Imperial Born BBOXX Gets Silicon Valley Funding
BBOXX, a spinout company from Imperial, brings solar energy products to developing countries has been given investment backing from a Silicon Valley venture capital company.
College Joins NTU Renaissance Engineering Programme
The Nanyang Technological University’s (NTU) Renaissance Engineering Programme (REP) picks the top 50 engineering students that are trained to be the “Engineering Leaders of Tomorrow”. Last week, Imperial signed a contract with NTU agreeing to partake in this scheme.
London Underground plans radical changes to tube system by 2015
London Underground and the Mayor of London announced new changes that will have a large impact on London’s tube system.
Campus Services Dept. contacts students about cleaning error
Last week Felix reported on College Campus Services’ decisions to change the campus cleaning services during a re-tendering of the cleaning contract. It transpired that one of the department’s decisions...
Seedcamp announce winners of SeedHack 4.0
Last weekend was Seedhack 4.0, with the theme of ‘remixing content’.
Cleaning in halls confusion
Freshers suffer after Campus Services changes halls’ cleaning contract
£20.1 million donation creates Imperial’s Brevan Howard Centre
Brevan Howard - the third largest hedgefund in the world, has made a historic £20.1 million donation towards the set up of ‘The Brevan Howard Centre’ at Imperial College London
Firefighters Plan Another Strike
Firefighters in England and Wales plan to strike on Wednesday 13th November between 10AM to 2PM.
Some postgraduates critical of h-bar
Some postgraduate students are critical of the h-bar but looking forward to some of the services it provides.
President of Republic of Korea visits Imperial
On Wednesday November 6th, the President of the Republic of Korea, Park Geun-hye, came on a visit of Imperial College, in order to make a speech outlining her vision for scientific partnership with “leading scientific nations, such as the UK”.
People’s Question Time
Boris Johnson takes on the people in the Great Hall
New postgraduate ħ opens
Friday sees the opening of the new h-bar for postgraduates and staff