News
Library to pilot Study Break Card scheme
A promising answer to historical student feedback on lack of space in the Central Library
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Imperial joins forces with The Times to cultivate "shared interests"
The partnership will host a series of events to promote the importance of student engagement with the news
Sport
Immortals Fight Back Against QMUL Vipers
For the first time this season we faced a new opponent, the Queen Mary Vipers. Our squad was much improved from last week, due to an addition of new recruits, and the return of our starting running back Jonas “Vegan Bull” Eschenfelder, coming back from a hand injury. With the
Music
I bet tubas look good on the dancefloor
The ten-piece brass band takes to the stage to play through Arctic Monkeys’ 2006 bestseller Whatever People Say I am, That’s What I’m Not in its entirety, reinvigorated and reimagined.
Culture
Hello Ian. There are some things that I would like to talk to you about regarding your exhibition…
... trapping people in the exhibit by not making the exit clear, while clever, does not actually boost attendance figures.
Sport
From Brighton With Love
Cross Country and Athletics make their annual pilgrimage to Brighton for a fast, flat 10km race along the seafront
Games
Felix Reviews: Deltarune Chapter 1
Another fantastic addition to the series. Toby Fox yet again hits gold with a game set in a different version of the Undertale universe that brings everything you loved from the first game and so much more!
Environment
How trashy is your period?
Menstrual cups – why you should care about periods even when you don’t have one.
Environment
Grinding to a halt – China bans imports of waste
Last year the UK exported two-thirds of its plastic waste to China. In 2018 it banned imports. What will happen?
Business
Tech sell-off leads to market slump
Turbulence in the global financial markets, particularly in the technology sector, saw equity sell offs, oil prices tumble, and dollar swings this week as concerns over the global economy intensified as investors fear growing trade tensions and weak corporate earnings. FAANG stocks, which had previously powered the recent post crisis
Environment
Going on in the world
Monday sees the beginning of the COP 24 conference in Katowice, Poland. Previous conferences include 2015’s COP 21, in which 190 nations committed to limiting the rise in global temperatures to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. In other news, Felix sees the beginning of a new column on
Environment
Can a tiger change its stripes?
China has postponed previous plans to lift the 25-year-old ban on the sale and use of rhinoceros horn and tiger bone for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), following an international furore. This announcement comes two weeks after the State Council’s decision in October to reverse the 1993 ban on the