The Julia Higgins Medal and Awards recognise individuals, groups, and departments that have made a significant contribution to the support of academic women at the university.
The 2025 Medal winner was Cristina Banks-Leite, Department of Life Sciences.
You can read more about the awards in our news story
The Provost’s Awards for Excellence in Health and Safety recognise individuals and teams whose efforts have resulted in significant improvements to health and safety in the university over the past year.
Individual award winner: Morgan Edmonds, Bioengineering
The Provost’s Awards for Excellence in Animal Research celebrate good practice by research and CBS staff at Imperial.
The President’s Awards for Excellence are annual awards to recognise staff members who have made outstanding contributions in Culture and Community, Education, Research, Societal Engagement or Sustainability.
The President’s Awards for Excellence in Societal Engagement recognise staff members who have demonstrated an outstanding contribution to deliver inspiring engagement activities or supported the development of a culture of societal engagement at Imperial.
The President’s Medal for Excellence in Societal Engagement
For individuals who have made exceptional contributions to societal engagement.
Medal winner: Simon Foster, Natural Sciences
The President’s Awards for Excellence are annual awards to recognise staff members who have made outstanding contributions in Culture and Community, Education, Research, Societal Engagement or Sustainability.
The President’s Awards for Excellence in Research recognise staff members who have made outstanding contributions in early career research, research support, as part of a research team, and in research innovation and external collaboration.
President’s Award for Excellence in Impact
For Excellence in Impact, which encompasses Policy, Enterprise, Engagement or Translation impact, aims to celebrate individuals or Teams whose research endeavours transcend academic boundaries, creating tangible, positive changes in society and the environment while exemplifying Imperial’s values in action.
Medal winner: Azalea Raad, Department of Computing
Award winner: Steven Niederer, National Heart and Lung Institute
The President’s Awards for Excellence are annual awards to recognise staff members who have made outstanding contributions in Culture and Community, Education, Research, Societal Engagement or Sustainability.
The President’s Awards for Excellence in Education are annual awards to recognise staff members who have made outstanding contributions in teaching, research supervision and supporting the student experience.
President’s Award for Excellence in Research Supervision
For exceptional supervision, encouragement, and support of doctoral or postgraduate research students.
Medal winner: Joao Cabral, Department of Chemical Engineering
The President’s Awards for Excellence are annual awards to recognise staff members who have made outstanding contributions in Culture and Community, Education, Research, Societal Engagement or Sustainability.
The President’s Awards for Excellence in Culture and Community recognise staff who have made outstanding contributions over the last year in Leadership: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion; Collaboration: and Sustainability.
President’s Medal for Excellence in Culture and Community
For individuals or teams who have made exceptional contributions to Culture and Community across the university.
Medal winner: Katharina Hauck, School of Public Health
Nick McDermott has been appointed Director of Communications and will join Imperial in September.
Reporting to the Vice-President (Strategic Engagement and Communications), in this role Nick will lead the development and execution of communications that support Imperial’s mission, brand, and strategic objectives. He will oversee both internal and external communications, ensuring consistency, clarity, and impact across all channels.
Nick joins Imperial from NHS England, where he currently acts as Director of Communications, responsible for the largest communications team in the public sector – supporting the delivery of health service’s priorities and building public confidence in the NHS.
Prior to joining the NHS, Nick was a leading health and science journalist. He spent nine years as health and science editor at The Sun, overseeing their pandemic coverage, and making complex research and policy accessible to millions of readers daily. He was previously science and environment reporter at The Daily Mail, and part of an award-winning investigations team.
Associate Provost (Digitally-Enhanced Learning & Teaching)
Dr Sophie Rutschmann has accepted the appointment of Associate Provost (Digitally-Enhanced Learning & Teaching), with effect from 1 August 2025, for a term of five years.
Reporting to the Vice-Provost (Education and Student Experience), Dr Rutschmann will lead Imperial’s strategic commitment to digitally-enhanced learning and teaching.
Professor Stefanos Zafeiriou has accepted the appointment as Head of the Department of Computing for a five year term, starting from 1 September 2025.