Women in STEM: Report from a conference
(Or how I lost my favourite umbrella)
Supervision Story - February
Dialogue. I believe that in the thorough yet enjoyable experience that the PhD can be, we all go through times of self-doubt and questioning. Not only about the research itself, but about our own capabilities and the, sometimes, fearful prospect of having to finish. I am glad to have a
Yemen: an unseen issue
President of UNICEF on campus, Stevie Lam, writes about the terrible famine in Yemen occurring out of sight of the world’s media
Les Gilets Jaunes: protesters or extremists?
Xiu Xiuchen argues that whilst the gilets jaunes began as a protest against fuel taxes, it has mutated into an extremist movement
A case study in Fake News
Theodor Videnberg discusses a recent incident that caused an online uproar as a prime example of fake news and proposes some measures to combat it
Who should vote on what?
Comment editor Charles Titmuss argues that voters are not to blame for poor political outcomes
Female Genital Mutilation: A Hidden Crisis
Millions of women still bear the consequences of this terrible, unjustified surgical operation. We can prevent that her daughters suffer the same fate.
The last domino to fall
One of the last countries in the European Union to not fall victim to the rise of far right parties has joined the club with the rise of the new party Vox.
Meat-free Mondays: are they okay?
An anonymous comment writer thinks that all the fuss about meat free Mondays is overblown.
Why “Supervision Stories”?
On 7th December 2018, we published our first supervision story (together with the first ever postgraduate focused content in Felix!). The reaction from students and staff at the College was polarised, spanning from enthusiastic support to harsh criticism. While one brave ex-Imperial student took the courage to speak up first,
A new PhD community? Yes, please.
Despite having been at Imperial for three years, adjusting to PhD life brought its own new challenges, both academic and in terms of maintaining work-life balance, managing my motivation and mental health and finding time to devote to exercise. At the start, when I knew literally no one, I wished
Positive Peace
Comment writer Fatima Ali discusses the importance of achieving longstanding peace and the methods by which to achieve it.