Category: Miscellaneous

Cancer Support Group – Open to All Imperial Staff

Cancer Support Group – Open to All Imperial Staff

Whether you’re facing cancer yourself or supporting someone who is, it can bring emotional, practical, and professional challenges. Come along for a supportive space to chat, share, and connect.

Join us to talk about…

  • Balancing work with cancer treatment
  • Supporting loved ones during and after treatment
  • Sharing experiences in a safe environment

This informal discussion space is a chance to listen, share, or ask questions, and as this is our first session, we’ll also use it to gauge interest in the direction, frequency and format of future meet ups.

When: 18 March 2026, 12-1pm
Where: Huxley 130

Facilitated by Dr Ioanna Papatsouma (Mathematics) and Lizzie Wright (Student Hub).

Coffee and tea will be available, and you’re welcome to bring your own lunch.

This initiative is funded by FoNS EDI Seed Fund and is open to all staff at Imperial. If you have any questions, please get in touch with Dr Ioanna Papatsouma (i.papatsouma@imperial.ac.uk) and Lizzie Wright(e.wright@imperial.ac.uk).

Register here: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=B3WJK4zudUWDC0-CZ8PTBwOFSDIqq7dNvB_SkPHpHbhUNTkwRFI2VTBJRVpIVTcyQ1haQkQ1RlZOVi4u

 

Access to Food Banks – Advice Service & Working-Class Network

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

  1. Fill out this form from the Advice Service
  2. The Advice service will send you an e-voucher
  3. You can pick up your parcel at your local Trussell Trust Food bank. You can find the locations here
  4. For further financial assistance, please reach out to Student Finance Support Team

Supporting Disabled and Neurodivergent Researchers at the Library Survey

To better understand the role of the library in supporting disabled and neurodivergent students and researchers, I am gathering feedback on the current library adjustments and identifying any gaps in how this information is made available, as well as any suggestions for additional support the library could implement.

Could you please complete this short (5 question) survey sharing your experience of library adjustments or support? It will be helpful for us to know your experience, even if you haven’t received any adjustments or support or haven’t been assessed by the Disability Advisory Service.

Call for Participants: PhD research on intersectionality of neurodivergence and gender in teamworking environments

My PhD research explores the intersectionality of neurodivergence and gender in teamworking environments, focusing on research teams within UK academia. I am currently looking for people interested to participate in my main study. This involves a semi-structured interview of approx. 60 minutes and a short pre-interview questionnaire. All gender identities are welcome, this research is trans and non-binary inclusive and values diverse perspectives and experiences. You do not need to have disclosed your neurodivergence to anyone in your team.

Criteria to participate:

  1. You work in an academic research team in the UK
  2. AND you identify as neurodivergent (incl. autism, ADHD, Tourette’s Syndrome, dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia). Medical and self-diagnosis welcome.

How do you benefit from participating?

  • you take an active role in knowledge building on neurodivergence and gender
  • you contribute to identifying ways to make research more inclusive
  • it is an opportunity to openly talk about your experiences, good and bad, in an anonymised way!

How to take part:

If you are interested in participating, are not sure if you meet the criteria, or would like to find out more, please get in touch with me via email: L.Biermann@hw.ac.uk

Help shape Imperial’s Research Commercialisation Services

The world-changing research generated by our academic research community is central to Imperial’s mission and impact. Imperial Enterprise supports the translation of this work through intellectual property protection, research commercialisation, industry partnerships, consultancy and spinout formation.

To ensure our services meet the needs of a world-leading university, we invite you to share your views through this short (10 minutes) survey.

Complete the survey

Your feedback will help us understand what works well, identify barriers to engagement, and improve the support we provide for all enterprising activities. Though the survey can be completed anonymously, participants can choose to enter a prize draw to win one of three £50 shopping vouchers.

Please contact Dr Emma Toumi, Associate Director of Intellectual Property Strategy, with any questions.

Help Shape the Future of Research – Volunteer with In2research

In2research, developed by In2scienceUK and UCL, is a year-long programme supporting people from low socioeconomic backgrounds to access postgraduate research.

Academics and researchers from any STEM discipline across the UK are invited to mentor participants and/or host an 8-week research placement as part of the 2025/26 In2research programme.

Apply here: https://in2scienceuk.org/volunteers-in2research/

Staff and student volunteers wanted for Artificial intelligence ECG research!

Staff and student volunteers wanted for Artificial intelligence ECG research!

We are looking for volunteers to take part in a study looking at how AI can predict a
person’s BMI, age, and sex using ECG data from consumer wearables like
smartwatches and portable cardiac devices.

Who can take part?

  • Imperial College staff and students, men and women aged 18-80 years

Taking part involves 1 single study visit, lasting approximately 10 minutes:

  • A short health questionnaire
  • Having your height and weight measured
  • Having ECG recordings taken using Apple Watch, KardiaMobile, and Ekodigital stethoscope

For further information regarding our study, please visit:

https://cardiacep.ai/infosheet

If you are interested in taking part, we are currently taking appointments for study visits at the Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine (ICTEM) via the following link:

https://cardiacepai.setmore.com/cardiacepai 

Please note, currently appointments are being taken up to 2 weeks in advance to avoid overbooking. New appointment slots will be available every week.

Many thanks for taking the time to read this email!

Dr. Ahmed El-Medany a.el-medany24@imperial.ac.uk

The Cardiac Electrophysiology & AI Research Group

Imperial College London

Call out: Students from underrepresented backgrounds – Do you feel like you belong here?

Hi all,

My name is Mohamed, and I’m a Master’s student here at Imperial. I’m currently researching how those of us from underrepresented backgrounds (ethnic minorities and working-class individuals) navigate the world of academia, and how much we feel we belong to the institutions we inhabit.

I am interested in exploring the experiences of ‘home’ PhD students at Imperial.

If you feel like you would be interested in participating in this research and sharing your experiences, please fill out the MS form below so we can arrange an chat:

https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=B3WJK4zudUWDC0-CZ8PTBzausvIQsJtHjbVzOyj00WtURTlPRzE2MVEzVUdYTFIzMFZYTko4S1RWNi4u

I would greatly appreciate your contributions.

Kind regards,

Mohamed Shadid (MSc Science Communication)

Exploring precarity in research careers survey

We need your support to better understand and alleviate the precarious nature of fixed-term contracts.

The Action Research on Research Culture project at the University of Cambridge is conducting an online Discrete Choice Experiment to examine how postdocs and ECRs make career choices. The results from this survey will inform policy recommendations aimed at increasing job security at the postdoctoral level.

With only 10-15 minutes of your time, you can contribute to the conversation about contract precarity in the academic sector and help us improve job security for ECRs. As a token of our appreciation, we will donate £2 to a charity of your choice for completion of our survey!

Survey can be completed here.

The Petri Dish: Making Science Social

Welcome to The Petri Dish, we are a community made for scientists, by scientists, to promote more interdisciplinary social conversations for early career researchers.

We aim to bring together scientists from all disciplines across industry, academia and start-ups by providing events, and a space to reach out to people with varying expertise. We hope to not only use this community to talk about our own work and passions, but to use the network to foster relationships and collaborations across disciplines.

Help us tailor TPD to you by filling out our form: https://lnkd.in/e5ibtWnm

If you want to be involved as a team member please reach out to: thepetridish1@gmail.com