ICU sports clubs were shocked last week by the sudden resignation of Caroline Deetjen, the Athletic Clubs Committee Chair. Ms Deetjen, currently in the final year of her Chemical Engineering degree, explained, "I felt I was overcommitting myself, and wasn’t giving the ACC the time and credit it
Imperial College’s Physics department has seen an unexplained increase in the number of applicants for undergraduate degree courses. This has been reflected at a national level. This increase has occurred despite decisions by many leading universities to axe their physics degrees. Birkbeck College, London, and East Anglia, Coventry, De
Imperial College’s 1995/6 University Challenge team, winners BBC2 quiz show‘s coveted trophy last year, are to enter another competition, this time in America. The Imperial College team are the only team from Britain to enter in the National Academic Quiz Tournaments’ National Championship and were given a
Part-time student staff of Imperial College Union met in dB’s on Wednesday, to hear Union executives outline their plans for the future of the organisation in the light of the loss of the bookstore. Union Manager Mandy Hurford and Events and Marketing Manager Mark Horne addressed a large audience
The normal routine of the Chemistry Department was disrupted last week by an incident in the RCS1 building. At 11am last Thursday the Tilden Laboratory, on the second floor of the block, was ripped apart by an explosion. The source of the explosion was traced to a fume cupboard in
The annual round of Imperial College Union Sabbatical Elections are nearly upon us once again with papers for nominations going up on Monday. Nominees for the four sabbatical posts must sign up on the papers with a proposer and twenty seconders before they are taken down on Friday 14th February.
The Union is currently discussing plans to restore some of the revenue it will lose when Waterstone’s Booksellers takes over its trade in academic texts. The Union’s profile amongst its members is also under review. Suggestions for new services to replace the trade in academic texts are varied.
The Research Council science budget for 1997/1998, released recently, denotes a clear intention to support the implementation of specific key projects, as reported in Felix 1075. This is particularly apparent for research into BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, or "mad cow disease") and related diseases, which has received
A Sunday Times article published on 12th January this year under the headline "Vaccine Could Cure All Allergies At A Stroke" has been described as "misleading" by Dr Charlotte Hetzel, a co-worker in the project headed by Professor Jonathan Lamb. Currently three million people in this
Peter Lilley MP, the Secretary of State for Social Security, visited a meeting of the Imperial College Conservative Society last Wednesday. In an uninspired speach, he denied that his party’s divisions are any worse than those of the Labour Party. He also insisted that he had failed to notice
College has been shaken by the death of a third year Biochemistry student, Richard Parker, who committed suicide on the last day of term before the Christmas break. Parker, a biochemistry student on a year in industry, died in circumstances that have be described as "bewildering." On Friday
The new Imperial College plan summary for 1995/96 to 1998/99 contains few surprises, with emphasis placed on development of interdisciplinary research centres and the continuing of the "Campus Renaissance" scheme to improve the South Kensington site. The plan is a revised version of one produced two
