Tag: Master’s Students

Fully funded PhD Studentships available at The Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London (Apply by 12 Jan 2026)

Fully funded PhD Studentships available at The Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London

The Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment at Imperial College London is inviting applications for fully funded PhD studentships that support our current priority areas of research in climate and environmental science.

We are interested in supporting PhD students in:

  • pesticides in the environment (projects available in the Departments of Bioengineering, Chemistry, Life Sciences and School of Public Health)
  • climate damage tracker (projects available in the Departments of Earth Science and Engineering and Physics)
  • geothermal energy (project available in the Department of Mechanical Engineering)

In addition, two Grantham lecturers are also currently recruiting for a funded PhD studentship (Dr Adrien Lefauve, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Dr Xiangkun (Elvis) Cao, Department of Mechanical Engineering).

Further project details and information on how to apply are listed here. The deadline for student applications is Monday 12 January.

The Bioengineering Christmas Seminar (12 Dec)

Naked to the Bone: Advances in Biomedical Imaging

With Professor Mark Lythgoe
Founder and Director of the UCL Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging (CABI), UCL
Co-Director of the UCL Department of Imaging, UCL
Director of Biomedical Imaging Research, The Francis Crick Institute

Our Christmas Seminar is a chance to hear cutting-edge science in a relaxed, end-of-year setting, and this year we are joined by a truly exceptional guest.

Biomedical imaging has changed how we see the body, revealing structures and systems once unimaginable. But what comes next for a field that already lets us look so deeply inside ourselves?

In this special holiday edition of our seminar series, Professor Mark Lythgoe will share some of his most forward-thinking projects, including MRI-guided magnetic thermoseeds and emerging methods for visualising the brain’s glymphatic system.

As the Founder of UCL’s Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging and the current Director of the Cheltenham Science Festival, Mark is known for both scientific innovation and public engagement at the highest level.

Join us for an inspiring and festive look at the future of imaging and the ideas shaping tomorrow’s medicine!

Register to attend

Friday, 12th December 2025, 16:00
U1202, Level 12, Sir Michael Uren Hub
Department of Bioengineering
White City Campus

Event contact: Kemi Aofolaju

Friday Forum – To hide or not to hide: the transparency dilemma of animal facilities (28 Nov)

All early career researchers are invited to an important and timely Friday Forum on the ethics of animal experimentation and on the need to involve the public in discussions in those ethics. We will be considering in particular the age-old question, when should our work be in private, and when should our work be open for the outside world to see? Our discussion, on November 28th, includes a panel discussion, with generous time allotted for audience Q and A.

Friday Forums are congenial in-person discussions, with lunch included, where for a short hour we can step back from our busy lives, consider new perspectives, and meet colleagues from outside our normal circle. More details, and registration link here

New to Imperial? Tell us what you think in our Welcome Experience Survey

Take the opportunity to voice your opinions and help shape the future of our Welcome season. Share your thoughts in our Welcome Experience Survey by 15 December. Your input is invaluable, and together, we can enhance the start of every student’s Imperial experience.  

Previous feedback led to positive improvements. From transforming the Sherfield Building into a vibrant hub for learning, support, and community, to launching the My Imperial Campus App for a more personalised digital experience, your feedback is driving real change. We also revamped the Welcome Fair, making it bigger, more accessible, and easier to explore, with over 11,000 students getting involved.  

Whether it’s creating inspiring spaces, smarter tools, or more inclusive events, your voice is helping us build a campus that works better for everyone.    

You can find the survey link in the email you will have received on Friday 14 November or by visiting the website directly. 

Introducing dAIsy – Imperial’s New GenAI workspace

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?

  • Private and secure – your data stays protected. All your prompts and chat history are stored securely in Imperial’s cloud.
  • Build your own agents – You can define instructions or behaviours suited to your specific needs.
  • Advanced developer role available on request – if you want to go deeper.

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

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

 

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.

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.

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

Join the new Viva Engage channel: Measuring Visibility and Impact

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:

  • track academic and societal impact of research publications, not only journal articles but other types of outputs such as reports, theses or preprints,
  • move away from journal-based metrics and h-index,
  • better communicate research results and increase visibility,
  • help you prepare job applications, narrative CVs, grant applications and REF submissions,
  • understand the latest research trends and key research areas in different disciplines,
  • monitor research performance of research groups, departments, faculties or institutions.

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.