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Help Us Build the Student Parent and Carers Network at Imperial!

Are you a parent, an expectant parent, or a carer navigating student life at Imperial?

We understand that balancing academic life with parenting or caregiving responsibilities can be both incredibly rewarding and uniquely challenging. That’s why we’re building a stronger, more supportive Student Parent and Carers Network, and we invite you to be part of it.

Our first crucial step is to find out more about the experiences and needs of Imperial student parents and carers. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey by clicking here: Imperial Student Parent and Carers survey

This network is designed to offer:

✅ Peer Support: Connect with fellow student parents and carers who understand your experience.

✅ Dedicated Events: Family-friendly, care-friendly and flexible networking opportunities, support sessions, and socials.

✅ Advocacy & Voice: Help shape how Imperial supports students like you.

✅ Resources & Guidance: Clear, accessible information on everything from parental or emergency leave, advice on childcare, wellbeing, and flexible study options.

Whether you’re currently parenting, expecting a child, supporting a partner who is, or caring for a family member or friend, you are welcome here.

How to Join:

Simply complete the survey above and join at the end, or reply to this email with your details and we will add you to the Network.

If you have any questions or queries, please don’t hesitate to contact us at, studentparentsandcarers@imperial.ac.uk

Global Essay Competition (deadline: 11 Feb 2026)

The St. Gallen Global Essay Competition is a global student essay competition, offering students who study at graduate or postgraduate level around the world the opportunity to apply for participation at the St. Gallen Symposium.

The 100 best submissions will get the unique opportunity to participate at the St. Gallen Symposium in an all expenses covered trip to Switzerland and challenge the status-quo with their ideas.

This year’s question for the Essay is: “Disruption in Tech + Politics + Demography: What happens when they collide? Pick a case where at least two of these forces meet, and propose a bold idea to maximize the benefits while minimizing the risks over the long term.”

Deadline: 01 February 2026, 11:59 p.m.

Find out more

 

Imperial CREST Academy – Mentor Year 12 Students

The Imperial CREST Academy helps to match academic mentors to teams of Year 12 students who are undertaking a CREST Gold Project (or an Extended Project Qualification), which can be thought of as a scientific Duke of Edinburgh award, run by the British Science Association. The projects help the students go beyond school curriculum and get a small taste of scientific research. It is also hugely helpful for the students when applying to university as it helps with their personal statements and also gives them more breadth of knowledge and understanding should they be interviewed for a place at University.

The CREST Academy is run by Prof Cecilia Johansson (National Heart and Lung Institute) and myself, Simon Foster (FoNS & Imperial Space Lab). The Academy has been running for 13 years and has helped hundreds (possibly now thousands) of students undertake a CREST project and have gained a vital glimpse into the world of scientific research and academia.

The role of the mentor is to guide the project, initially helping to shape the project into something that can be conducted by the students in 70 hours (the rough allotted time for the project) and to give general scientific guidance. This is usually quite light touch and involves 2-3 meetings (in person or virtually) along with occasional emails. You will not be required to ensure the students are working on the projects or ‘push’ them, along, as this is the responsibility of their teacher. I have mentored a number of projects over the years and always found them immensely satisfying and they have had a huge impact upon the students. Based up my experiences, the time commitment is approximately 3-5 hours over the academic year (20 – 30 mins per online meeting and reading and responding to occasional emails).

If this might be of interest we will be holding an introduction an online Teams meeting on Friday 24th October at 11am top take you through the scheme: This link will take you to the meeting  Join the meeting now and if you email me, I can add you to the meeting invite. A recording of a previous intro meeting can be found here:  CREST chat-20221104_113001-Meeting Recording.mp4

You can also look at the projects interested and submit your interest in mentoring a project here https://imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0cz4YjDGrPemOlo

Launch of New Interdisciplinary Research Community

We are pleased to invite you to a networking and discussion event to mark the launch of a new interdisciplinary research community at Imperial. This network brings together researchers working in the fields of limb loss, physical rehabilitation, and prosthetic technologies, with the aim of fostering collaboration and advancing shared challenges across disciplines.

Event Highlights:

  • Welcome and introductory talk outlining the network’s aims and objectives
  • Expert speakers
  • Small-group discussion on current challenges in the field
  • Opportunities to identify areas for collaboration and future initiatives
  • Informal networking and drinks reception

We hope this event will serve as a springboard for new connections and collaborative projects across Imperial.

To confirm your attendance, kindly fill out the RSVP form by the Friday, 31st Oct, 2025.

Climate Literacy Training (Oct 2025 to July 2026 dates available)

Climate change is one of the biggest problems our society is facing today. Sustainable Imperial is on a mission to help staff and students understand climate change: why it’s happening, it’s impacts on our planet and what we can all do about it.

The Climate Literacy Training sessions and Climate Fresk workshops are scheduled throughout the year and are now open for registration for staff and postgraduate students. You can also register your interest in organising a bespoke session for your team.

Climate Literacy Training

Climate Literacy Training is a half-day, action-packed course comprised of lecture, discussions and group quiz sections – teams can even win prizes!

Climate Fresk

Climate Fresk workshops are interactive, hands-on workshops where participants puzzle together the pieces of climate change’s causes and effects.

Register here!

Black @ Imperial

Are you a Black heritage student at Imperial? Black @ Imperial is a programme designed to support you through a variety of free events on campus such as socials with Afro-Caribbean snacks and careers talks with Black professionals. Our first event this year is a Board Games Social in partnership with ICU on Thursday 16 October, 5pm – 7pm.

You can find out more and sign up to our events on the Black @ Imperial webpage.

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

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.

Become a Scientist Founder with Wilbe (BSF) – Now Live!

Become a Scientist Founder by Wilbe is live!

A free, open-access platform to help scientists and engineers move from research to enduring real-world impact with speed and precision.
Inside you’ll find:

  • A guided path to explore entrepreneurship, lay foundations, or build a company in 10 days.
  • A private community + weekly office hourswith the Wilbe team.
  • Access to curated events, lab space, and the wider Wilbe ecosystem.

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Imperial Lates: open call for researchers

Imperial Lates are a series of free, after hours, adults-only events. They provide Imperial researchers with a fantastic opportunity to engage with members of the public in an exciting, informal environment.

All submissions are welcome, from initial ideas to fully developed activities. The Imperial Lates programming team can help to develop an idea further, discuss opportunities to host a talk or take part in a panel discussion, or connect researchers with a creative practitioner to explore their ideas through an artistic workshop.

This season’s themes are:

October: Light

Join our researchers in welcoming the autumn and celebrating Diwali, the Festival of Light. Learn all about how light works, as well as it’s uses in health research and even in space!

November: Time

Explore the nature of time at November’s Imperial Lates. Deep dive into the very first second of the universe, catch up with the fastest object ever built, or dance inside a quantum clock.

January: Wellbeing

New year, new you! Start 2026 afresh by learning the scientific secrets to hacking your health and wellbeing from Imperial researchers in our January Lates.

Click here to find out more and to fill out the open call form 

If you have any questions, please email lates@imperial.ac.uk