The welcome event for Postgraduate Research students took place on Tuesday 12 October - view the slides and watch a video of the event here!

PROGRAMME

4.00pm - Great Hall, Level 2, Sherfield Building

• Sir Keith O'Nions, Rector - Welcome to Imperial
• Professor Eric Yeatman, Chair, Academic Training Committee (GSEPS) - Introduction to the Graduate Schools
• Deena Blumenkrantz, GSA President - A welcome from the Graduate Students' Association (GSA)
• Alex Kendall, ICU President - A welcome from Imperial College Union
• Ms Elaine Walsh, Senior Lecturer in Transferable Skills - Introduction to the Transferable Skills Programme and Research Skills Development course
• Professor Andrew George, GSLSM Director - Life as a Research Student
  
  
• Please click here to view the slides from the above talk. [Pdf]

5.00pm - Queen's Tower Rooms, Level 1 (Ground Floor), Sherfield Building

Drinks reception and information event with an opportunity to meet/find out about:

• Careers Advisory Service
• English Language Support Programme
• Graduate Schools' Transferable Skills Programme
• Graduate Students' Association (GSA)
• ICT 
• Imperial College Union: The Advice Centre 
• International Office 
• Library 
• Mathematics Advisory Service 
• Research Office
• Statistics Advisory Service
• Student Hub 
• Welfare [College Tutors, Student Counselling Service, Disabilities Advisor, Chaplaincy Centre
• The British Library
• British Science Association

Link to the events page: Research Students Welcome Session 2010