Thousands of people descended on South Kensington in June to enjoy the annual array of free events and activities celebrating science and the arts. (Photo credit: Dave Guttridge)

Thousands of people descended on South Kensington in June to enjoy the annual array of free events and activities celebrating science and the arts. (Photo credit: Brendan Foster)

Thousands of people descended on South Kensington in June to enjoy the annual array of free events and activities celebrating science and the arts. (Photo credit: Dave Guttridge)

Imperial postgraduates and their families gathered for the graduation ceremonies at the Royal Albert Hall in May. (Photo credit: Thomas Angus)

Imperial postgraduates and their families gathered for the graduation ceremonies at the Royal Albert Hall in May. (Photo credit: Thomas Angus)

Imperial postgraduates and their families gathered for the graduation ceremonies at the Royal Albert Hall in May. (Photo credit: Thomas Angus)

The annual Bugs, Birds and Beasts Day at the Silwood Park Campus includes falconry displays, pond dipping and discovering wonderful facts about the creatures all aroundus on bug hunts. (Photo credit: Brendan Foster)

The annual Bugs, Birds and Beasts Day at the Silwood Park Campus includes falconry displays, pond dipping and discovering wonderful facts about the creatures all around us on bug hunts. (Photo credit: Brendan Foster)

The annual Bugs, Birds and Beasts Day at the Silwood Park Campus includes falconry displays, pond dipping and discovering wonderful facts about the creatures all aroundus on bug hunts. (Photo credit: Brendan Foster)

The MAGPIE (Mega Ampere Generator for Plasma Implosion Experiments) can turn substances into the kinds of liquid or plasma states that normally only occur in stars and the centres of planets. Pictured: PhD student Danny Russell taking long-exposure photographs. (Photo credit: Thomas Angus)

The MAGPIE (Mega Ampere Generator for Plasma Implosion Experiments) can turn substances into the kinds of liquid or plasma states that normally only occur in stars and the centres of planets. (Picture credit: L. Suttle & J.D. Hare, MAGPIE Group, Imperial)

The MAGPIE (Mega Ampere Generator for Plasma Implosion Experiments) can turn substances into the kinds of liquid or plasma states that normally only occur in stars and the centres of planets. (Picture credit: by L. Suttle & J.D. Hare, MAGPIE Group, Imperial)

The Dyson School of Design Engineering was founded in 2014 to fuse design thinking, engineering knowledge and practice to help solve global problems. Pictured (L–R): Magdalena Popova (Innovation Design Engineering), Claudia Morgan (Workshop Technician). (Photo credit: Thomas Angus)

The Dyson School of Design Engineering was founded in 2014 to fuse design thinking, engineering knowledge and practice to help solve global problems. Pictured (L–R): Rhea Park, Isaac Winson-Bushby (Design Engineering students). (Photo credit: Thomas Angus)

The Dyson School of Design Engineering was founded in 2014 to fuse design thinking, engineering knowledge and practice to help solve global problems. Pictured at the table (L–R): Clarisse Bossard, Krystal Cheung, Isaac Winson-Bushby (Design Engineering students). (Photo credit: Thomas Angus)