19 July 2012
This month, seven Olympic triathlon teams, including 23 of the highest ranking triathletes in the world, will be arriving at Imperial to train in Ethos, just a few minutes away from the Olympic course in Hyde Park. Reporter asked the experts for an insider’s view of Britain’s fastest growing sport.
Tags: Ethos, London 2012
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28 May 2012
Four more national teams of triathletes will be training at Imperial’s swimming pool in the Ethos sports centre on the South Kensington Campus during the Olympics.
Ireland, Canada, Brazil and New Zealand will join the British, Swiss, French, Japanese and Australian triathlete teams using the pool in the run up to the women’s triathlon on 4 August and the men’s triathlon on 7 August.
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4 May 2012
British paralympian swimmer Ellie Simmonds (pictured right with Neil Mosley, Assistant Director of Commercial Services), was at South Kensington Campus on 27 March to train in the swimming pool at Imperial’s Ethos sports centre during a trip to London.
Tags: Commercial Services, Ethos
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17 February 2012
Reporter met up with Hannah Bryars, Olympic fencing hopeful and 5th year medic, to find out about her training and her determination to make the grade.
Hannah’s training as a member of the GB fencing team took a hit last year when she suffered from a painful knee injury and had to take time out to help reduce the inflammation. As her condition improved, rather than give up on her goal to compete in the Olympics, she returned to training with a renewed sense of purpose, switching coach, turning to a gluten-free diet and strengthening her knee through physiotherapy and Bikram Yoga.
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Tags: Ethos, Faculty of Medicine, London 2012, Sport Imperial
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24 January 2012
Four national teams of triathletes will be training at Imperial’s swimming pool in Ethos during the Olympics.
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16 December 2011
As term draws to a close, staff are looking forward to a week away from campus, celebrating in their festive finest and spending time with friends and family. To help you kick off the season in seamless style, Reporter shares top tips on how to prepare, with the aid of experts from around the College.
Tags: Commercial Services, Early Years Education Centre, Ethos, Library Services
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14 December 2011
James Blackley, Assistant Manager at Ethos shares his 12 top fitness tips to guide you through the holiday season.
Tags: Ethos
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13 October 2011
Next July, as you tuck into your morning muesli in the SCR or work up a sweat in Ethos, the tracksuited person eating or powering the treadmill alongside you might just be an Olympian. With events for the London 2012 games happening on the College’s doorstep in Hyde Park and Earl’s Court, Imperial will be hosting a number of Olympic teams on the South Kensington Campus. Reporter finds out how the College is gearing up for the challenge.
Tags: Commercial Services, Ethos, London 2012
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27 September 2011
Completing major building projects, generating record levels of income and collecting a trophy cabinet of awards are some of the successes achieved by the Commercial Services team over the past five years. It has been a year since Jane Neary took over the helm as Director. Here she speaks to Reporter about the highlights and the importance of exceeding student expectations.
Tags: Commercial Services, Ethos
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22 September 2011
Gym goers yesterday might have been forgiven for thinking storm clouds had gathered over Ethos, thanks to the rolls of thunder echoing through the building. In fact the source of the noise was a group of primary schoolchildren, who had taken up their drumsticks to try playing ancient Japanese drums known as taiko.
Tags: Ethos, Sport Imperial
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4 August 2011
Dr Tim Brabants MBE was a special guest at the launch of Imperial’s transformed gym and took part in demonstrations with the new equipment. Tim won the first ever kayaking Gold for Great Britain at the Beijing Olympics in the 1,000m sprint event. He also won two bronze medals at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 for the individual kayak 500m and 1000m.
Tim gained a medical degree from the University of Nottingham and inbetween sporting commitments he has practised in the emergency department at Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham, and as a trackside doctor at Donnington Park. Reporter spoke to him about his training, his career and his thoughts on the Energia gym
Tags: Ethos, Sport Imperial
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4 August 2011
Imperial’s newly-refurbished gym was unveiled on 4 August by British Olympic sprint kayaker Tim Brabants MBE.
Tags: Ethos, Sport Imperial
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3 June 2011
A group of visitors created quite a buzz at Imperial this week, when the South Kensington campus took delivery of its first beehive, and nearly 3,000 new housemates.
Tags: Ethos, Step Change
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16 March 2010
Every Wednesday afternoon, the labs and lecture theatres clear out and Beit Quad and Ethos on the South Kensington Campus come alive with hundreds of students carrying an array of footballs, lacrosse sticks and other sporting paraphernalia as they make their way to training and their weekly matches. Reporter delves into the world of team sports at Imperial.
Tags: Ethos, Issue 216, Sport Imperial
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