{"id":1746,"date":"2025-10-31T13:29:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T13:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/icpostgrad\/?p=1746"},"modified":"2025-10-31T13:29:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T13:29:28","slug":"doctoral-student-welcome-event-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/icpostgrad\/2025\/10\/31\/doctoral-student-welcome-event-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctoral Student Welcome Event 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday 15 October, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/early-career-researcher-institute\">Early Career Researcher Institute<\/a> hosted a Doctoral Student Welcome Event on the South Kensington Campus!<\/p>\n<h4>This 2-hour event included:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>A welcome from the Early Career Researcher Institute, Provost <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.imperial.ac.uk\/p.haynes\">Professor Peter Haynes<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperialcollegeunion.org\/representation\/your-officer-team\">Imperial Union<\/a> President Nico Henry.<\/li>\n<li>A presentation on the programme of support offered by the Early Career Researcher Institute<\/li>\n<li>A Q&amp;A panel discussion with current doctoral students<\/li>\n<li>Tea, coffee, cakes and an opportunity to network with other doctoral students<\/li>\n<li>Support Services stands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1747\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/icpostgrad\/files\/2025\/10\/panel-300x198.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was fantastic to see so many of Imperial&#8217;s new doctoral students at this event and at the Doctoral Student Welcome event held at the White City Campus.<\/p>\n<p>A reminder that we also encourage you to complete our <a href=\"https:\/\/rise.articulate.com\/share\/hR-GbjCKL0ub0RhnMHQ9hYQePwnMCwh8#\/\">online induction<\/a> which takes you through our suite of learning, development and support provision available to you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday 15 October, the Early Career Researcher Institute hosted a Doctoral Student Welcome Event on the South Kensington Campus! 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