World Shocked By Mandela Death
Nelson Mandela, the last great national liberator of the past century, died yesterday at his home in Johannesburg following a 12 year battle with prostate cancer.
UUK’s report on gender segregated seating
Last week, Universities UUK, the UK’s universities representative organisation issued guidance on helping universities manage external speakers.
ULU students protest in Senate House occupation
Over 100 protesters occupied the University of London (UoL’s) headquarters on Wednesday 4 December. The protest took place to demonstrate against the UoL’s “undemocratic and unaccountable” running.
RCS Union Launches 2014 Science Challenge Competition and Questions
On Tuesday the RCSU (Royal College of Science Union) celebrated the introduction to the next RCSU Science Challenge Competition with a launch event in the Sir Alexander Fleming Building.
Charity Week success - £70,000 raised for orphans!
Last Saturday, fundraising totals were announced for Charity Week 2013 (CW) at the annual round-off dinner, with Imperial College students raising just under a staggering £70,000 in one week.
Union releases 12/13 Annual Report
Read here to find out about the highest paid wage at the Union and other fun facts!
Imperial to create new Centres for Doctoral Training for postgraduates
Over 400 postgraduates will join seven Imperial doctoral training centres in the next five years.
Imperial Lobbies Lords For Our International Students
There are two proposals in the Immigration Bill in particular which affect international students...
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...