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Natalia Thorn, Vice President of King’s College Student Union, put forward a motion at the University of London Union General Union Council meeting on Monday to ‘do away with the position of Womens’ Officer as part of ULU’s executive committee’ with effect from the next election. Ms Thorn’
Four representatives from the Dearing Inquiry, set up to advise the government on the future of funding for Higher education, came to Imperial College Union on Tuesday to speak to students and gauge their views on funding solutions currently under discussion. The four members of the inquiry present included former
Last week, Imperial College’s Electrical Engineering Department scored 24/24 in an HEFCE teaching quality assessment. Only one other EE department in the country has ever equalled this, the highest score ever achieved by any department at IC. A team of assessors studied all the departments’ teaching activities at
After a series of delays, college health services will finally move into their new Southside site in mid March. The new centre was due to open last October, but complaints from students living above the site led to building works being delayed until after July. Ian Caldwell, IC’s Director
The Secretary of State for National Heritage, Virginia Bottomly, admitted on Wednesday in a speech to Imperial College’s Conservative Society, that the Government is in a very difficult predicament and that "Small majorities are grim." Nevertheless Mrs Bottomley denied that recent deals with Ulster Unionists were evidence
For the second year running, universities have been required to make public the salaries of their top staff. Imperial College’s Rector, Sir Ronald Oxburgh, recieved a pay rise of Ł1,000 last year, making him the UK’s 45th most highly-paid Vice Chancellor and taking him up to an
Leading retail chain Sainsbury’s has been ranked fourth out of five in a survey of food quality in leading supermarket stores. For Sainsbury’s, whose flagship Cromwell Road store is popular among Imperial College students, this is further blow follows the announcement that their profits would be Ł60 million
Speculation that London Underground is to be privatised has intensified this week, following a report that it may be sold whole to a single company. This might lead to fare increases and scotch plans to introduce cheaper fares for students. An article in Monday’s edition of The Independent claims
An official report on last year’s meningitis outbreak at Cardiff University has suggested that the deaths of two 19-year-old students could have been avoided had mass vaccination been implemented, and has suggested a review of national guidelines. Last year, seven students contracted meningitis between October and December. The first
The first open day for the new Imperial College School of Medicine on Tuesday attracted 600 prospective medical students from some of the best schools in the country. Visiting sixth-formers were welcomed by the ICSM’s new Principal, Professor Chris Edwards, in the Great Hall. Prof Edwards immediately began by
Imperial College Security officials are celebrating a massive reduction in campus bicycle thefts, following improved security vigilance and the arrest of a suspected thief before Christmas. A man was arrested on 11 December after a fourth year Civil Engineering student noticed two people, a man and a woman, making "
The final week of nominations for the 1997 Sabbatical Elections has seen unprecedented activity amongst potential candidates jockeying for prominence. A number of submitted and then withdrawn candidatures have further confused the election race. Today, the deadline passes for members of Imperial College Union wishing to run for election to
