What: PhD Student Away Day
When: Thursday 30 November 2017 from 09:00 – 18:00
Where: LT2, Wolfson Education Centre, Hammersmith Campus
Month: September 2017
Imperial College Speakers Toastmasters Club is a student-run club to help Imperial students improve their public speaking and communication skills in a friendly and supportive environment. At every meeting, students have the opportunity to give speeches on a variety of topics, practice impromptu speaking, offer constructive and detailed feedback to each other, and socialize with a diverse group of people from across the Imperial College community. Each meeting provides a valuable opportunity for students to hone the public speaking skills that are essential to effective lab meetings, conferences, class presentations, and other professional events.
Our club serves undergraduate and postgraduate students from all backgrounds. We recognise that students, especially those in the STEM subjects, are eager to find a welcoming venue to practice their speaking skills. We would also like to increase our diversity and reach out to students who would benefit from this club. Our club essentially provides the same service as professional public speaking coaching, but at a membership fee that is a fraction of the typical price of coaching. (more…)
Imperial’s Societal Engagement Seed Fund 2017/2018
Applications are now open for the Societal Engagement Seed Fund, which will support staff and students to engage the wider public with Imperial’s research and education. Seed fund proposals could include a discrete project or a pilot activity to be further developed. Up to £10,000 will be awarded in December 2017. It is expected that five proposals in the region of £2,000 will be funded, but there is flexibility to accommodate larger or smaller proposals for exceptional projects. The deadline for applications is midnight on Wednesday 8 November 2017. Find out more here.
Staff are invited to attend an Advice Clinic on Wednesday 11 October at 11.00am for guidance and support on writing proposals. To register attendance, please click here. Further information on the session will be circulated closer to the date to registered participants.
Catch up with your colleagues over a cuppa, enjoy some cake – and the money raised at the Coffee Morning will be donated to Macmillan to support people facing cancer.
Where
National Heart and Lung Institute
Guy Scadding Building
Royal Brompton Campus
Dovehouse Street
London
SW3 6LY
Host
This was the question posed to the participants of the 2017 Outreach Summer School, in the form of a gripping real-life crime scene investigation, organised and run by Dr Argita Zalli and Dr Luisa Garcia-Haro, Teaching Fellows on the BSc Medical Biosciences (BMB) programme.
The crime…
A classic case of ‘whodunnit’, the exciting scenario started with Dr Garcia-Haro explaining to students the importance of statistics which quickly took a dark turn when the session was interrupted by police officers who notified everyone that a famous model had been murdered! The scene was further set by Dr Zalli, who read out a newspaper article about the murder, while a video was used to summarise the key details of the gruesome crime. Participants were split into 5 groups and introduced to the handcuffed suspects, whom they interrogated using a real interrogation sheet, and went on to gather evidence from the crime scene. Each group was also allocated a suspect they had to defend in a mock court trial – the finale of their investigation. (more…)