Imperial academic believed to have been detained in Iran
Dr Kaveh Madani, a Reader at the Imperial Centre for Environmental Policy, is believed to have been detained for 72 hours last weekend.
Issue 1685
16th Feb 2018
Union to put new petition in place for members
A paper proposing the establishment of a Union petition system passed at Council, among other papers.
Union apologise after calling Disabilities Officer 'Disabled Officer'
The Union has apologised for the misprint in the Leadership Elections 2018 material.
Students need to support the strikes – here’s what you can do to help
Next week the University and College Union begin their strike over changes to pensions. It’s up to students to make sure we support them.
SACAs see record-breaking number of nominations
Nearly 2,000 nominations made this year, more than double the previous record.
Russell Group respond to Office for Students proposals on fines
Russell Group respond to Office for Students proposals about fining universities.
New GoGo Penguin: A Humdrum Star is anything but
More jazztronica from GoGo Penguin that really hits the spot.
Imperial psychotherapy services to be potentially cut
Imperial College Health Centre could see the psychotherapy services on offer cut by up to 60% later this year.
An album from one of our own: 21 Steps Forward
Suraj from EEE delivers his debut project.
Work hard, play harder – how playing can improve STEM subjects
Next time you’re called out for playing video games when you’re meant to be revising, just remember that such games can improve your spatial reasoning skills.
We are taking way too many pictures
By considering the perspective of both photographers and travellers, you can find that there’s real benefit in taking a break from our shooting-obsessed culture
Visual novels – A unique form of storytelling
An examination of an argulably less popular genre of gaming but one eqaully as entertaining as the others.