Connect with Imperial students through our online platform

Would you like to reconnect with Imperial College London and share your career experiences with a current Imperial student? Join our Ask an Alum platform to be a source of inspiration and guidance for students exploring their professional journey. 

The Ask an Alum programme provides an opportunity for current Imperial students to connect, learn and develop their career insights from Imperial graduates. You can volunteer to join the programme and respond to one-off career related questions from students wanting to find out more about your role or sector. Ask an Alum is a quick and impactful way to share your experiences and knowledge in a format that suits your schedule. 

New for 2024 - the platform is hosted through Vygo, a user-friendly peer-to-peer learning portal. To register, please create an account on Vygo and set up an Alumni profile on the Ask an Alum programme (please read the full registration guidance below).

If you have any questions, please contact the team at askalum@imperial.ac.uk.

How and why

Registration guidance

Here's how you can get started and create your profile in five easy steps: 

Step one - Sign in to the Vygo platform:

  • Select UK/Europe and choose 'Register Now' to create your Vygo account
  • Select Imperial College London as your organisation
  • Verify your email address before continuing

Step two - Create your profile:

  • Select 'Alum' as your user type
  • Enter your CID/Alumni Membership Number - this can be found at the top of your emails from the Alumni Engagement Office
  • Select your degree or the closest degree name to the one you studied
  • Select the industry or industries you have experience in

Step three - Join Ask an Alum:

  • Select 'Ask an Alum' and 'Join programme'
  • You'll be prompted to answer some questions about your previous degrees, support you can offer, sector experience, and where you work
  • You will then see one of the following pop-ups
    (a) one noting you have been pre-approved for the programme, click 'Become an Alum' to be taken to your profile.
    (b) one telling you you've been matched with an Alum, ignore this and click "I don't want to be connect with 'X' then "I'll connect later". Click 'You are a Member' and 'Become an Alum' from the drop down options to progress to Step 4. 

Step four - Complete your profile:

  • Upload a professional photo
  • About Me: Write a few sentences about your education and career history and the areas in which you could provide career related insights e.g, networking tips, finding jobs, developing the right skill set (800 character limit).
  • Availability: You can indicate your availability for when you are most likely to respond to questions.
  • Language: Select the languages you are able to answer questions in
  • Click update profile
  • Answer some final consent questions

Step five - Add a tagline:

  • Click on your profile picture in the top right-hand corner, select 'Profile' then 'Edit'
  • Update your tagline to list your current job title and organisation e.g. Solutions Architect: Amazon Web Services (60 character limit)

Students will be recommended to connect with you based on the join questions and will reach out to you via the chat function if they want to ask a question. You will be notified via email and/or push notification if you receive a message.

 

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