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'In great shape thanks to help received...'City & Guilds College Union President, Siddharth (Sid) Singh provides an update on Union activities this year. THE CITY & Guilds College Union has gone from strength to strength this year, following a wonderful last year and some outstanding work by past President John Collins. There was a little setback when personal reasons stopped Aaisha Latif becoming President. Deputy President for Finance & Societies Chris McIver stepped in once again to make great use of the summer sabbatical, generously funded by the CGCA, Engineering Faculty and a few Livery Companies. In the re-election in October, I took over from Chris. In October, we saw the Annual CGCU Freshers’ Dinner held in College with more than 350 students from the engineering departments in attendance. A live band, poker, dance floor and chocolate fountains made the event a tremendous success. After the excitement of Freshers’ week, there was the first ever Engineering Careers’ Fair (see page 16). Most of the 30 companies brought back Imperial alumni to man their stands. Some of them stayed for the Networking Evening, – another fantastic opportunity for our students to meet and learn from experienced alumni. Bo did make it to Brighton…before the end of the race with driver Dave Horton and a series of co-drivers bringing Prof David Limebeer (Head of Electrical & Electronic Engineering) to a wet and windy finishing line. We also took part in the annual testament to Guilds’ engineering – the Lord Mayor’s Show (below). This year the team headed by John James (Civils) built a 16 metre bridge – a scaled down version of the Medway Bridge as designed by our sponsors, Atkins. Dean of Engineering, Prof Dick Kitney again walked the route with student participants.
We’ve recently welcomed the Imperial College Railway Society as a new CGCU club and our departmental societies are now bigger than ever, constantly working with us to keep students entertained and make their time at Imperial College worthwhile. The CGCU is also working closely with the Faculty on its EnVision 2010 project which is redefining and developing Engineering teaching for the future. We are also organising an open day for young women from the various girls’ schools around London, to give them a preview of what Engineering at Imperial College is like. The CGCU is in great shape thanks to the help and support it receives from its alumni, and with next year being Imperial College’s Centenary Year, we hope to continue benefiting from a generous and supportive alumni body. |
