Imperial UC team beat Exeter to advance
Imperial University Challenge team beat Exeter to go through into the next round of the competition.
Imperial Athletes launch: can one size fit all?
Designed as a way to simplify and reduce the administrative burden on sports society committees, the launch of Imperial Athletes has instead been marred by confusion and anger. Felix reports on the launch of Imperial's new sports one-stop-shop
Imperial publishes daily COVID statistics
In an effort to keep students and staff informed, Imperial College is publishing daily statistics on the prevalence of coronavirus within the university. The “College COVID-19 status and response” webpage displays the number of recorded positive tests on campus in both the past day and fortnight, as well as general
Retraction: 'Imperial Students in Self-Isolation as Coronavirus Risk Grows'
Felix would like to issue a formal retraction regarding the 13th March article 'Imperial Students in Self-Isolation as Coronavirus Risk Grows.'
College charges postgrads to apply ‘Financial gatekeeping’ say academics
Academics and researchers at Imperial signed an open letter addressed to the College senior leadership team calling the repeal of a new application fee for taught post-graduate courses.
No fee reductions says VP Education, ‘No drop in teaching quality’
The interim Vice Provost (Education) has told Felix that students should not expect a reduction in fees in response to changes in education delivery. VP Emma McCoy has said that the enforced change to teaching method has been a significant driver of innovation and she believed that teaching would be
2 weeks to lockdown?
Major breakouts at Glasgow and the Royal College of Music suggest we are weeks from lockdown.
SAGE called for online only teaching 4 weeks ago
The governmental Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) body called for all university teaching to be fully online 4 weeks ago.
Watch defending University Challenge champions, Imperial, battle Exeter on Monday
Having lost their first match against Strathclyde, the Imperial College University Challenge team are making their next appearance on Monday 19th October against Exeter in an attempt to remain in the competition.
Panopto crashes on the first day of term
The technical issues have raised questions over the feasibility of an entirely online term, and about the value of a virtual academic year, which is an already heated debate.
Space: The Final Frontier
Felix spoke to Chris Banks, Director of Library Services and Assistant Provost (Space), about the Space Sharing Programme, in light of the ongoing problem of space at the College
Imperial Graduate CEO of Spyras Named UK’s Most Promising Entrepreneur
George Winfield studied MRes Medical Device Design and Entrepreneurship at Imperial and won both the White City Innovators’ Programme in 2018 and the Technology category of the Mayor of London Entrepreneur awards in 2019. His entry was ‘Spyras’, a paper-based breathing sensor used to reliably and efficiently identify sepsis. He