Launched in 2024–25, the Centre for Societal Engagement at Imperial will ignite curiosity for STEMB in society, driving transformative inclusion on a local, national and global scale.
Launched in 2024–25, the Centre for Societal Engagement at Imperial will ignite curiosity for STEMB in society, driving transformative inclusion on a local, national and global scale.
The Centre’s mission is to provide evidence-led, targeted and joined-up interventions starting from early years through to youth and adulthood in line with a long-term roadmap for STEMB engagement.
This year we launched a new coproduced seed fund for engaged research with communities, celebrated over 100 people completing Imperial’s Engagement Academy for staff, and saw thousands of visitors attend the Great Exhibition Road Festival.
Outreach at 50
This year also marked a major milestone in our outreach commitments to widening participation in STEMB and we celebrated with an exhibition at South Kensington Campus. Since its launch with the Pimlico Connection in 1975, our outreach programmes have grown to include workshops, mentoring schemes, summer schools and digital programmes.
Today, our Outreach team delivers more than 2,000 hours of activity with over 3,000 school pupils every year.
200,000 young people have been reached by Imperial’s outreach initiatives over the last 50 years.
Collaboration Kickstarter
Launched in September 2024, the Collaboration Kickstarter aims to support Imperial researchers and community partners to deliver research collaboratively with funds of up to £10,000.
One of the first projects to receive funding from the pilot fund was Break the Barriers, which will explore co-production and advocacy as a tool to improve maternity care for Black families, whose experiences of NHS and local authority provisions can leave them feeling unheard and unsupported.