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Aegrotat degrees awarded since 2004/05
The request
Please specify the total number of 'Aegrotat' degrees awarded by the University for each of the calendar years specified above.
Imperial College Response, IMPFOI-23-279, 20 June 2023
The number of Aegrotat degrees awarded by academic year are as follows:
2004-2005 - 0
2005-2006 - 2
2006-2007 - 1
2007-2008 - 0
2008-2009 - 1
2009-2010 - 1
2010-2011 - 0
2011-2012 - 2
2012-2013 - 4
2013-2014 - 2
2014-2015 - 0
2015-2016 - 0
2016-2017 - 0
2017-2018 - 1
2018-2019 - 1
2019-2020 - 1
2020-2021 - 0
2021-2022 - 0
Number of students who have engaged with the College Student Counselling and Mental Health Service about eating disorders
The request
The number of students who have engaged with the College's Student Counselling and Mental Health Service about eating disorders in the years 2019/20 and 2020/21 split by age, gender and type of eating disorder.
Imperial College Response, IMPFOI-23-082, 8 March 2023
FOI Response, eating disorders (pdf)
The information provided is the available data that we capture concerning eating disorder presentations. Please note that numbers of 5 or less have been removed to protect the identity of indivduals.
Important notes:
- Data provided relates to cases where eating disorders were the primary cause for accessing counselling
- It is not possible to provide an age breakdown/profile for cases as our reporting system does not capture information in this way
- Our reporting year runs from 1st August to 31st July
The following information is provided to contextualise the data presented:
- In 2019-20 1309 registrations* were received from students wishing to access counselling via the Student Counselling and Mental Health Advice Service.
- In 2020-21 1445 registrations* were received from students wishing to access counselling via the Student Counselling and Mental Health Advice Service.
*Note: Not all of those who register go on to confirm/attend an appointment
Medical electives completed overseas, since 2013
The request
- Since 2013, how many students from your medical school completed their medical elective outside of the UK each year?
- What percentage did students who completed an elective abroad comprise of your total cohort for each year?
- Which countries students who completed their foreign electives abroad travelled to in each year
- Any feedback/ reflective work that students provided to your medical school following their elective abroad
Imperial College response, IMPFOI-24-005, 19 January 2024
Please see the linked spreadsheet for responses to Items 1 – 3 of the request: IMPFOI-24-005, Medical Elective Data (xlsx)
For item 4: Students must submit an Elective Attendance report at the end of their elective which has been signed off by their Elective Supervisor. In this report the supervisor is asked to rate the performance of the student using grade descriptors, there is also a box for comments. This form is mandatory. Students may also fill in a summary and long report of their elective. The summary report asks for basic information about the student’s elective, for example how they organised it, how much it cost, what specialty/department area the student worked in etc. The long part of the report is a more reflective piece and is an opportunity for students to write about the experiences gained and what they learned, they can include pictures. At present the summary and long reports are not mandatory unless students have received a travel award, in which case they need to fill in these two reports. Students can fill them in voluntarily.
MSc Finance employment reports
The request
I would like to see the employment report of graduates of Msc Finance Suite programmes for the years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Imperial College response, IMPFOI-23-375, 10 August 2023
The College does not have the employment reports for 2015 and 2016. The reports for 2017 and 2018 are provided below (pdf documents). The finance employment report for the Class of 2019 was published online only and can be accessed via the following link: finance employment report for the Class of 2019
Sexual Violence Liaison Officers caseload, past 5 years
The Request
1. how many students per year received support from the SVLOs over the last five years on record
2. how many days, months, years, students who received help from the university's SVLOs had to wait for help from said service over the last five years on record
Imperial College Response, IMPFOI-23-071, 9 March 2023
| Year | No. of students supported by SVLOs |
|---|---|
| 2017/18 | N/A (the service had not been created) |
| 2018/19 | 6 |
| 2019/20 | 17 |
| 2020/21 | 16 |
| 2021/22 | 25 |
Imperial College does not hold the data to answer the second question, but the SVLO service requirement is to respond to every contact within two working days. There is no waiting list. A meeting with an SVLO is arranged as soon after contact as is convenient for the student and SVLO, usually within a week of first contact.
Permission to contact a named individual if the College has concerns about the student's wellbeing
The request
Does your university request permission from a student to contact an individual, nominated by a student, if they have concerns for their mental health or welfare when a student registers at the university? If yes, please provide figures on how many students opted in or out of this consent for the last five years, or from when the policy was implemented. Please break these figures up by academic year, or year, depending on how you hold the data
Imperial College response, IMPFOI-23-123, 29 March 2023
During the enrolment process, students are asked to provide details of an emergency contact for Imperial to use in the instance there is concern for their life or the life of others. They are also asked to provide consent on an opt-in basis that gives Imperial permission to use the emergency contact details if there are serious concerns about the student’s wellbeing. Figures are available from the 2020/21 academic year when this permission was first sought:
| Academic year | Permission given | Permission refused |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 25684 | 1032 |
| 2021/22 | 11458 | 758 |
| 2022/23 (to date) | 1603 | 109 |
Students registering with the Student Counselling Service and waiting times, 2021/22
The request
- How many students accessed support from your university counselling service in 2021/22?
