This article is an excerpt from the ICSMSU July 2021 Council Report which can be read in full here. Too often we are loudest during our campaigns and fall quiet once we take office into our positions. So, it’s time to go back to where it all started. I’ve cracked open the archives and pulled out my old campaign website…

Katie Dallison is the medical careers consultant at Imperial. She’s got over 10 years’ experience working with medical students and doctors. She currently works in the Imperial Careers Service and supports doctors in training for Health Education England.   We’ve all been affected somehow by the pandemic lockdown. I’ve heard from students who have lost summer research and job experiences, many of you have missed out…

Advanced Hackspace is Imperial College’s accessible prototyping space. What started as a little-known workshop space in South Kensington has expanded into a purpose designed workshop and lab space at the College’s new White City campus. Hackspace is unique in offering workshop and lab space to all students and staff of the College across all departments and levels. The space attracts inventive minds making it the place to be for rapid development and prototyping…

At Imperial Enterprise Lab we’re passionate about inspiring the next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs. We help students to think outside the box, break boundaries and dare to be different. We think anyone can be an entrepreneur and believe diversity is a competitive advantage not a tick box. Whether you want to test an idea, tackle a pressing social or…

The spread of Covid-19 has had debilitating effects on our society prompting the government to take drastic action, from school closures to a complete governmental lockdown, in order to ensure that the NHS does not become overwhelmed; however, in the midst of all the chaos, a very important question emerges. Will this pandemic be the catalyst needed for digital health…

COVID-19 has changed essentially everything around the whole world – everyone feels the differences to their lives are paramount, and we are no exception. Our college, an institution usually booming with the best and brightest scientists, medics and entrepreneurs finds itself barren. The latest email update sent out by Imperial College London about COVID-19 indicated that the campus is now…

As you may or may not have read, various universities around the UK have been hit by a mini-mumps outbreak, including Dublin and Nottingham. This October, an unnamed 3rd-year medic added ICSM to that list. While no more than 10 or so people have had confirmed mumps so far, the highly contagious nature of the illness, coupled with the fact…

The 30 year reunion of the St Mary’s class of 1988 took place on the 15th of September at Chandos House, Royal Society of Medicine, London. There was really good representation from the year and a good time was had by all!

The Class of “68” (50 years from starting at St Mary’s) held a memorable and enjoyable reunion weekend in May in Oxford – the same weekend as the Royal Wedding and the FA Cup Final. Excitement was in the air as we met up at The Trout for lunch on the Friday in brilliant sunshine, and we just didn’t stop…

“He is a Mary’s Man” rang out once again as 20 members of the Class of 1960 lunched together at The Little Ship Club, London on 7 September 2018. Of the 63 students who entered the medical school in 1955/1957 – for 1st, 2nd and 3rd MB qualifying in 1960/61 (11 women and 52 men), 23 became family doctors, 33…

ICSM is mobilising to help Citizens UK petition the London mayoral candidates to commit to making promises on Affordable Housing.  Martin Lupton, the Head of the Undergraduate School, and Med Harris, the SU President, are part of a large team which is keen to involve as many students as possible. 5th Year student Sarah Sturrock has written more about this…

This Friday 5thFebruary 2016, the Imperial College School of Medicine’s (ICSM) students will take to the streets of London for their annual Circle Line organised by the ICSM RAG Committee (Raising and Giving). The day will involve students from all six year groups participating in voluntary activities such as: street collects, volunteering with the elderly, musical performances in hospitals and…

A group of senior clinicians and teaching staff for the 5thyear have put together a plan for a new course, the Integrated Clinical Apprenticeship, designed to be trialled next year for 24 students who will spend 1 day a week in the new course and the rest of the time on their Year 5 firms. Read more about the new…

Late in the evening of 30th November 2015, just hours before industrial action was due to start, word came from the negotiating rooms: the strikes were off. The first doctors’ walk-out in over 40 years – and the first junior-only strike in history – was to be pushed back until at least early next year; productive talks between the BMA and…