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The British railway system is the biggest example of the failures of privatisation. I’m not old enough to remember the change, but I’m sure the arguments were the same as those touted today for the privatisation of other well-functioning institutions....
It has recently been announced that the College has set up a consultation process to review the “residential experience” at Imperial, with the purpose of shaping the residential experience for students in College accommodation.
At the time of writing, the Guardian has just run an online story about Obama. It seems he is ready to bypass congress when it comes to his 2014 agenda.
Sometimes saying no doesn’t get you out of demonstrating
All members of the broadly defined ‘left’ occasionally fall into the trap Yeats left us when he said ‘the best lack all conviction whilst the worst are filled with passionate intensity’.
Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t seem The Hobbit yet, stop reading
Internationally chaired talks fail to deliver reform
Why the Coalition Government should tread carefully
I will confess now that I have never really understood the appeal of role models. It has always seemed slightly ridiculous to treat someone as if they were an exemplary figure, and with a little maturity I also came to recognise the symbolic violence in raising that someone above...
This week has seen the announcement of the departurew of the Science Museum library and the launch of Yoyo, a new mobile payments app rolled out at Imperial over the last week.
A new and slightly more awkward year
Christy Kelly takes on the world
