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Former Australian PM Julia Gillard at Imperial

Julia Gillard, Chair of the Wellcome Trust and former Prime Minister of Australia, delivered the Institute of Global Health Innovation’s Special Lecture in the Sir Alexander Fleming Building on Thursday 28th November. She examined the outlook for science and politics, tackling the implications for global cooperation on pivotal issues

By Nadeen Daka and Isabella Duchovny
Bangladeshi Hindus protest outside Huxley

Bangladeshi Hindus protest outside Huxley

Members of the UK Bangladeshi community gathered outside the Banwgladeshi High Commission on Queen’s Gate to protest the detaining of an influential Hindu leader in Dhaka on Tuesday 26th November. Approximately 50 members of the public joined the protest chanting and holding placards calling for the release of Hindu

By Mohammad Majlisi

FoNS students hold Imperial’s first–ever research–a–thon

Imperial’s first ever research–a–thon was held by Physoc and Mathsoc on the weekend commencing 16th November. 100 students worked in small teams to research and present their findings in front of a panel of judges representing the four streams of natural sciences: Physics, Maths, Chemistry, and Life

By Mohammad Majlisi

TMUA results to be used with “full confidence” despite “security incident”

An investigation by Pearson VUE and University Admissions Tests UK (UAT-UK) has not found any evidence of suspicious results among Test for Mathematics University Applications (TMUA) candidates, despite earlier reports of a “security incident” after its first sitting on 16th and 17th October. Imperial College will use the results

By Mohammad Majlisi