Drug Survey 2026
Of the 322 respondents that answered the questions in this section, a razor-thin majority had consumed cannabis in some form. This is very different to what national statistics find – in one recent study, 12.5% of youths aged 16-24 reported to have consumed the drug. This might be
Drug Survey 2026
National studies find that around three-quarters of Generation Z drink in the UK, meaning Imperial’s 28% is broadly in line with the average. The faculty of engineering had the highest proportion of drinkers. However, among those who drink within faculties, Business School students and medics have the most
Societies
Imperial’s Soup Run Society supports the Children of Adam Soup Kitchen, a charity that hosts a food drive every Sunday in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, near Holborn station. I’ve been meaning to volunteer for the longest time, yet never made enough effort to sign up. After meeting committee
Societies
Felix spoke to the team of students running Imperial’s chapter of one of the largest social mobility clubs in the UK at their first event.
Drug Survey 2026
Of the 370 students who completed the nicotine section of the survey, a third reported a consumption of nicotine, either regularly or in social contexts only. Among these, 77% smoke cigarettes, 54% vape, and 42% take snus or nicotine pouches. Nationally, the share of youths that report using nicotine pouches
Drug Survey 2026
The total sample size was 429 people, of which 242 answered all questions. Respondents were given the option to skip any question. 40% of respondents were women, slightly lower than Imperial’s 44%, but in line with the average for undergraduate courses (6:4 men-to-women ratio). The faculty
Culture
Saturday 18th saw the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Southbank Centre play Igor Stravinsky’s 1910 ballet The Firebird, his first of many orchestral pieces commissioned by the Ballets Russes, and my personal favourite. Being something of a classical music fan, I went along to my first major performance of
Culture
Design and Disability: a probing V&A exhibit interrogating design justice
Drug Survey 2026
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
Is the regional model the answer to the Olympic urbanisation dilemma?
Sport
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
The debate over ICE in Milan and Cortina.