Category: College Events & Socials

Learning Well Programme 2025 (10-14 February 2025)

The inaugural Learning Well Programme will take place from Monday 10 to Friday 14 February 2025 This university-wide event focuses on proactive approaches to promote sustainable study strategies.  

Sessions have been designed to offer Imperial students first-hand opportunities to: 

  • develop their understanding of the important link between study strategies and mental wellbeing – based on evidence from the research literature and our own empirical data, and by challenging assumptions, myths and misconceptions; 
  • explore practices that support positive wellbeing alongside effective and efficient academic learning; 
  • consider practical steps they can take to craft their own path to learning well here at Imperial. 

Based on findings from our educational research and drawing on the expertise of Imperial staff, the Learning Well Programme brings together relevant learning from staff and key student support services across the University. Each day in the programme is organised around a specific theme. This initiative offers a variety of interactive and participatory sessions to engage students with evidence-based strategies that can support both learning and personal growth, encouraging them to reflect on their study practices and recognise learning behaviours that enhance their overall wellbeing.   

We aim to create a supportive environment where students can actively explore, discuss, and try wellbeing and study strategies that they can integrate into their academic journey.  

This programme seeks to empower students to incorporate wellness into their learning journey, ultimately contributing to a well-rounded experience of being an Imperial student as well as promoting a positive university culture around mental wellbeing. 

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Grantham Institute Climate Research Showcase – 22 January 2025

Join us on Wednesday, 22 January 2025 for the Grantham Institute’s inaugural Climate Research Showcase, where we will bring together our research community to exchange ideas, foster collaboration and support effective action on climate change.
From an all-day exhibition and peer-led workshops to seminars and a Special Lecture (speaker TBA), the Climate Research Showcase is a space for dialogue and discovery. Participants will have the opportunity to profile their work, engage with renowned climate scientists and connect with the Imperial climate research community though activities designed to spark curiosity and collaboration.

By fostering connections and discussions around pressing environmental challenges, the Climate Research Showcase underscores the Grantham Institute’s commitment to multidisciplinary solutions and our role as a leading hub for climate research and innovation.

Submissions for contributing to the Climate Research Showcase are open until Wednesday 18 December 2024.

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Friday Forums

The Good Science Project is delighted to announce its new series of Friday Forums. Friday Forums are congenial in-person lunchtime discussions, with lunch provided, on some topic concerning research culture. They are open to all College members, and are a good opportunity for researchers to step back from their busy day for a short hour, gain new perspectives on their work, and meet researchers from other departments.

The first Friday Forum on October 25th may interest in particular those of you who work with animal models. The second Friday Forum, on November 8th, may interest in particular those of you who seek to make links in your work with the social sciences and the humanities.

More details and registration details are below:

  1. Animal research at Imperial – looking back, looking forward. With  Robert Floyd, John Meredith, Victoria Male and Richard van Arkel. October 25. Room 121 SAFB. Register here.
  2. Celebrating the social sciences at Imperial. With Dr Mike Tennant, Dr Diana Varaden and Prof. Steve Fuller, Comte Professor of Sociology, University of Warwick. November 8. Room 122 SAFB. Register here.
  3. Measuring science, seeing virtue. With Prof. Mary Ryan; Prof. André Spicer, Dean of Bayes Business School, City University; and Prof. Stephen Curry. December 13. Room 122 SAFB. Register here.
  4. Scientific research as a public activity. With Katherine Mathieson, director of the Royal Institution and Clare Matterson, CEO of the Royal Horticultural Society. January 31. Room 122 SAFB. Register here.
  5. Faith in research. With the Very Rev. Dr. Mark Oakley, Dean of Southwark and Professor Ian Walmsley FRS, Provost of Imperial College. March 14. Room 122 SAFB. Register here.