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Imperial grants all staff and students access to AI models including ChatGPT-5

University follows Oxford in providing latest GPT models to community.

Halloween: Union dressed for distress

Nightmare gala turned HR nightmare.

Hammer horror & cheesy comedy

The perfect recipe for a Wallace and Gromit film

The case for a pint – the beauty of alcohol

Why a purely health-oriented view of alcohol fails to capture the benefit of the substance to society.

FoNS-Make-A-Difference 2025: about the six finalist teams

The competition final hosted teams proposing innovative low-cost technologies with a positive societal impact, from Braille devices to at-home viral test kits.

Fresh ideas brewed at Enterprise Lab’s inaugural Entrepreneurship Café

The Imperial Enterprise Lab hosted its first-ever Entrepreneurship Café on 20th October, bringing together students, staff, and alumni with a shared passion for innovation. The event provided an informal networking space where aspiring entrepreneurs could exchange ideas, find collaborators, and learn about the support available to help turn concepts into

Gold: The age-old hedge we still can’t outgrow

Gold may seem like an outdated investment, but chaotic market conditions leave safety-seeking investors with few alternatives.

Paris court rules Imperial partner TotalEnergies’ advertising is illegal greenwashing

The carbon major's advertising around its commitment to the energy transition and net zero target was found to be illegal as they continue to expand oil and gas production.

What happens when you cook garbage at high temperatures without oxygen?

Deep in the Amazon basin, thousands of years ago, Indigenous peoples discovered something remarkable. Their cooking fires, burning low and steady, mixed with refuse, bone, pottery shards, manure, and organic waste created something almost alchemical. Called terra preta, “black dirt” in Portuguese, these soils, which store massive amounts of carbon,

The gender bias that nearly killed my mother

And why I feel so compelled to write about it.

Former Imperial College President passes away

Professor Alice Gast leaves behind her a complex legacy.

Lectures disrupted as strikes return to campus

1,200 staff members thought to have walked out in second wave of strikes.

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Student Experience Fund allocated once more this year

The terms of the fund, which is expected to expand, are currently unchanged.

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First Union Council meeting opens

The first Union Council meeting of the academic year will take place on Tuesday 4th November at 6PM, in room 341/341 of the Huxley Building. The Union Council consists of most of Imperial’s elected student representatives, assembled to set the set the policy of Imperial College Union. It

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Singapore’s Senior Minister visits campus

Singapore’s Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong visited laboratories in Imperial’s South Kensington campus on Tuesday 18th October, before meeting with Singaporean students. Lee was welcomed by President Hugh Brady and shown Imperial-led research in fast-growing scientific fields such as artifitial intelligence (AI), neurotechnology and quantum computing. The research

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Supreme Court rules “ragebait” is valid legal defence

The UK’s highest court sided with Imperial students in two out of three crucial test cases focusing on crimes that involved “ragebaiting”. The decision reversed earlier court rulings that denied the possibility of ragebaiting as a plausible and honest reason for harmful and destructive acts. Previously, these offences only