Culture
Who gets to design the world?
Design and Disability: a probing V&A exhibit interrogating design justice
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Drug Survey 2026
Presenting: the 2026 Felix Drug Survey
After a long wait, it is our pleasure to present Felix’s first Drug Survey results. Keen to diversify this newspaper’s survey topics (currently, just sex) into more highbrow issues, last May the team launched a survey interrogating Imperial students’ consumption of tobacco, alcohol, cannabis and other psychoactive substances.
Sport
A €3 billion legacy
Is the regional model the answer to the Olympic urbanisation dilemma?
Sport
Engineering a legacy: What happens after the Olympic Flame goes out?
When the Olympic flame is extinguished, the world usually stops looking. As the global spotlight dims, the athletes who enflamed the world with their prowess return home, and the medals stop shining under the flashes of photographs, host cities are left in the cold light of reality. They find themselves
Sport
Security without trust?
The debate over ICE in Milan and Cortina.
Business
From the UK to Milan: The post-Brexit wealth migration and its social costs
London’s loss is Milan’s gain when it comes to ultra-wealthy Europeans displaced by Brexit.
Science
Behind Imperial's Names
What are the stories behind the scientists, statesmen and engineers Imperial is named for?
Opinion
Minneapolis is its own event.
There is a danger in collapsing distinct violences into a single moral language.
News
Students stage solidarity walkout with Minneapolis protestors
Six students gathered on Queen’s Lawn on Friday 30th January, as part of a walkout in solidarity with protesters in Minneapolis, in the aftermath of recent fatal shootings involving United States immigration enforcement. The event was organised by the Imperial Socialist Worker Student Society (SWSS) in collaboration with Stand
News
University of Sussex challenges OfS freedom of speech fine
The University of Sussex has brought a legal challenge against a fine from the Office for Students (OfS) to the High Court of Justice. The university, which was fined £585,000 in 2025 for breaches of free speech, argues the watchdog lacked the authority to issue the penalty. The OfS
News
New trade union strike dates announced for February
The Joint Trade Unions (JTU), comprising Imperial’s three recognised trade unions, have been on strike since early October. The most recent round of strikes took place in the first two weeks of term, ending on Friday 16th January. Staff from all three JTU unions – Unite, Unison and the University
News
Imperial spinout materials startup raises $8 million
Imperial spin-out company Polaron raised $8 million in seed funding, the earliest stage of startup financing. Polaron builds proprietary algorithms that convert microscopic images of materials into three-dimensional reconstructions, revealing characteristics such as pores or cracks. This microstructural insight is valuable to industrial manufacturers, as it informs a material’s