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Amy Lloyd Evans: Advocating for students

Celebrating Disability History Month

Amy and her dad at the South Kensington campus
Amy and her dad at the South Kensington campus

“There is a lot of support at Imperial, from the Disability Advisory Service to the student mental health service, accommodation teams and academic tutors.”

Amy Lloyd Evans is a fourth-year medical student and Disabilities Officer for Imperial College Union.

Amy said that she first felt able to be open about, and celebrate, her disability when she joined Imperial.

“I’ve always been disabled and, even though I didn’t know it for a lot of my life, it’s shaped all my experiences, beliefs and values. I try my best to be welcoming and inclusive to everyone because I understand the feeling of being othered for something you can’t, or don’t want to, change.

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Sana Kardar: Awareness and inclusion

Celebrating Disability History Month

Sana Kardar

“For me, Disability History Month is about awareness, visibility and inclusion.”

Sana is a Postgraduate Taught student on the MSc Bioscience Futures: Communication, Innovation and Entrepreneurship course in the National Heart and Lung Institute.

The course combines entrepreneurial, communication and commercialisation skills to address global challenges.

Sana enjoys how interactive her course is and says that it bridges the gap between her undergraduate biomedical degree and applications of research in the real world.

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Peter Bryan: Connecting Black researchers

“The Black Doctoral Network is a space where PhD students can socialise, network and get advice”

Peter Bryan

Peter Bryan is a fourth-year postgraduate research student in the Department of Bioengineering and co-chair of the Black Doctoral Network.

He is also one of the first recipients of the James West scholarship which aims to address the under-representation of Black and mixed Black Heritage PhD students within the department.

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Ayo Oluyemi: Supporting Black students

“I’m really excited about creating spaces for Black students at Imperial.”

Ayo Oluyemi

Ayo Oluyemi is the Education Projects Coordinator in the Education Office and is leading a project to improve the experience of Black students at Imperial. After running successful pilot activities last year supported by the Education Office Innovation Fund, they have secured further funding for the Black @ Imperial programme to run a series of events across the 2025-26 academic year, with the first event taking place later this month.  

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Paige Noyce: Enabling international collaborations

“It’s inspiring being so close to groundbreaking research and knowing that we are shaping the environment that enables it.”

Paige Noyce

Paige Noyce is Associate Director of Imperial Global Singapore, a research hub based at the National University of Singapore (NUS) campus where scientists work closely with university, industry, government and third-sector partners in the region.

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Jess Money: Scouting for sustainability

“I truly believe that to achieve a more sustainable future we must all work together.”

Jess at the Eden Project

Jess Money is the Sustainability Engagement and Administrative Coordinator in Imperial’s central Sustainability Hub. She joined Imperial in 2024.  

Jess and her team are currently running Imperial’s Big Sustainability Conversation – a consultation for all Imperial staff and students that will shape the Sustainable Imperial Strategy for the next five years and beyond. Take the survey and join one of the workshops (survey ends 30 September 2025). 

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Enterprise Lab: Empowering entrepreneurship at Imperial

Sarah Ranchev-Hale and Ben Mumby-Croft

“It’s not only that Imperial is super professional and super high performance, but it’s just got an amazing culture and community which is bursting with creative energy.” 

The Enterprise Lab is Imperial’s dedicated support service for students, staff and alumni who want to develop their entrepreneurial mindset, skills, and networks. Ben Mumby-Croft, Director of Entrepreneurship, and Sarah Ranchev-Hale, Head of Enterprise Lab, support Imperial founders to build their ideas, create successful businesses, and deliver solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges.  (more…)

Satpal Sangha: Making design concepts a reality

Satpal Singha

“At Imperial there are lots of opportunities to be creative.”

Satpal Sangha is a Research Design and Manufacturing Manager in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He has worked at Imperial since 2012.

Consultant for all mechanical engineering design projects

Satpal has been in his current role since 2023, managing a team of seven technicians at a workshop in the City and Guilds Building. The team supports a wide range of academics and researchers, playing a vital role in making their projects a reality. (more…)

Jennifer Quint: Championing early career researchers

Jennifer Quint

“Early career researchers are fundamental to the future of research and essential to Imperial. Our role is to keep them, enthuse them, and help train them for success.”

Jennifer Quint is one of two Deputy Directors (Academic) for the Early Career Researcher Institute (ECRI) and a Clinical Professor of Respiratory Epidemiology.

She leads the Respiratory Electronic Health Record group in the School of Public Health, alongside national roles including the Associate Director for the Respiratory Data Science Catalyst.

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Farwa Abbas: Making the most of the Imperial experience

Farwa Abbas

“I want young people, especially girls, to feel like they belong in science, like it’s something they can own.”

Farwa Abbas is a final year PhD student in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.  

It was always her dream to study at Imperial and as the first in her family to pursue higher education abroad and earn a PhD, Farwa has made the most of all the opportunities on offer during her time here as a postgraduate research student.  

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