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01-News Front.Indd Th e student ‘news’paper of Imperial College London Issue 1,407 felix Friday 13 June 2008 felixonline.co.uk Inside The NUS debate Pages 10 to 13 Caz’s Quest to find the Meaning of Art Pages 20 & 21 Refugee kids’ mental health Page 17 Communism’s effects on Beijing 7 years of Sykes Felix looks back on Sir Richard’s achievements and controversies. See pages 3 to 7 Pages 24 & 25 2 felix Friday 13 June 2008 News News Editor – Andrew Somerville [email protected] Scientologists preparing for 2008 Colours Awards results protest at Imperial College Imperial College Union’s Council approved the nominations for the 2008 ICU Colours Awards on Monday night. In total, 67 people were awarded Colours out of 90 people nominated. Many of the winners Church of Scientology sub-group, the CCHR, to picket Royal will be presented with ties and given a hearty pat on the back from the Union on Wednesday, as a thank you for their dedication to ICU College of Psychiatrists’ annual conference on 1st July at IC throughout the year. The full awards breakdown follows: HALF COLOURS Tom Roberts Eunice Agboola Timothy Keating Editor-in-Chief Shray Amar Jessica Longley John Anderson Kartik Lotlikar The Church of Scientology’s anti-psy- Christos Argyrakis Peter Mabbott chiatry sub-group, the Citizens Com- Douglas Blackie Guy Martin mission on Human Rights (CCHR), Hemel Bosamia Sotiris Mastoridis will be coming to Exhibiton Road next Ruth Cattell Hannah Monaghan month, to picket an event being held at Felicia Chang Chris Namih Imperial. Dave Coolegem Susie Ogilvie The event in question is the Royal Jack Cornish Shaimaa Orabi College of Psychiatrist’s Annual Meet- Luke Dhanoa David Paw ing, which is being run on campus Sian Fogden Ali Rauf from 1st July until the 4th July. It’s cur- Kilian Frensch Leila Serrao rently not clear whether the CCHR will Manish George Kumaran Shanmugarajah be protesting for all four days of the Daniel Hill Kadhim Shubber conference. Matthew Hoban Rosie Smithells The Royal College of Psychiatrists Joanne Horton Andrew Somerville is the professional and educational Fiona Jamieson Amadeus Stevenson body for psychiatrists in the United Andrew Jasudasen Daniel Wagner Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. The Eleanor Jay Yun Wang organisation gives representation to psychiatrists and aims to improve un- FULL COLOURS derstanding of mental health problems Daniel Burrows Robert Jarvis through research and education, ac- Mark Chamberlain Jess Marley cording to its website. David Charles Jon Matthews According to Scientologists, how- Rachel D’Oliveiro Jovan Nedic ever, and more specifically its founder, Viktoria Eriksson Ian Preedy L. Ron Hubbard, “psychiatry is making Andreas Esau James Smith people insane.” This belief has been Alex Grisman Ammar Waraich held within the Scientology com- Mary Williamson munity for decades, and in 1969 the CCHR was founded as a sub-group OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD of the Church of Scientology, in order Shiv Chopra Jennifer Morgan to investigate and expose “psychiatric Jarvist Frost Luke Taylor violations of human rights.” Alex Guite Lily Topham Now it appears the CCHR’s lat- est investigation will bring them to FELLOWSHIP Imperial. Eugene Chang An official from IC has said that Col- The Church of Scientology’s UK headquarters based in London Andy Mason Emiko Yoshikawa lege is liaising with police to ensure that protestors do not enter the uni- DISTINGUISHED FELLOWSHIP versity’s premises. The police are being protest against their own rally from bition Road on 1st July. Ashley Brown supportive and any protestors will be members of anti-Scientologist group, Rumours that the new Rector, Sir Daniel McGuinness Eirini Spentza kept on the opposite side of Exhibition Anonymous. News of the CCHR’s pro- Roy Anderson, will spend his first day Road away from the College’s main test has spread quickly across internet in office out on the street protesting PRESIDENT’S AWARD entrance. forums and many Anonymous mem- against the CCHR, whilst wearing a Ashley Brown Ram Gidoomal If members of the CCHR do turn bers have already declared that they ‘V For Vendetta’ mask are completely Hamish Common Thomas Roberts up, they can expect a heavy counter- will be making an appearance at Exhi- unfounded. Felix, Beit Quad, Prince Consort Road, London felix 1,407 SW7 2BB. Tel: 020 7594 8072. Fax: 020 7594 8065. Printed by The Harmsworth Printing Ltd, 17 Brest Road, Derriford, Plymouth. Registered newspaper Friday 13/6/08 ISSN 1040-0711. Copyright © Felix 2008. Felix was brought to you by: Editor-in-Chief Business Editor Music Editors LOLCATS Tom Roberts Afonso Campos Peter Sinclair Susan Yu Deputy & News Editor Politics Editors Andrew Somerville Li-Teck Lau Technology Editor James Finnerty Deputy & Politics Editor Arts Editors OF TEH WEEK Kadhim Shubber Rosie Grayburn Travel