News

OfS finds one in four undergraduate students experience sexual harassment at university

The Office for Students (OfS), an independent regulator for higher education in England, released a new analysis of its 2025 report on sexual misconduct this month, compiled from the experiences of 52,000 final-year undergraduate students. They found that 24.5% of students reported experiencing sexual harassment, such as unwanted

Opinion

Why the left keeps losing the voters it needs

If progressive parties want to defeat Reform, condemning its voters may be less effective than understanding why its message works.

Opinion

Better the devil, you know?

Leadership changes have become British politics’ favourite cure for problems they rarely solve.

News

College says Canvas hack will not affect adoption plans

Alan Spivey, Imperial’s Interim Vice Provost for Education and Student Experience, said the cyber-attack on Canvas which occurred in late April “does not change” plans to roll out the learning management system throughout the College. While the College said they were still “working to understand the impact to Imperial”

News

Pro-Palestine protest passes through Exhibition Road

Crowds gathered around Imperial’s South Kensington campus on Saturday 16th May as the annual pro-Palestine “Nakba Day” march set off from Exhibition Road before moving towards Knightsbridge. Protesters, together with activists from Stand Up To Racism, brandished signs with slogans such as “Stop Trump, Stop Farage” and “Hands off

News

Imperial prepares for more defence contributions

Echoing his March address, President Brady said College policies would be reviewed to face “expectation” to take part in national defence.

Science

RNA markers in blood predict disease progression

In a proof-of-concept study, researchers at Imperial have tested VeloCD, a bioinformatics-based method that successfully predicts illness progression and treatment efficacy using RNA markers in blood. Their research found that the test could accurately predict disease trajectories and future infection status in controlled human challenge studies for COVID-19 and influenza.

Science

Scrolling to our doom?

With the rise of social media, the world is at our fingertips. With one swipe, you can see footage from anywhere, at any time, and for the first time in history, endless amounts of information and entertainment are readily available to us. However, as we all know, one swipe can

Catnip

Imperial forced to cut back on buzzword budget

Due to the Champion’s League, NBA Conference Finals, and (regrettably) an outbreak of chlamydia, we were fresh out of Catnip writers this weekend. We found Martina on the street rambling on about “University to University Buzzword as a Service models“ and thought she would be perfect as a replacement.

Science

Immunology: an overview of the field at Imperial

How do Imperial students and researchers at different stages of their career view and explore immunology?

Environment

Generation Hope event

If you thought that the National History Museum was full of old bones, bits in jars and stuffed specimens, you would have been disappointed on Friday 24 April. The place was full of young people attending a special evening “After Hours: A Night with Generation Hope”. This was part of

Environment

Bird(er)s of a feather

Birdwatching, or birding, has been on the rise, attracting more diverse crowds including young people and women. A recent study published by the RSPB found a tenfold increase in the number of Gen Z birders since 2018. Part of this can be attributed to the pandemic, when many sought engagement