As a member of research staff at Imperial you make up ~35% of the staff population. You are therefore able to access a wide range of support that is offered to staff members by the College. More information about these opportunities can be found in the tabs below. 

Support at Imperial

Courses at Imperial

PFDC provides a range of courses for early career researchers which can be found here.
As staff at Imperial, early career researchers are entitled to book a place on many courses offered to Imperial staff through other centres. More information is available at the websites below.

  • Centre for Academic English
    The Centre for Academic English provides an extensive range of courses and workshops to develop the academic STEMM communication competence of all Imperial academics, researchers and students, both native and non-native speakers. For Imperial staff and researchers (including doctoral students), they provide training for external academic communication, including writing research papers for publication, presenting at conferences, writing grant applications and writing for the REF. International staff can access English language support for academic, social and professional purposes. The Centre offers general English courses, writing mechanics workshops, listening and speaking courses, and one-to-one consultations.
  • Educational Development Unit (EDU)
    The EDU provides educational development for all who teach Imperial students. They offer a wide range of advice and training for staff involved in teaching.
  • Learning and Development Centre (LDC)The LDC offers professional development courses and programmes for all staff at Imperial.
  • Library
    The Library offers a wide range of services, such as access to online resources including journals, books and databases. The library can also offer advice on researching your subject, on using IT to assist your research and on open access publishing. 
  • Scholarly Communication Team
    Based in Central Library, the Scholarly Communication Team helps the Imperial community to communicate and disseminate their research and academic work. They focus on open access, research data management and copyright. Providing courses, workshops and informal sessions to help increase the impact of your research. They also help staff to navigate the landscape of funder and publisher policies on open access and research data.
  • Societal Engagement Team
    Updates, training, funding and opportunities to be involved in societal engagement.
  • Statistical Advisory Service
    Advice and courses on research design and methodology, including clinical trials and training on SPSS, STATA, Matlab, and R.