Tag: Master’s Students

CfAE ‘Speaking with Impact in STEMM’ sessions (Summer Term)

Are you coming up to an assessed viva, an assessed elevator pitch, an assessed project presentation or are you simply keen to work on your public speaking skills?

CfAE ‘Speaking with Impact in STEMM’ sessions are a structured programme to enhance your skills and boost your confidence in preparation for any presentation.

We are running 6 weekly sessions in the summer term. These are 50-minute on-campus sessions (South Kensington).

They are grouped into two blocks of three, but you are free to attend one, some or all sessions.

  1. Engaging your audience (Thursday 8 May 13.00-14.00)
  2. Using your voice (Thursday 15 May 13.00-14.00)
  3. Rehearse your presentation in our ‘Café Scientifique’  (Thursday 22 May 13.00-14.00)
  4. Building your narrative (Thursday 29 May 13.00-14.00)
  5. Guiding your audience (Thursday 5 June 13.00-14.00)
  6. Rehearse your presentation in our ‘Stand up and speak’ session (Thursday 12 June 13.00-14.00)

In addition, we offer 20-minute 1:1s, both online and on campus, if you would like individual advice on your presentation skills. Book here: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/academic-english/speaking/advice/.

Applications open for Venture Catalyst Challenge (deadline: 15 June)

The Venture Catalyst Challenge (VCC) is now open for applications!

This is your chance to be part of Imperial Enterprise Lab’s flagship programme and compete for a share of £100,000 (equity free) in prize money, receive expert coaching, and access to our network of investors, mentors, and industry leaders.

VCC is open to current Imperial students, ECRs and recent alumni working on innovative solutions across these key tracks:

🧠 AI & Robotics
🌍 Creative & Consumer
🔬 Digital & Finance
🌱 Energy & Environment
🧬 Health & Wellbeing

You’ll benefit from:

✅ Weekly masterclasses
✅ Personalised venture coaching
✅ Pitch training and feedback
✅ The chance to pitch at the Grand Final for prizes and exposure

📅 Deadline to apply: Thursday 15 June 2025

Click here to apply

 

Annual Research Symposium 2025 – Thursday 29th May 2025, SK Campus

About the 2025 Research Symposium:

The research symposium is an annual event, held with support from the Early Career Researcher Institute (ECRI), and brings together multi-disciplinary faculty researchers and current PhD scholars to present their ongoing research across the College. While the event is primarily targeted at postgraduate students, everyone who is interested is welcome to attend.

Event Details:

  • Date: Thursday 29th May 2025
  • Time: 10:00-18:30
  • Location: Main Foyer and Lecture Theatre (Room 200), City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus (map)
  • Format: in-person conference with refreshments served
  • Registration and more information: Eventbrite link here

CfAE’s summer term ‘Writing a research paper’ sessions (May 2025)

Writing a paper for publication?

Register for CfAE’s ‘Writing a research paper’ activity sessions! 

In these sessions, you will be trained to become more reader-aware through guided analysis of published research papers to identify the structure, language and strategies used by successful writers in your field. This training will both speed up your writing and ensure your paper truly communicates the value of your research to an increasingly global and interdisciplinary readership. Many participants who’ve benefited from this training have fed back that it’s transformed their approach to writing papers.

In case you’re not aware, all members of Imperial (whether or not English is their first language) at all stages of their degree or academic career have the opportunity to benefit from CfAE provision.

These weekly 50-minute sessions are offered both online and on campus (South Kensington).

Upcoming sessions:

Writing a successful abstract: 6 May

Writing a successful introduction: 13 May

Writing a successful results section: 20 May 

Writing a successful discussion and conclusions section: 27 May

Get Hired – Scale Space Careers Fair 2025 – Thu 15 May, 15.30-18.30, White City Campus (RSVP as spaces are limited!)

 

Register for the Scale Space Careers Fair and connect with innovative start-ups and scaleups shaping the future.

WHEN AND WHERE
Thursday 15th May 2025 | 3.30pm – 6.30pm
Scale Space, Imperial White City Campus, 58 Wood Lane, London W12 7RZ

WHY ATTEND?

We are connecting Imperial student talent with fast-growing businesses from Scale Space and I-HUB—companies hiring bold thinkers and future leaders. Explore roles across Health & Life Sciences, Digital & AI, Sustainability, and Security.

WHO’S IT FOR?
This event is exclusively for current Imperial students who are:

  • Final-year undergraduates and Master’s students
  • MBA students and other experienced learners
  • Technical and specialist students (Technicians, Researchers, PhDs)

WHAT YOU’LL GET

  1. Access to open roles—full-time, part-time, internships, short-term projects, and placements
  2. A chance to meet hiring teams from a range of innovative, high-growth companies
  3. Free ice cream and refreshments while you network!

WHAT TO EXPECT
You will meet a selection of hiring businesses from Scale Space and I-HUB who are actively looking to connect with Imperial talent. These companies are ready to share opportunities and exciting challenges for those ready to make an impact.

A week before the event, we will send you a brochure with confirmed participants. In the meantime, feel free to browse the Scale Space and I-HUB company directory—but keep in mind, not all companies listed will be attending the fair.

WHAT IS SCALE SPACE AND I-HUB?
Scale Space is based on Imperial’s White City Deep Tech Campus—a thriving hub for start-ups and scaleups working at the cutting edge of Health & Life Sciences, Digital & AI, Sustainability, and Security.

It is also home to the Imperial White City Incubator and the Greenhouse Accelerator, bringing together entrepreneurs, researchers, and innovators in one collaborative space. Just a short 3-minute walk away, the I-HUB is also part of this dynamic community.

