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Welcome to the Dyson School of Design Engineering webpages on Undergraduate student wellbeing

We believe that successful students require both excellent academic and pastoral support. Here you will find information on wellbeing support in the School, the wider College and from external organisations.

Design Engineering Wellbeing Contacts

Danny Lee - Design Engineering Wellbeing Advisor

Student Wellbeing Advisor for UG | Department Disability Officer

Room 1M10, RCS1 | danny.lee@imperial.ac.uk

Danny is the School's Student Wellbeing advisor (UG) and is a specialist supporting the welfare and wellbeing of students, working closely with the School's Senior Tutor. He is available for 1:1 meetings. For more details, please see section 2.7 of the Student Handbook.

Danny is also the Departmental Disability Officer (DDO) and your first point of contact if there is anything about you as a person or your health such as disabilities and learning differences due to which you may benefit from support arrangements around factors like examinations.

Design Engineering Undergraduate Student Handbook

Dr Talya Porat

Design Engineering Senior Tutor

Room 1M06 RCS1 | t.porat@imperial.ac.uk

The Senior and Deputy Senior Tutor team are responsible for the welfare and academic progress of every undergraduate student in the department. You can speak to them if you have concerns about your academic progress and for any pastoral matters or issues, be it of an academic or personal nature, affecting you wither within or outside of the College.

Dr Talya Porat

Dr Chandra George

Design Engineering Deputy Senior Tutor

Room 1M04A, RCS1 | chandramohan.george@imperial.ac.uk

The Senior and Deputy Senior Tutor team are responsible for the welfare and academic progress of every undergraduate student in the department. You can speak to them if you have concerns about your academic progress and for any pastoral matters or issues, be it of an academic or personal nature, affecting you wither within or outside of the College.

Dr Chandramohan George

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Personal Tutors

Every undergraduate student in the Dyson School of Design Engineering is assigned a Personal Tutor upon commencing the programme. The personal tutor teams are drawn from the academic and teaching staff at the School and are available to support students with personal matters, general academic queries, and professional development. Meetings are timetabled between students and personal tutorials each term. Through regular contact and the establishment of a supportive and professional relationship, the Personal Tutors maintain an overview of their tutees’ academic progress, development and wellbeing.

See also section 2.3 of the Student Handbook

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Student Reps

In Design Engineering, there is usually one Academic and one Wellbeing Representative for each year or study, as well as an Academic and Wellbeing Representative for the department.

Wellbeing Reps help to raise awareness of any issues affecting student wellbeing and can signpost you to further support from the Wellbeing Adviser.

Academic Reps can signpost you to further support and use your feedback to inform academic staff on issues that students face, including assessments, learning experience, resources and academic experience.

Find your Student Reps on the Imperial College Union website

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Design Engineering Mental Health First Aiders

Mental Health First Aiders will provide you with a safe space to start a confidential conversation about your mental health and signpost you to the most appropriate support. Our Mental Health First Aiders are:

Natalia Goehring

Ingrid Logan

Nicholas Moult

Connor Myant (on leave, AY2022/23)

Freddie Page

Talya Porat

Design Engineering Safety Manager: Ingrid Logan

Safety Manager

The School’s Safety Manager is responsible for the safety of teaching and research in the School. If you have questions or concerns regarding Health and Safety please contact the Safety Manager directly.

Design Engineering Safety Manager: Ingrid Logan

Faculty Senior Tutor: Dr Lorraine Craig

Faculty Senior Tutor

Faculty Senior Tutors have responsibility for ensuring the delivery of consistent, high quality support for students in their personal, general academic and professional development. Working with and supporting Personal Tutors and Senior Tutors, they ensure that support systems are effective, that training is appropriate and that College policies in student support are implemented. In addition, each Faculty Senior Tutor provides support to their senior tutors and directly to students who have more complex concerns or situations.

Faculty of Engineering Senior Tutor: Dr Lorraine Craig

Additional wellbeing contacts

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Within Imperial College

Imperial College Student Counselling and Mental Health Advice Service

Imperial College Health Centre

Student Support Zone

Disability Advisory Service

External contacts

Nightline -  Confidential helpline run by trained students, offering support through the night during term-time. Open 18:00 - 08:00. Telephone | Email | Instant Message | Skype Phone

Samaritans - email jo@samaritans.org

Suicidestop.com - A global directory of helplines

 

For people currently living in the UK only:

Mental Health Crisis Line: 

For residents of Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Hillingdon, Brent, Camden and Harrow| 0800 0234 650

For residents of Ealing, Hammersmith, Fulham and Hounslow| 0300 1234 244

For residents of Wandsworth| 020 3513 4421

For residents of Berkshire| 0300 365 9999

NHS 111 -  Available throughout the country. Access help by phone or online.

Samaritans - 24hr Free Helpline on 116 123 | email jo@samaritans.org

Shout Crisis Text Service - 24/7 text service

Contact us

Dyson School of Design Engineering
Imperial College London
25 Exhibition Road
South Kensington
London
SW7 2DB

design.engineering@imperial.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7594 8888

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