Editors Caz Knight Ahranyan Arnold International Editor & David Paw Nadine Richards Busybody-in-Chief Emily Wilson Ammar Waraich Gilead Amit Nightlife Editor Fashion Editors Copy Editors Greg Mead Sarah Skeete Louise Etheridge Daniel Wan Tom Culley Film Editor Anthony Maina Zuzanna Blaszczak Sports Editor Gilead Amit Jovan Nedić Jesse Garman Games Editors Azfarul Islam Photography Science Editor Sebastian Nordgren Sally Longstaff Ed Henley Vitali Lazurenko Friday 13 June 2008 felix 3 [email protected] News Sir Richard’s impact on Imperial What has the thirteeth Rector of Imperial College done since he began his tenure back in January 2001? Andrew Somerville has taken under Sir Richard serves the Deputy & News Editor university’s primary purposes. Sir Richard’s increasing Sir Richard himself has been almost pay compared to the Sir Richard Sykes has only three weeks constantly surrounded by controversy left of his seven and a half year term as over the past 7 years, both within IC previous IC Rector Rector of Imperial College, succeeded and nationally, due to his outspoken by Sir Roy Anderson who officially views and “authoritative” style of re- takes over in July. He leaves behind form. He has attracted criticism from University Total pay him a very different College to the in- College staff, academics and students stitution that he took over in January for his approach; ‘absence’ of consulta- Lord Oxburgh 2001. This week, Felix examines the tion with the members of the univer- £158,000 (2001) impact that he has had during his time sity; his business focus (Sir Richard is in South Kensington. also Chairman of the ‘Reform’ think- When Sir Richard was appointed as tank: a lobbying group that pushes Sir Richard £243,000 the thirteenth Rector, Imperial faced for more private sector involvement (2001) an uncertain future. Although IC was in public services); support for top-up well respected academically, and reg- fees; and the magnitude of his salary, Sir Richard ularly placed second or third in the which at £348,000 is the UK’s largest for £348,000 league tables, College’s finances were the head of an educational institution. (2008) in a mess, governmental subsidies To get the full picture of the changes were under debate and facilities were that Sir Richard has made since 2001, in great need of modernisation. Col- one needs only to look at the differenc- lege Council made the surprise choice es in College statistics between then different. 30% of full time students of appointing not an academic, but a and today. are now from outside the UK and EU business leader to take care of these is- combined, a massive proportion for sues and plan Imperial’s future: Sir Ri- Since 2001 a relatively small student population. chard, then CEO of GlaxoSmithKline, UK students make up only 40% of the was picked to take control after Lord The most obvious changes that Sir Ri- total, and according to statistics, stu- Oxburgh’s departure. chard has made are in the student body dents from China now make up ap- The changes that he brought with and departmental research. It is in proximately 15-20% of the students at him were immediate, and his stated augmenting these aspects of the Col- Imperial College. IC now has a larger aims were clear. Sir Richard’s vision of lege that he has increased the income proportion of Overseas students than the future of Imperial College was of so greatly and safeguarded IC’s finan- all of the comparable UK and US insti- an internationally competitive “uni- cial future. However, the changes are tutions by a significant amount. versity business” (as he referred to it), drastic, and have almost certainly had Similarly, when we examine the in- a world famous centre of lucrative re- unforeseen repercussions. crease in the total number of students, search, modelled on the biggest suc- The number of full time students at we find that there are 2154 more stu- cesses in the US. As these pages show, Imperial has increased by 22% over dents at IC now than when Sir Rich- he has more or less succeeded in these the seven years, from 9975 students ard entered as Rector, but of these new aims: Imperial is now fifth in the THES in 2001 to 12129 students last year – a places only 514 have gone to Home world rankings; the profile of College massive change in number. In addition and EU students combined. The rest has indeed been raised worldwide, es- to this, the makeup of those students have gone to Overseas students. Over pecially in Asia (he even appointed a has also changed drastically. the last 7 years, for every Home/ Pro-Rector (International Relations)); In 2001, 20% of full time students at EU student place created, there have College’s finances have expanded; out- Imperial were Overseas students, com- been more than three Overseas places dated campus facilities are being refur- ing from countries outside of the UK created.
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