Thursday 26 October 2023 | 12:30-14:30

The Great Hall, 2^nd Floor, Sherfield Building, South Kensington Campus

The Graduate School would like to invite you to the postgraduate research student welcome event, which will be held in the Great Hall, Level 2, Sherfield Building, South Kensington campus. The programme will consist of introductory talks from Senior College and Graduate School representatives, as well as members of the Imperial College Union (ICU), and will be followed by refreshments and the chance to meet other students as well as to speak to a number of support services within the College who will have stands at the event. Please feel free to drop in throughout the afternoon.

You will be introduced to key members of staff from across the College and given an overview of the Graduate School and our available initiatives, all of which are aimed at supporting you throughout your time here at Imperial College. You will also hear directly from your Union representatives about the provision they have on offer and why it is vital for you to engage with them.  

The Programme

The programme for the event is provided below.  Please arrive ahead of time and take a seat for the following talks:

• 12:30-12:35 – Welcome and Introduction from Professor Yun Xu (Director of the Graduate School)
• 12:35-12:45 – Welcome from Professor Ian Walmsley (Provost)
• 12:45-12:50 – Welcome from Imperial College Union from Jordon Milward (PGR Representation Chair)
• 12:50-13:00 – Information about the Graduate School’s Provision from Dr Magdalena Jara (Head of Pedagogy, Graduate School)
• 13:00-14:30 – Refreshments and opportunity to talk to Support Services

The Support Stands

Amongst the support services available for you to speak to informally will be:

• Graduate School
• Black Doctoral Network
• Careers Service
• Centre for Academic English
• Chaplaincy Multi-Faith Centre
• Disability Advisory Service
• ICT
• Imperial College Union (ICU)
• Imperial 600
• International Student Support
• Library Services
• Move Imperial
• Societal Engagement
• Student Counselling and Mental Health Advice Service
• Student Financial Support
• Student Hub

To register

To book your place at this event, please book on via Inkpath using your Imperial Single-Sign-On.  If you do not yet have an Inkpath profile setup, please email the Graduate School team.

*Please note that this is event is open to Postgraduate Doctoral students only.