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IMPERIAL COLLEGE
Beit QuadranglePrince Consort Road London SW7 2BB T 020 7594 8060 F 020 7594 8065 www.imperialcollegeunion.org Imperial College is a very strange place. Perhaps it’s because we are 65% male, perhaps it’s because we all study technical and scientific courses from astrophysics to zoology, or perhaps it’s because we own the largest student science fiction library in Europe. Either way, you can’t escape the fact that Imperial is geekier than every other university in London. This is not a bad thing - Imperial is leading the world in research into malaria treatment, invisibility cloaks and renewable energy technology. We don’t just sit around and talk about the world here; we actually try to save it. It’s fair to say that our students work hard and clichés such as “sleep is for wimps” and “work hard, play hard” are common here. As the best technical college in Europe and the highest ranking college in London, it’s also fair to say that many of our students harbour mildly irritating superiority complexes. Please don’t let this put you off; this is merely our way of dealing with our geekiness. Our main campus is based in South Kensington, the cultural heartland of London, about 40 minutes from Bloomsbury. Our estate borders Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, the Royal Albert Hall, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Science Museum and the Natural History Museum yet somehow only a minority of students ever actually visit these great attractions. The Imperial College Union building is, architecturally speaking, one of the most attractive buildings in the College estate largely because we chose not to demolish and rebuild it in the 1960s. Instead we have chosen to refurbish it in more sensitive manner and we are revamping our main venue, Da Vinci’s, as I write (August 2006). We also run a heritage bar, which is particularly popular with students from across all of London when the sun comes out, and a nightclub venue, which is usually empty. At Imperial the word “politics” is considered obscene. This rather pragmatic attitude has resulted in a Union devoid of party politics, anti-war council motions and NUS affiliation. That said, thanks to our vast number of well resourced clubs (279 and still rising) and our wacky federal union structure, we have some of the highest student election and club involvement rates in London. Last year 75% of our undergrads were members of at least one club and election turnout hit 50% in our medical faculty.  Outside Central London we have students based at several West London hospitals, our Silwood Park campus near Ascot and our Wye campus in Kent. Apparently we also own a tin mine in Cornwall, a farm in Ealing, and a Nuclear Reactor in Berkshire.So in summary: if you are a geeky girl who likes science fiction novels, a culture vulture in search of a cheap drink after a visit to the museums, or a lover of fine ales and poor architecture then this is the place for you! Do come down and say hello from time to time, just remember that we are more likely to be scared of you than you of us. |