Category: Courses & Workshops

CfAE Sessions on Successful STEMM Writing (21, 28 Jan, 04, 11 Feb)

These live, one-hour, interactive sessions are designed to give you practical strategies to make your writing more effective, persuasive, and precise. You’ll work on strengthening clarity, coherence, and criticality, and learn how best to use GenAI to evaluate your writing. Each session combines expert guidance and targeted activities, ensuring you can apply the strategies immediately to your own writing.

The sessions are delivered on campus and online. You can sign up for as many as you like.

Demonstrating criticality in your writing: Wed 21 January 13.00-14.00

Evaluating GenAI feedback on your academic writing: Wed 28 January 13.00-14.00

Writing with coherence and cohesion: Wed 04 February 13.00-14.00

Writing with clarity: Wed 11 February 13.00-14.00

Reserve your place by filling out the registration form.

Further information: Work on your writing in guided activity sessions.

AI-Enhanced Storytelling for Impactful Presentations (05, 12, 19, 26 March & 9 April 2026)

Engage with Imperial academics live online: 5, 12, 19, 26 March & 9 April 2026

Discover how Artificial Intelligence can revolutionise your storytelling approach. This masterclass provides a comprehensive, hands-on exploration of how AI tools can transform the way you create, communicate, and evaluate powerful narratives.

Key Topics Covered

  • The role of AI in storytelling
  • Audience identification and persona development
  • Crafting compelling narratives with AI
  • Innovative problem-solving using AI
  • Communicating insights and key messages
  • Evaluating storytelling outcomes with AI
  • Collaborative storytelling with AI
  • Ethical considerations in AI storytelling
  • Presenting to peers and stakeholders (Capstone activity)

For more information about the course, fees and how to register, please click on the following link.

CfAE Guided Activity Sessions on Speaking Skills (Spring Term 2026)

Are you coming up to an assessed presentation? Are you keen to work on your public speaking skills? Do you want to improve your ability to interact in seminars?

Whether you’re an undergraduate or a postgraduate, our guided activity sessions for speaking can help you achieve success on your academic journey and beyond. Sessions are designed to give you the space and opportunity to prepare and rehearse for both everyday and high-stakes activities here at Imperial. Each session includes input tailored to academic STEMM settings and structured practice opportunities. There will be expert feedback and peer review to help you hone your skills.

The live, 50-minute, interactive sessions are held at different times and on different days throughout term, so you can access what you need, when you need it. We offer both on-campus and online options; check out the schedule. You can do as many as you like.

Courses in STATA, SPSS, R and MATLAB from Statistical Advisory Service (January 2026)

Discounted registration fees for Imperial College members. Registration fees are further reduced for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Registration can be done using the links below. Alternatively, you can register using grant/project code using internal journal transfer.

Contact us on stathelp@imperial.ac.uk for any queries.

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Course Outline: No previous knowledge of STATA is required to attend this course. This is a half-day practical PC-based course which will go through basics to get started with STATA.

Register via link : https://imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7WzOMLSEn9W9wJE

 

Course Outline: No previous knowledge of SPSS is required to attend this course. This is a half-day practical PC-based course which will go through basics to get started with SPSS.

Register via link : https://imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cTpefYc2g6439ky

 

Course Outline: A command-based workshop which will go through basics of R with further emphasis on data management and manipulation. Firstly, introducing participants with R, a command-driven language for statistical analysis, then progressing from data entry to data management and manipulation using the widely popular “tidyverse” package, finally, visualisation of data using the “ggplot2” package.

Entry requirements: No previous knowledge of R is required to attend the course.

CPD Credits: 12 Credits

Register via link : https://imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8HX9pwD9tTvJoyi

 

Course Outline: Based on one-day Introduction to Statistics using SPSS and two-days Data Management and Statistical Analysis using SPSS courses, this VLE course will give one-month unlimited access to all materials plus Tutor support. The guided walkthroughs explain how certain tasks can be done in the SPSS software while going through the theory.

Register via link: https://imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_795G5Gfpicb8Wyy

 

Course Outline: A half-day command-based workshop will go through basics of R. The course will focus on the essentials required to get started with R.

Entry requirements: No previous knowledge of R is required to attend the course.

