Blog posts

Katy Ingleby: Creating an innovation ecosystem

Katy Ingleby

“One of the things I love about working at Imperial is the opportunity to learn new things and collaborate with different teams.”

Katy Ingleby is the Head of Public Affairs and part of the team responsible for managing the delivery of the WestTech London project, one strand of Imperial’s Science for Humanity strategy.

After completing her PhD in English Literature, Katy’s career began first at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh and then the Houses of Parliament in London. Following this, she held roles at several charities before joining the Medical Research Council and UKRI.

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Esma Koca: Research-led inclusive teaching

Esma Koca

“I admire how much students bring to the table with their perspectives and their creativity.”

Dr Esma Koca is a Principal Teaching Fellow at Imperial Business School and Deputy Academic Director for the Full-Time and Weekend MBA programmes. Alongside her leadership in teaching and programme design, she is an active researcher in analytics, operations and marketing. Her work examines how digitisation and AI transform decision-making and market outcomes across both commercial and societal domains, drawing on tools from game theory and data analytics. 

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Amandip Bisel: Passionate about improving students’ experience

Amandip Bisel

“The thing that gets me up in the morning is knowing I can make a difference – not just through my own work, but by facilitating others to support students.” 

Amandip Bisel joined Imperial in August 2024 as Head of Education and Student Experience Strategy Projects in the Education Office. With a background in widening participation and a PhD from Imperial, she is passionate about improving students’ experience at Imperial regardless of their background. 

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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…)