Michel Valette, Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Centre for Environmental Policy and the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, and Gail Sucharitakul, Research Postgraduate at the Centre for Environmental Policy, provide their critical reflections from the 12th session of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-12) held in Manchester in February 2026.
For Women at Imperial week, we spoke to Sofia Moliner, a PhD student looking at quantum algorithms in Financial applications. She answered questions on her academic career so far, her role models and what barriers to progression she thinks women in academia still face today. 
As part of Women at Imperial week, we asked Professor Mary Matthews some questions around her proudest career achievement so far, her role models and what advice she wishes she’d received earlier in her career journey. 
Mary is an Associate Professor in Ultrafast Laser Science investigating attosecond science and chirality at the quantum level in the Department of Physics and a Royal Society University Research Fellow.
As part of Women at Imperial Week, we asked Dr Karen E Logan, Director of Programme Management at Target Malaria within the Department of Life Sciences, some questions around her proudest career achievement so far, her role models and how can we better support women in STEM and technical roles.
As part of Women at Imperial week, we asked Anne Parry, Director of Operations in the Centre for Environmental Policy, some questions around what has inspired her and her career to date, as well as what advice she wishes she’d received earlier in her career journey. 
Dr Simon Foster, Outreach Manager within the Faculty of Natural Sciences, talks about Imperial’s recent outreach activities through the India STEMathon and the passion and intelligence of young people that he witnessed on the trip.
Following the dramatic series finale of Celebrity Traitors, we speak to Dr Dante Kalise from the Department of Mathematics at Imperial College London, as he unpicks the treacherous tactics used in the game. He explains how the Traitors used game theory to betray their way to the top, and how the Faithfuls tried to unmask them using strategic deduction – a mathematical deep-dive into the art of betrayal.
Spoilers for the final of Celebrity Traitors below.
Becky Middleton, Director of Education and Student Experience in the Faculty of Natural Sciences, outlines in this blog some of the activities that the Education Team have planned for this Autumn term.
PhD student José Giral Barajas explains how he is using queueing theory to understand how cells move and accumulate materials.
Imagine you need to deliver a package to someone in a crowded place, but you have no idea where they are. No matter how determined you are to take a specific path, the constant collisions with all the people around you will force you to change direction most of the time. The path you take in your search for the recipient becomes effectively random. This simple picture is a helpful way to think about how cells move materials.
Imperial is using its outreach programmes to get more young people excited about space. This blog post looks at the reach and impact of these initiatives.
The road to the stars, it turns out, begins with a postcard. But instead of the Eiffel Tower or Big Ben, the postcards depict ‘flight surgeons’ and ‘space lawyers’, and instead of inspiring wanderlust, these postcards inspire young people to imagine their futures beyond the Earth’s boundaries.
