Brexit unlikely to have any major impact on Imperial research funding
Brexit has had “no discernible impact” on Imperial College’s funding from the EU
Meritocracy is a myth - Engineering department
The Engineering Department has issued a course on microagressions that it says is recommended to all staff and students. The course is 15 minutes long and covers what microaggressions and microaffirmations are as well as giving examples of harmful behaviours. The course was reported on in The Telegraph which described
Union Council vote not to condemn Shell exhibit
Council votes not to condemn Shell Science Museum greenwashing. Bhatnagar condemns former comrades in arms as ‘vacuous liberals and spineless cowards’
Gast gives President’s Address
Felix analysis brings you the thrills and spills of Alice Gast's President’s Address from Wednesday evening.
Imperial students access vaccines early
As many as 11% of non-medical students may already have access to coronavirus vaccinations before they become eligible to receive them as part of the wider vaccine roll out for their age group.
Imperial responds to espionage claims
Last week Felix published an article citing a number of reports that suggested that Imperial was both a benificiary of sponsorship by institutions linked to the Chinese Army People’s Liberation Army
Lectures likely to be online next term
Alice Gast has revealed that Imperial will embrace the technological inovations that have been prompted by the coronavirus lockdown in her annual President’s Address.
Chinese infiltration? MI6 say Imperial academics could be arrested in weeks
The Daily Mail has reported that MI6 is investigating Imperial and other Russell Group universities for links to the Chinese defence industry
Gastly behaviour: Imperial President salary cut ‘just a PR exercise’
Gast quietly returned to higher base salary while members of staff were made redundant.
Foreign students charged for returning to the UK
News writer Salina Nicoleau reports on foreign students are being charged for COVID tests despite the College having the capacity to test them itself
Active Travel Grant expanded to postgraduate students
News writer Salina Nicoleau reports on the expansion of the Imperial Active Travel Grant
GSU president gives interview to Chinese newspaper accusing the Council of “targeting China”
Editor-in-Chief Calum Drysdale reports on controversial GSU President Zixiao Wang's interview with Chinese state media