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.
Supervision Story - December
My experience as a postgraduate research student at Imperial was in complete contrast to my expectations. A diligent and hardworking student, I was accustomed to high-level problem solving, difficult tasks, proposing and defending arguments and manipulating complex data and ideas. Eager for the challenge that I believed lay before me,
Share your PhD supervision story - anonymous and impactful
The quality of PhD supervision is becoming a hot topic, not only at Imperial College but across the whole UK. Decision-makers across Imperial College are becoming increasingly aware that the quality of supervision is the major predictor of satisfaction and wellbeing of any PhD student. Together with the Imperial College
The grief of Brexit is nearly over
Comment writer Akil Eamon Farhat argues that we must approach Brexit with certainty.
Is mass immigration compatible with the idea of nationhood that nationalism requires?
The question of mass immigration is neither new or one we have dared to think more thoroughly about. Is the reason behind all the pain and controvery this topic brings perhaps due to it not being compatible with nationalistic governments and their ideas?
And then what?
The Tory party is wrestling like Lacoön with its own ideological demons. Is this when the oldest political edifice in the world falls?
US news is moving like constipated bowels
Until the new House sits in January, we won’t have much of anything going on. Gather round, kids, as I slurp up dregs of news from the greatest shithole country on earth.