Can I cite or rely on articles published by Felix?

You can cite Felix as a student newspaper, but treat it as student journalism rather than an official Imperial College record. Articles carry named bylines and publication dates, which makes them citable in the normal way — author, title, outlet, date. For factual claims about Imperial policy, funding figures, or research results, verify against the primary source (the college, the fund, the company, the research paper) before relying on them. Felix is strongest as evidence of student perspective and campus debate, and weakest as a standalone authority on institutional facts.

What Felix is, in citation terms

Felix is the student newspaper of Imperial College London, publishing news, UK news, sports, opinion, analysis, and reviews. Its self-description covers "Latest Imperial news, UK news, sports, opinion, analysis and reviews." That scope tells you what kind of source it is: a campus publication with editorial range, not a institutional press office and not a peer-reviewed outlet.

For citation purposes, the useful signals are:

• Named bylines. Stories are attributed to individual writers (for example, Cristina Carrillo and Pierson Chu appear on recent pieces). A byline lets you cite an author and assess whether the piece is reportage or commentary.
• Publication dates. Each story shows a date, such as 15 Oct 2026 or 11 Oct 2026. Dates let you place a claim in time and check whether it has been superseded.
• Stated read time. Items carry an estimated read time (1 min, 2 min, 5 min), which signals the depth to expect — a 1-minute item is a brief, not an investigation.
• Section labels. News, Science, Culture, and similar tags distinguish reported pieces from opinion and review.

Where Felix is a good source

Use Felix when the thing you need to evidence is the student view or campus conversation itself:

• Student perspective on Imperial decisions. A piece on underspending in the Underrepresented Student Opportunities Fund, built from a conversation with fund staff, is useful evidence of how students and staff discuss the issue — not proof of the fund's exact balance.
• Campus events and culture. Coverage such as a research group's public demonstration of the science behind the Great Fire of London documents what happened and how it was received.
• Student-relevant opportunities. A report that Imperial students can apply for ten £1,000 Santander Brighter Futures Grants, that applicants need not bank with Santander, and that the money is unrestricted, is a citable summary of an announced scheme — but confirm eligibility and deadlines with the scheme itself before acting.
• New student-facing tools and startups. Coverage of a spinout raising $5 million, or of a paper-discovery site, gives you a dated, attributed account you can follow up on.

Where to cross-check

Treat these as claims to verify rather than facts to import:

• Money and institutional figures. Grant amounts, funding rounds, and fund balances should be confirmed against the announcing body — the college, the investor, or the company.
• Policy and eligibility rules. Whether a scheme is open, who may apply, and any conditions belong to the official notice, not the summary.
• Research findings. Science coverage is a report of a demonstration or a paper, not the paper. Cite the underlying study if you need the finding itself.
• Opinion and analysis. Pieces on venture capital economics or on polyamorous art are arguments and reviews. Cite them as the author's view, clearly labelled.

A practical citation pattern

For a news item, cite author, headline, Felix, and date, then attribute the underlying fact to its origin. For example: "Cristina Carrillo, '[headline]', Felix, 11 Oct 2026" — followed by "according to Imperial" or "according to the company" for the substantive claim. For opinion, name the section so the reader knows it is commentary.

If you are citing Felix in academic work, check your style guide's rules for newspapers and online sources, and note the access date, since student sites update and archive unevenly. If you are citing it in a news piece or a report, link the article and, where the claim is factual, link the primary source alongside it.

The short decision rule

Rely on Felix for what students think, what happened on campus, and what was announced and when. Do not rely on it alone for numbers, rules, or research results. Named bylines and dates make it easy to cite properly; the same features make it easy to check.