Fairtrade: the lowdown before Fairtrade fortnight
What is Fairtrade? And What does being a Fairtrade university mean. Aditya Narayanan and Nicholas Greenwood get you up to speed
Cold Cuts of Noise
Riaz Agahi reviews the mighty collaborative album Cuts
A&E department closures announced
Hammersmith, Charing Cross, Central Middlesex and Ealing hospital A&E Departments set to close. ‘U-Turn’ shown to be false. No A&E Departments for the boroughs of Hammersmith, Ealing and Brent. Petition with 100,000 signatures ignored. Changes will take 3-5 years to implement.
Wood Lane Studios running on a tight schedule
In brief
Successful week for RAG
RAG count up the money raised
Asbestos has been found in Skempton
In brief
Anger over new halls
Students angrily denounce College plans for halls in North Acton. Union sets out five requests of College. Distance and price highlighted as main problems with the halls. Likely to be replacement to Evelyn Gardens. Probable closure of Garden hall.
Union does not support closure of Translation Studies Unit
Clarification sought on reason for closure. Union wants to know how students will be supported through their degrees. Union Council vote to oppose closure wins despite no sabbatical voting for it.
Union Council votes for access to medicines paper
Motion passed despite sabbs not voting for it
Transport survey drives in
Or it gets the tube, maybe...
Students in final of BP Ultimate Field Trip
Imperial students storm their way through
SOS Syria is underway
Nida Mahmud on the items collect and #getinvolved