. The letter, attributed to “a collective” of students, was addressed to the ICU Board of Trustees
March elections turnout fails to beat last year's
As voting closed at 2pm on Thursday 12th March, over 146,000 ballots had been electronically cast in the 2026 student elections. The turnout for student-run Clubs, Societies and Project (CSP) Elections was 28.8%, while the turnout for non-CSP “General” Elections was 24.4%. Both turnout rates were slightly
Imperial Confessions faces backlash after featuring posts targeting Chinese students
Two posts on Chinese students’ language skills and another mocking them prompted a wave of criticism and threats.
Grok removed from College AI platform
Grok, the generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by xAI, is no longer available on dAIsy, Imperial’s artificial intelligence platform. Staff and students can still converse with various models of ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek, and Llama. Grok, which is part of billionaire Elon Musk’s tech empire, has been at the
Discover the seven candidates for Union President
The seven candidates to the role of Union President – the sabbatical officer which leads and represents Imperial College Union – were revealed on Thursday 5th March. On that day, four of them took part in a debate moderated by Felix around the themes of affordability, student voice, and representation. Below, we
FT employers ranking places Imperial in middle tier of universities
College also up seven places in People & Planet ranking.
Professor Omar Matar to become Dean of Engineering
Professor Omar Matar has been appointed as the new Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, and will start his five-year term in October 2026. Currently the Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Matar is specialised in fluid dynamics. He leads a research group focused on both fluid mechanics and
The London Neurotech Hackathon
The second edition of the London Neurotech Hackathon took place on the weekend of 21st February, at the headquarters of Entrepreneurs First. Participants, ranging from undergraduates to post-docs and lecturers, came from Imperial and beyond, with some flying in from across Europe for the competition. A flagship event for the
Win SUMS, lose some
ICU’s digital transformation in line of fire as new Student Group Shop underdelivers.
Mysterious “ICU Reform” account messages student representatives
A Gmail account claiming to represent an organisation called “ICU Reform” has sent emails to student representatives in the period leading up to the opening of nominations for the Leadership Elections. The organisation has offered “support” to specific candidates with the aim of “protecting Imperial College Union’s future.” “Leadership