Chemistry & Materials Departments display year on year NSS participation increase
The Chemistry and Materials Departments have shown a marked improvement from the number of final year students who have completed the National Student Survey.
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Union Big Election Nominations 2014 Open!
The nominations for the Union’s Big Elections 2014 opened this Monday. These elections determine who will fill key roles at the Union during the 2014-15 academic year. Read to see a list of confirmed candidates!
Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention returns to Imperial on February 22
The College is preparing to host top SF and fantasy writers at its annual convention, Picocon. This year award winning authors Sarah Pinborough and Charles Stross wILL...
In Appointments We Trust
Interesting points raised at Council
Imperial and Dyson to launch new Robotics Lab
A new centre that collaborates with Dyson will be launching at Imperial in the Department of Computing, this will be the Dyson Robotics Laboratory.
CU in Club Election Confusion
On Tuesday a member of the Imperial College Christian Union’s (CU) committee sent an email to all members on their mailing list explaining that in their upcoming society elections only candidates chosen by the current committee...
Calls for University of London vice chancellor to stand down
There have been a series of unpleasant events related to student protests at the University of London which has resulted in calls for Adrian Smith to resign his position as vice chancellor.
Cable and Willetts announce further cuts to English Higher Education Funding
The government has announced that it will be cutting £946 million from its annual grant to English Higher Education Institutions.
Imperial’s Defence Investment Holdings Top of List of London Universities
London Student investigation found Imperial College London has the most invested in the arms industry. Compared with ten other London universities, Imperial’s holdings in defence companies comes out on top with investments totalling £3.9m.
Imperial Spin-off Seeks £175m in Stock Market IPO
Circassia, a spinoff company from an Imperial lab discovery in 2006 has announced that it plans to float on the London Stock Exchange. It hopes to raise approximately £175 million in the initial public offering.
Imperial launches new Global MBA
Imperial's new global MBA course launched, which will make its teaching available to the world.
Imperial College publishes animal research action plan in responce to cruelty allegations
Imperial College has published a new “Action plan for world class animal research”. This follows allegations made last April by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) that the College was involved in unethical animal research.