The Disability Advisory Service is pleased to announce that this year, we will be offering screenings and full diagnostic assessments throughout July, August and the first half of September.
Welcome to the Imperial Waves Community!
We represent students and researchers across Imperial who study waves.
Following the success of the previous Waves Day hosted by Prof. Richard Craster, we are launching Waves Day – Student Edition, our flagship event for PhD students and Postdocs. This will be an informal event aimed at bringing students and researchers together from a variety of departments to share knowledge and tools, discuss problems, give talks and network/socialise.
Agenda:
When/Where?
4-6pm, 8 July 2026
Room 120, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, South Kensington
Please forward this form to other PhD students and Postdocs who study waves and would be interested in attending the event.
We’re looking for speakers! If you know any students/academics who would like to present at the event (or future events), let us know in the form below.
The Early Career Researcher Institute (ECRI) is carrying out a survey to find out how Early Career Researchers (ranging from doctoral students to early career lecturers) use generative AI as part of their research process.
Our goal is to understand what practices are currently common in the community with a view to disseminating best practice, informing the teaching provision we provide to the community, and advocating on the behalf of ECRs in the Imperial community at large.
The link can be found here, and should take around 10 minutes to complete
Travel funding available for postgraduate students! The Postgraduate Sustainable Travel Fund 2025-26 is accepting applications to support PG students taking more sustainable modes of travel.
Applications are assessed on a rolling basis, and funds must be utilised by 30 June 2026.
Please read the guidance document before applying via this form.
Two brand‑new Teams channels, The Benefits Corner and the Parents and Carers Network, are officially live!
These spaces have been created to help the network stay more connected and to make it easier for you to find and share the information that matters. Their purpose is to:
Whether you’re looking to explore our full range of benefits or hoping to connect with fellow parents and carers, these channels are here to make that simpler and more engaging.
To join the channels, please complete the short forms below:
Our Advice Service and Working-Class Network are working collaboratively to ensure all students at Imperial College experiencing short term financial hardship have access to food banks across the UK.
If you’re struggling to afford food, especially given the current cost of living crisis, you can now reach out to our Advice Service who will be able to issue an e-voucher for your local The Trussell Trust food bank.
A typical food parcel may contain long life milk, pasta, tinned vegetables and fruit, tea or coffee, biscuits, and soup. If you cannot access your nearest food bank, delivery may be available although not guaranteed.
The Advice Service and Working-Class Network will also be able to signpost you to the relevant long term financial support services at Imperial College to help you get back on your feet. All requests are strictly confidential.
Please remember you are not alone and it’s okay to reach out for a bit of extra support – rising living costs are affecting students across the UK. We are here to ensure that you always have access to food and that you are not disadvantaged in your studies because of a lack of essentials.
How it works
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How to subscribe (Imperial users)
dAIsy is Imperial’s new Generative AI platform, designed to give you safe, easy access to multiple AI models (such as GPT, Claude, Deepseek, and others) through a single interface.
dAIsy is built to support teaching, learning, and research while ensuring data protection and institutional compliance.
Why use dAIsy?
Imperial offers licensed AI models to promote equitable access and, alongside Microsoft Copilot, dAIsy supports our commitment to harnessing AI’s transformative potential responsibly and effectively.
Further support
Give your views on the workshops, groups, and courses currently on offer from the Student Counselling Mental Health Advice Service. Your feedback will help to ensure services are relevant, inclusive, and accessible to all students.
The team are especially interested in hearing from those of you who have not yet attended any sessions.
Complete the two-minute survey
Join the new Viva Engage channel: Measuring Visibility and Impact
Scholarly Communications Management team has created a new Viva Engage community channel, Measuring Visibility and Impact to share insights and updates and invite discussion and collaboration on the various tools that imperial subscribes to. Tips and guidance on responsible use of metrics will also be shared.
Imperial subscribes to a number of powerful tools (e.g. Altmetric for tracking mentions of research publications on social media and news and Overton for monitoring citations on policy documents), but many staff and students are either unaware of these sources or unsure how to use them effectively. Through the Measuring Visibility and Impact channel, we aim to bridge this gap by advertising the tools, sharing updates about them, interesting case studies and organising training sessions to equip you to work with them.
The research analytics products allow you to:
The community channel will support Imperial’s commitment to the responsible use of metrics by promoting best practice, fostering awareness, and keeping you updated about initiatives and opportunities. The channel will serve the ultimate objective of building a healthy research culture at Imperial by helping us break out of the dysfunctional culture of publish-or-perish.
Please join the Measuring Visibility and Impact community channel on Viva Engage and share this message with your contacts who might be interested.