- What was the average waiting time to access the counselling service at your university in 2021/22?
Imperial College response, IMPFOI-23-161, 18 April 2023
1644 students completed an online registration with the Counselling Service in the academic year 2021/22. Of these 1127 went on to attend at least one appointment.
The average waiting time from registration to an initial meeting with the Counselling Service in 2021/22 was 17 working days (note this excludes weekends). Please note that the waiting time figures reflect student choice as well as service availability.
Further information and figures for the years 2016/17 to 2020/21: Counselling FOI FAQs
Student Counselling & Mental Health Advice Service waiting time and waiting list May 2023
The request
What is the waiting time for your counselling services as of the date of this request? How many students are on the waiting list for your counselling services currently?
Imperial College response, IMPFOI-23-241, 5 June 2023
The wiating time is currently 8 weeks. 95 students are on the waiting list.
Student deaths and suicide, overall and in the School of Medicine since 2012/13
The request
1. Over the last 10 years how many students started a course that would result in a primary medical qualification e.g. MBBS, MBChB, BMBS?
2. Over the last 10 years, how many students studying a course that would result in a primary medical qualification have died as a result of suicide during their enrolment on the course.
3. Over the last 10 years, how many students studying a course that would result in a primary medical qualification have died of any cause during their enrolment on the course.
4. Over the last 10 years, how many students have started any undergraduate course at the university.
5. Over the last 10 years, how many students have died as a result of suicide during their enrolment on an undergraduate course.
6. Over the last 10 years, how many students have died of any cause during their enrolment on an undergraduate course.
Imperial College response, IMPFOI-23-099, 1 March 2023
Please refer to the College’s Statistics Guide for information on the number of students enrolled in each of the College faculties in the past 10 years. The ‘pocket guide’ shows how many students enrolled in the Department of Medicine in each year.
Since the start of academic year 2012/13 until the end of the academic year 2021/22 42 students have died, 3 of which were medical students. Imperial College holds records on student suicides since 2016/17, 8 students have by died by suicide, as confirmed by a coroner’s verdict, since then, none were medical students.
Student deaths and suicides by fee status 2018/19 to 2022/23
The request
Please provide:
- The number of student deaths and the number of these deaths that related to international students.
- The number of student deaths where the cause has been found to be suicide and the number of these cases that related to international students.
Imperial College response, IMPFOI-24-016, 7 February 2024
| Year | Deaths (non-suicide), Home students | Deaths (non-suicide), Overseas students | Suicide, Home students | Suicide, Overseas students |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/19 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 19/20 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 20/21 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 21/22 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 22/13 | 1 | 3 |
Student IP Confirmation/Clearance Letters
The request
Please provide a copy of a student IP confirmation letter as described in your Student IP Guidance (which can be found on this page of the Imperial website: Understand which policies apply if you're starting a company).
Please confirm how many such letters were issued in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Imperial response, IMPFOI-24-176, 17 April 2024
A template is used for the letters: Student IP clearance letter template (pdf)
Two such letters were issued in 2021, none in 2022 and four in 2023.
Student suicides by year, 2018/19 to 2022/23
The request
The number of confirmed student suicides in the years 2018/19 to 2022/23 (to date)
Imperial College response, IMPFOI-23-201, 11 May
Student suicides as confirmed by a coroner’s verdict:
| Year | Number |
|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 3 |
| 2019/20 | 1 |
| 2020/21 | 1 |
| 2021/22 | 0 |
| 2022/23 (to date) | 0 |
Students that did not receive an award due to the marking boycott
The request
- How many undergraduate students who were due to graduate this summer have currently not received an award as sufficient marks were not available as a result of the ongoing marking and assessment boycott? If possible, please can you break this down by subject of study.
- Can you also provide the total number of undergraduate students who were due to receive/did receive an award this summer (the total cohort of graduating undergraduate students).
- I’m aware some graduating undergraduate students will have not received all of their marks but will have enough marks to receive a final degree classification and others may have a confirmed degree award but no classification. Please can you provide the figures for these two groups.
Imperial College response, IMPFOI-23-452, 11 September 2023
- None
- 3065
- Imperial College London decided to give provisional degree classifications wherever possible: 42 final year undergraduate students were given a provisional degree classification because they had some marks missing due to the marking and assessment boycott. The College did not award any students without any degree classification.