{"id":6433,"date":"2025-10-29T17:06:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T17:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/?p=6433"},"modified":"2025-10-29T17:06:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T17:06:53","slug":"help-us-build-the-student-parent-and-carers-network-at-imperial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/2025\/10\/29\/help-us-build-the-student-parent-and-carers-network-at-imperial\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Us Build the Student Parent and Carers Network at Imperial!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Are you a parent, an expectant parent, or a carer navigating student life at Imperial?<\/h2>\n<p>We understand that balancing academic life with parenting or caregiving responsibilities can be both incredibly rewarding and uniquely challenging. That\u2019s why we\u2019re building a stronger, more supportive Student Parent and Carers Network,\u00a0and we invite you to be part of it.<\/p>\n<p>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: <a href=\"https:\/\/imperial.eu.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_brrv6zXp1N3176K\">Imperial Student Parent and Carers survey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This network is designed to offer:<\/p>\n<p>&#x2705;\u00a0<strong>Peer Support:<\/strong> Connect with fellow student parents and carers who understand your experience.<\/p>\n<p>&#x2705;\u00a0<strong>Dedicated Events:<\/strong> Family-friendly, care-friendly and flexible networking opportunities, support sessions, and socials.<\/p>\n<p>&#x2705;\u00a0<strong>Advocacy &amp; Voice:<\/strong> Help shape how Imperial supports students like you.<\/p>\n<p>&#x2705;\u00a0<strong>Resources &amp; Guidance:<\/strong> Clear, accessible information on everything from parental or emergency leave, advice on childcare, wellbeing, and flexible study options.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re currently parenting, expecting a child, supporting a partner who is, or caring for a family member or friend, you are welcome here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Join:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions or queries, please don&#8217;t hesitate to contact us at, <a href=\"mailto:studentparentsandcarers@imperial.ac.uk\">studentparentsandcarers@imperial.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019s why we\u2019re building a stronger, more supportive Student Parent and Carers Network,\u00a0and we invite you to be part of it. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":242,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[320935],"tags":[320929],"class_list":["post-6433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-early-career-researcher-networks","tag-doctoral-students"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Help Us Build the Student Parent and Carers Network at Imperial! - Early Career Researcher Noticeboard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/2025\/10\/29\/help-us-build-the-student-parent-and-carers-network-at-imperial\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Help Us Build the Student Parent and Carers Network at Imperial! - Early Career Researcher Noticeboard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"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\u2019s why we\u2019re building a stronger, more supportive Student Parent and Carers Network,\u00a0and we invite you to be part of it. [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/2025\/10\/29\/help-us-build-the-student-parent-and-carers-network-at-imperial\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Early Career Researcher Noticeboard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-29T17:06:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bethan Ritchie\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bethan Ritchie\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/29\\\/help-us-build-the-student-parent-and-carers-network-at-imperial\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/29\\\/help-us-build-the-student-parent-and-carers-network-at-imperial\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Bethan Ritchie\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d6f1b212d426c4844e40a011c92f3777\"},\"headline\":\"Help Us Build the Student Parent and Carers Network at Imperial!\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-29T17:06:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/29\\\/help-us-build-the-student-parent-and-carers-network-at-imperial\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":247,\"keywords\":[\"Doctoral Students\"],\"articleSection\":[\"ECR Networks\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/29\\\/help-us-build-the-student-parent-and-carers-network-at-imperial\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/29\\\/help-us-build-the-student-parent-and-carers-network-at-imperial\\\/\",\"name\":\"Help Us Build the Student Parent and Carers Network at Imperial! - Early Career Researcher Noticeboard\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-29T17:06:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d6f1b212d426c4844e40a011c92f3777\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/29\\\/help-us-build-the-student-parent-and-carers-network-at-imperial\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/29\\\/help-us-build-the-student-parent-and-carers-network-at-imperial\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/29\\\/help-us-build-the-student-parent-and-carers-network-at-imperial\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Help Us Build the Student Parent and Carers Network at Imperial!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\\\/\",\"name\":\"Early Career Researcher Noticeboard\",\"description\":\"News, announcements and other opportunities for early career researchers\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d6f1b212d426c4844e40a011c92f3777\",\"name\":\"Bethan Ritchie\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0dd87e1bbe1997d5fb711104f98efa5cbed62dee3ed84d55df403d8728efdd0c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0dd87e1bbe1997d5fb711104f98efa5cbed62dee3ed84d55df403d8728efdd0c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0dd87e1bbe1997d5fb711104f98efa5cbed62dee3ed84d55df403d8728efdd0c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Bethan Ritchie\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\\\/author\\\/bvj\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Help Us Build the Student Parent and Carers Network at Imperial! - Early Career Researcher Noticeboard","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/2025\/10\/29\/help-us-build-the-student-parent-and-carers-network-at-imperial\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Help Us Build the Student Parent and Carers Network at Imperial! - Early Career Researcher Noticeboard","og_description":"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\u2019s why we\u2019re building a stronger, more supportive Student Parent and Carers Network,\u00a0and we invite you to be part of it. [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/2025\/10\/29\/help-us-build-the-student-parent-and-carers-network-at-imperial\/","og_site_name":"Early Career Researcher Noticeboard","article_published_time":"2025-10-29T17:06:53+00:00","author":"Bethan Ritchie","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bethan Ritchie","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/2025\/10\/29\/help-us-build-the-student-parent-and-carers-network-at-imperial\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/2025\/10\/29\/help-us-build-the-student-parent-and-carers-network-at-imperial\/"},"author":{"name":"Bethan Ritchie","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/#\/schema\/person\/d6f1b212d426c4844e40a011c92f3777"},"headline":"Help Us Build the Student Parent and Carers Network at Imperial!","datePublished":"2025-10-29T17:06:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/2025\/10\/29\/help-us-build-the-student-parent-and-carers-network-at-imperial\/"},"wordCount":247,"keywords":["Doctoral Students"],"articleSection":["ECR Networks"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/2025\/10\/29\/help-us-build-the-student-parent-and-carers-network-at-imperial\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/2025\/10\/29\/help-us-build-the-student-parent-and-carers-network-at-imperial\/","name":"Help Us Build the Student Parent and Carers Network at Imperial! - Early Career Researcher Noticeboard","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-10-29T17:06:53+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/#\/schema\/person\/d6f1b212d426c4844e40a011c92f3777"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/2025\/10\/29\/help-us-build-the-student-parent-and-carers-network-at-imperial\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/2025\/10\/29\/help-us-build-the-student-parent-and-carers-network-at-imperial\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/2025\/10\/29\/help-us-build-the-student-parent-and-carers-network-at-imperial\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Help Us Build the Student Parent and Carers Network at Imperial!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/","name":"Early Career Researcher Noticeboard","description":"News, announcements and other opportunities for early career researchers","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/#\/schema\/person\/d6f1b212d426c4844e40a011c92f3777","name":"Bethan Ritchie","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0dd87e1bbe1997d5fb711104f98efa5cbed62dee3ed84d55df403d8728efdd0c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0dd87e1bbe1997d5fb711104f98efa5cbed62dee3ed84d55df403d8728efdd0c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0dd87e1bbe1997d5fb711104f98efa5cbed62dee3ed84d55df403d8728efdd0c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Bethan Ritchie"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/author\/bvj\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/242"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6433"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6435,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6433\/revisions\/6435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-noticeboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}