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Imperial's sustainability policy is already making its mark

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Imperial's sustainability policy is already making its mark

In 2022/23 Imperial emitted 240,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e). Focusing just on Imperial’s direct emissions and emissions from purchased energy – scopes 1 and 2 respectively – it is not only among the top five highest emitting UK universities but also has the highest emissions of any

By Oscar Mitcham

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Interviewing Imperial about their new climate policies

Last month, Imperial announced a series of new commitments, reports and policies setting out how the university plans to reach net zero without offsets by 2040, in line with their sustainability strategy. I interviewed Academic lead for Sustainability, Professor Tim Green, and Sustainability Officer Rhea Samra about Imperial’s new

By Oscar Mitcham
All slackers in group projects are just one person

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All slackers in group projects are just one person

Scientists at Edinburgh University have revealed that every single lazy member of a university team that never contributed to your group project are actually the same man. Scottish Researchers in the Experimental Pedagogy Department have tracked down the man who is added to groups to work on a project, before

By NegaFelix