Together, Scale Space and the I-HUB form a powerhouse of over 110 fast-growing companies—and some of them will be at the Careers Fair, ready to meet you.

HOW TO SIGN UP
Register here to secure your place. Attendance is free, but spaces are limited—so don’t wait!

We look forward to seeing you there. For any questions, email careersfair@scalespace.co.uk.

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Scale Space
58 Wood Lane, White City Campus, London W12 7RZ
careersfair@scalespace.co.uk

Summer Term Day and Evening Classes: Arts, Humanities & Languages

Join us in South Kensington this summer on one of our exciting day and evening classes in the arts, humanities and languages.

From Introductory French to Beginners Watercolours and British Sign Language to Discovering Art Therapy, we have a wide range of courses designed to educate, inform and entertain.

No previous experience is needed in any subject, so whether you fancy taking up printmaking as a hobby, starting that novel you know you have inside you, or you’ve always wanted to know the secrets of modern art, you’ll find a course here for you.

Enrolling now – for full details visit http://www.imperial.ac.uk/adult-ed

Volunteer at Bugs, Birds & Beasts Day (deadline: 16 May 2025)

Every summer we hold a nature activity day for all the family, Bugs, Birds & Beasts Day, hosted outdoors at our beautiful rural campus in Silwood Park, Ascot. Visitors find out how bugs, birds and beasts enrich our lives: watching live bird eggs develop and hatch, marvelling at falconry displays, taking part and discovering wonderful facts about the creatures all around us on bug hunts. There’s something for everyone, from pond-dipping to Jurassic Lab exhibits.

In recent years we’ve welcomed over 600 visitors to Silwood for the event, inspiring the scientists of tomorrow and enhancing their interest in nature. Each year the event becomes more and more popular, so this year we are branching out, expanding our exhibitions and stalls so that we can welcome even more visitors to our campus to find out about the fascination of science!

We can only run the event with the help of our amazing cohort of volunteers down at Silwood Park – and this year we are opening up the volunteer opportunity to ALL Imperial staff and students! It’s a great way to try something new, gain experience and enjoy an unforgettable summer’s day out in the countryside. There are roles from meeting and greeting, signposting, getting volunteers to and from the shuttle bus and helping our exhibitors with their stalls.

Volunteers will get a funky Bugs Day branded T-shirt, a delicious BBQ lunch and coach transport whizzing them to and from Silwood from South Kensington/White City. They will also get time to explore the festival and a special thank you gift.

“Bugs, Birds & Beasts Day is one of my favourite days of the academic year. It’s really rewarding and fun to share my love of science and interact with local people” – Professor James Rosindell

Want more information on what to expect?

Take a look at our promotional film

Check out the Imperial Volunteering FAQs.

Sign up to register your interest now!

Don’t miss the deadline of Friday 16 May – the earlier you sign up the more choice you’ll have in where you’ll be and what you’ll be doing; you can also volunteer with a friend by selecting the same type of shift when you sign up!

Neurodiversity Week (05-09 May 2025)

Join us for Neurodiversity Week (5-9 May), a week of celebrations of neurodiversity across Imperial. Hosted by the Faculty of Natural Sciences but open to all staff and students, the week includes talks, games, panel discussions and community events focused on inclusion, lived experience and practical strategies for supporting neurodivergent people in STEM.

Highlights include a keynote by theoretical physicist Professor Heather Logan on navigating academia as an autistic person, a hands-on puzzle challenge to explore alternative forms of learning from Imperial’s Playful Learning Group, a student-staff Q&A panel on thriving at Imperial, and a Neurodiversity Café with stalls, refreshments and space to connect.

Whether you’re neurodivergent yourself, an ally, or just curious to learn more, all are welcome. You can view the full programme of events for the week and register for them here

Make graduation magical – Volunteer on 02 June & 03 June 2025

We are excited to invite you to volunteer for Graduation Days 2025 which will take place on Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 June 2025.

We are inviting over 7,000 graduands and their guests to one of five ceremonies across the two days and we are looking for some fabulous volunteers to help the Graduation Events team deliver this exciting and special occasion.

Our mission is to create powerful, happy memories for our graduands after all the hard work they have put into their degree. The question is, can you help us achieve this?

Key Information

  • Registration is open from Friday 7 March – Friday 16 May 2025
  • Read more about becoming a volunteer on our website
  • Click on this link to find out more about shift times
  • Both staff and students are welcome to volunteer
  • Full briefings are provided prior to the event 
  • BENEFITS
    • Free lunch, free drink, and free snacks on the day
    • A Volunteer Thank You event with refreshments on Wednesday 11 June 2025
    • Every volunteer who signs-up and attends their shift will be automatically entered into a prize draw. Volunteer for both days and double your chances of winning!

Whether you can help for a full day or just a few hours, we would love to hear from you! So please sign up to support us by filling in the Registration Form.

If you have any queries at all, please contact us at graduationvolunteers@imperial.ac.uk and we’ll be happy to help.

Come and be the magic behind the moment, we can’t wait to have you on board!

Volunteer at the Great Exhibition Road Festival (Sign up by 14 May 2025)

Volunteering sign-ups for the Great Exhibition Road Festival are now open!

We’re giving all staff and students the chance to volunteer at Imperial College London’s exciting annual celebration of science and the arts on 7-8 June 2025.

We partner with iconic cultural institutions, including the Science Museum, Natural History Museum, V&A and the Royal Albert Hall, and thousands of visitors attend each year to engage with our world-leading science. But none of this would be possible without our dedicated team of volunteers!

Interested? Click here to find out more and sign up before 14 May 2025.