Register via link : https://imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aYpjYTehI4zY5Wm

 

Course Outline: Not related to any specific area of research, this course is aimed for first-time users. This practical PC based course, will introduce you to some of the many useful MATLAB features, focusing on the one’s which are most useful for programming.

Entry requirements: No previous knowledge of MATLAB is required to attend the course.

Register via link : https://imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1AmImiYYpj0dv4G

 

Course Outline: A two-days practical PC-based workshop, which will go through basic statistical methods with further emphasis on data management. Firstly, familiarising participants with STATA, and progressing from data entry and presentation to 1 and 2 sample tests, one-way ANOVA and simple regression.

Entry requirements: No previous knowledge of STATA is required to attend the course.

CPD Credits: 12 Credits

Register via link : https://imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bNFL4TsGhT1DvdY

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Statistical Advisory Service, Imperial College London provides statistical advice via one-to-one consultations. https://www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and-innovation/support-for-staff/stats-advice-service/consult/

For information about all courses offered by us, please visit our website https://www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and-innovation/support-for-staff/stats-advice-service/courses/

Imperial after:hours – day and evening classes for Imperial students and staff

Imperial after:hours is a programme of day and evening classes open to Imperial students and staff, and members of the public. Organised by the Centre for Languages, Culture and Communication, we have classes in various languages, ranging from Arabic, French and German. to BSL, Hindi and Spanish, as well as a huge range of arts and humanities courses.

Maybe you have always wanted to learn to play acoustic guitar or understand the meaning of art, or perhaps you want to make art yourself, on one our painting, printmaking and craft courses. We have day schools as well, including day trips this autumn to the medieval sites of Canterbury, Faversham and London, and day classes in topics including Christopher Wren’s architecture and art therapy.

No previous experience is needed for any course, there are no assessments or exams, and you’ll find our tutors are knowledgeable, friendly and welcoming.

Full details on all courses is available at www.imperial.ac.uk/afterhours. Classes are enrolling now.

Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Your Research (online)

What’s your research carbon footprint? While the average person in the UK emits 5 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year, many academics emit more than 15 tonnes. To maintain safe and equitable boundaries, the planet needs us to emit only 2 tonnes per year.

Why do academics emit so much more than the average? In this interactive and non-judgmental workshop, we’ll consider how our energy use, digital activities, travel, diets, consumer habits, and research practices all contribute to our emissions. We’ll cover:

  • Why we need to urgently reduce our carbon footprint.
  • What science tells us about the impact of our activities.
  • How we can make changes to reduce carbon emissions.

By the end of this workshop, participants will have:

  • Insights into your current carbon footprint.
  • Practical actions you can take to reduce your emissions.
  • Tools for considering the impact of future activities

It’s never too late to get started! No judgement or pressure, just empowerment.

To sign-up to this course please register via ICIS: https://icisprd.ad.ic.ac.uk/ 

Once signed, go to ‘My training’ and search for ‘Carbon Footprint’ and follow the prompted steps to register.

Get Ready to participate in Horizon Europe in 2025 – opportunities, info and webinars

The European Commission will shortly be releasing its 2025 “Work Programme” in which it publicises all the calls for proposals it will release in 2025. It has recently announced several public Information Events where EC officers will describe the topics, supported by “brokerage” events run by collaboration platforms including National Contact Points, to help researchers meet potential partners with which to form a consortium.

A running list of these announcements is published on the Research Office’s VivaEngage channel

To support researchers who are new to Horizon Europe collaborations to navigate the multitude of events and opportunities, the Research Office’s EU Team is offering short webinars which are running in advance of the corresponding EC Information Event.

The first webinar on Research Collaborations is on Wednesday March 26 from 13.00 to 13.45 and we invite Principal Investigators to sign up here

The London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (LISS DTP) – Training & Networking Opportunities

The London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (LISS DTP) provides training, development and networking opportunities for any social science doctoral student at King’s College, Queen Mary University or Imperial College. You do not need to be funded from the LISS DTP to benefit.

Register as a LISS DTP Affiliate to receive the regular newsletter and gain access to training and other activities. Sign up for Autumn Term courses now! Visit the LISS DTP Training Page for a complete list of online research methods training courses.

Questions? E-mail liss-dtp@kcl.ac.uk