Editing Imperial College London (section)

===Imperial College Union===
[[Imperial College Union]] is the [[students' union]] and is run by five full-time [[sabbatical]] officers elected from the student body for a tenure of one year, and a number of permanent members of staff. It is split into constituent unions aligned with the faculties of the college, carrying on the association with the original constituent colleges of Imperial, the [[Royal College of Science Union]], [[Imperial College Faculty of Engineering#City and Guilds College Union|City and Guilds College Union]], [[Royal School of Mines#RSM Students' Union|Royal School of Mines Students' Union]] and [[Imperial College School of Medicine Students' Union]]. The Union is given a large subvention by the university, much of which is spent on maintaining over 300 clubs, projects and societies.<ref>{{cite web |author=Dave Parry |url=http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/money/FinanceFiles/list.shtml |title=Imperial College Union |publisher=Union.ic.ac.uk |access-date=16 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060430052412/http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/money/FinanceFiles/list.shtml |archive-date=30 April 2006 }}</ref> 

Examples of notable student groups and projects are [[InterVol|Project Nepal]] which sends Imperial College students to work on educational development programmes in rural Nepal<ref>{{cite web |url=http://felixonline.co.uk/archive/IC_2011/2011_1504_A.pdf |title=Felix : The student voice of Imperial College London |publisher=Felixonline.co.uk |access-date=10 March 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003703/http://felixonline.co.uk/archive/IC_2011/2011_1504_A.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[El Salvador Project|the El Salvador Project]], a construction based project in Central America.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elsalvadorproject.org.uk/2012/sponsors.html |title=Sponsors |publisher=Elsalvadorproject.org.uk |access-date=10 March 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023404/http://www.elsalvadorproject.org.uk/2012/sponsors.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Union also hosts sports-related clubs such as [[Imperial College Boat Club]] and [[Imperial College Gliding Club]]. The Union operates on two sites, with most events at the Union Building on Beit Quad at South Kensington, with mostly [[Imperial College School of Medicine|medical school]] events at the Reynold's bar, [[Charing Cross Hospital|Charing Cross]].