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Registration is open for the Virtual ‘Introductory Medical Statistics’ course.  This is suitable for doctors (including trainee grades), nurses, allied health professionals, clinical research fellows and postgraduate students.

Dates: Thursday 19 (pm) to Friday 20 November (am) 2026 – one day in total

Registration Link

The November programme and the above registration link, plus further details, are also available on our website.

Course credit exemption (Imperial College)

Imperial College students may, after attending, apply for an exemption from one course credit through the ‘Procedure to Request an Exemption from the Professional Skills Attendance Requirement’ (information from ECRI). This procedure can be found at the bottom of this webpage.  Please contact ECRI on ecri@imperial.ac.uk with any queries.

Registration fees

These are below; VAT doesn’t apply.  Further details regarding fees can be seen here:

• MSc/PhD Students (full time students without another source of income): £125
• Academic/NHS/Charities (those working in the NHS, at a university or in the charitable sector): £195
• Corporate/Other (those working in the private sector): £245

The course will be held and recorded on Microsoft Teams, and recordings circulated afterwards.

Delegates can apply for an individual attendance certificate, either through the online evaluation form, or by e-mail.

Please note that places are offered on a ‘first-come, first-served’ basis, and that we can accommodate 45 delegates only.  The course fills up quite quickly, and we can’t always accommodate everyone who applies, so it’s recommended that you apply in good time if you do wish to attend.

NB: Imperial College staff and students can pay via internal journal/transfer, using an Imperial finance code.  Please contact Magda Wheatley on m.wheatley@imperial.ac.uk for further details (you don’t then need to book online).

Six CPD points (Royal College of Physicians) are currently being sought.

Read Virtual ‘Introductory Medical Statistics’ course (19 & 20 November 2026) in full

Open to students, PhD students, supervisors, and anyone interested in supervision and academic communication.

Academic work is fundamentally relational, yet communication is often treated as an implicit skill rather than a practice that can be explored and developed. In this workshop, Giulia Frezza (Imperial) and Lucy Skilbeck (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, RADA) invite students, supervisors and anyone interested in communication and supervision to explore the relational side of their work.

Drawing on actor-training approaches, we will use fictional supervision vignettes, discussion and practical exercises to explore how voice, presence, listening and interaction shape academic relationships. We will use supervision and the PhD trajectory as concrete contexts in which these questions become particularly visible.

Just as an actor can return to the same role while remaining responsive to what is happening in the moment, we will consider how we can become more aware of our verbal and non-verbal communication patterns while remaining responsive, authentic and connected to ourselves and others. Through the vignettes and practical exercises, participants will have opportunities to observe, experiment with and reflect on different ways of communicating and responding in academic relationships.

What you will take away from this workshop:

• how to recognise and navigate common communication challenges and potential misalignments in the PhD trajectory;

• how to notice patterns in verbal and non-verbal communication, including voice, facial expression and body language;

• how to adapt communication to different roles and situations while staying connected to themselves and others.

No scientific or research content, previous acting experience or preparation is required.
The workshop is about mutual learning rather than finding a single ‘correct’ way to communicate. Participants will not be expected to share personal experiences.

• Date: 23 October 2026
  
• Time: 12–2pm
  
• Room: SALC 1 (ASL 5.01), Sherfield Building
• 30-minute refreshments + 90-minute workshop

Click here for full details and to register: Imperial x RADA: Performing Science & Relational Communication Workshop – Fill out form

⚠️ Registration Deadline: Please sign up by Wednesday, 14 October 2026 at 17:00 to secure your place and guarantee catering accommodations.

For information or inquiries: please contact giulia.frezza@imperial.ac.uk

Read Performing Science Workshop: Communication as relational practice Imperial x Rada (23 Oct 2026) in full