Saturday 22nd November, 2008
Interview: Professor Lord Robert Winston
Imperial's own TV star talks to Felix about why he wants to get more involved with undergraduate teaching, the role of the media in science and how his trousers falling down launched his TV career.
Welcome to Paradise
Going to university can be a daunting experience. Luckily, help is at hand in the form of the Hoff!
Free Sports Centre
When Imperial's new 'state-of-theart' sports complex opens in January 2006 students will be able to certain services free.
Imperial - Third academically, 15th for entertainment?
New University ratings place Imperial third academically and fifteenth for entertainment.
Cracking start to Freshers' Week
A new cohort of freshers started at Imperial this week, and the "biggest piss-up of your life" got off to a great start at the union on Saturday night.
- Global warming could unleash virus epidemic
- Rising sea levels and unpredictable weather are not the only dangers posed by global warming. Scientists this week warn that viruses frozen in ice for thousands of years may thaw and be released into a community unequipped to combat them.
- NZ University takes student newspaper to court
- Victoria University has won a court order stopping publication of Salient, the university's student magazine. Wellington High Court issued an injunction on Friday in an attempt to prevent the publication of a proposed article on student fees next year.
- TV Licence: Pay up or get done
- How do you know that an Imperial student is turned on? You use detection equipment!
- Careers advisers launch new service
- The Careers Advisory Service has introduced two new initiatives for the coming year.
- Of Flies and Frogs
- Sonja van Renssen introduces recent work in fly genetics and transport proteins that could lead to new treatments targetting cancer and diabetes.