Tag: Master’s Students

Rewire the State Hackathon: Build next-gen government with 10DS (16-17 Sept 2025)

​10 Downing Street’s Data Science team (10DS) is hosting a public hackathon to demonstrate how AI can improve the performance of the state as well as the relationship between government and the people it serves.

​Over two days, participants will form teams and tackle some of the most pressing challenges we face. From improving educational attainment to making our streets safer, delivering higher living standards, reducing NHS waiting lists, fostering local communities and delivering new infrastructure.

​We’re looking for technologists, researchers, and problem-solvers of all levels. You’ll have access to mentors, and the chance to showcase your ideas to senior government leaders.

​This isn’t just a competition, it’s a chance to shape how AI is used for public good. Projects from our some of our recent hacks are already having real world impact.

​Join us to demonstrate how open collaboration with the wider build community can drive real change.

​Top teams will be invited back to No10 to pitch their projects to stakeholders.

REGISTER

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

IX-WAI Early Career Development Grant (deadline: 30 Sept 2025)

We are excited to announce that the I-X Women in AI Network’s Early Career Development Grant Round 4 is now open for applications.

We encourage women and non-binary individuals pursuing their Master’s, PhD, or Postdoc at Imperial College London to apply. The grant is designed to support conference attendance, training, and other professional development opportunities. Whether you are already working in AI or aspiring to enter the field, this funding can help you take the next step in your journey!

Deadline: 30 September 2025

Please note: the activity for which you are applying must take place at least one month after the application deadline. If you have already been awarded the grant, you are not eligible to apply again.

Find out more and apply for the grant here: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/ix-ai-in-science/i-x-women-in-ai-network/

Faculty of Natural Sciences Showcase 2025 (11 Sept)

Join a full day of presentations and stimulating discussions with the academics and prize-winning PhD students in the Faculty of Natural Sciences and find out about our innovative work. Everybody is welcome! Please register as soon as possible (deadline is 17.00 on 9 September 2025).

Find out more & register: Natural Sciences Showcase 2025 | Events | Imperial College London

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

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.