What Best Supervision meant to Imperial College PG Students this year?
Get inspired by some of the nominations for the Student Academic Choice Award Winner for Best Supervision: Professor Dominik Weiss [Earth Science and Engineering]
The Union’s promises towards PG are good. Sticking to these promises would be better.
In the beginning of my period as GSU President, I had frequent meetings with the Union’s Managing Director, Jarlath O’Hara, and some of the Officer Trustees, particularly Rob Tomkies [Union President] and Alejandro Luy [Deputy President (Education)]. Damn, we had really good plans! For the first time, we
My Supervision Story
A GSU President tearing her hair out over an ambitious project and how she filed a Freedom of Information request to the College
Super-talents need super-food – a PG perspective on h-bar cuts
Life is our best teacher about how the biggest crises can be turned into the most fundamental opportunities for change. If there is one good thing about the h-bar food-cut tragedy, then it is the chance to take a step back and rethink how we provide and procure food at
Why “Supervision Stories”?
On 7th December 2018, we published our first supervision story (together with the first ever postgraduate focused content in Felix!). The reaction from students and staff at the College was polarised, spanning from enthusiastic support to harsh criticism. While one brave ex-Imperial student took the courage to speak up first,
Share your PhD supervision story - anonymous and impactful
The quality of PhD supervision is becoming a hot topic, not only at Imperial College but across the whole UK. Decision-makers across Imperial College are becoming increasingly aware that the quality of supervision is the major predictor of satisfaction and wellbeing of any PhD student. Together with the Imperial College