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We are dedicated to delivering world class education.
We hold a Gold Award in the latest Teaching Excellence Framework – a national rating system used to assess teaching quality.
We are proud to host talented, high-performing and ambitious students from across the globe, often from backgrounds where the path to academic excellence has not been straightforward. Our teaching is founded in strong, core disciplines and is research-rich.
We are determined to offer the best value possible for our students and our strategy, Science for Humanity, includes a number of initiatives that will ensure that we continue to innovate and improve our offer to our students.
One of these initiatives, Imperial's Class of 2030, is an ambitious multi-pronged programme to nuture the most talented, enterprising and diverse graduating class we have ever had the privilege to serve. Our Learning and Teaching Strategy supports this programme by articulating our institution-wide approach for the development of our education.
The current phase of this strategy includes five aims to build on our progress:
- continuing to review our approach to assessment and feedback, with the aim of improving quality and reducing workloads for students and staff
- delivering degree programmes that challenge students to achieve their full potential through authentic discovery-based learning
- developing lifelong learning opportunities for our current students, alumni, and a global community of learners yet to discover us
- growing our digital education capabilities both in scale and in scope to enhance our use of novel digital technologies, virtual educational spaces and data
- fostering a supportive environment, which offers a sense of community both inside and beyond the learning environment
Funding learning and teaching innovation
To advance the goals of the Learning and Teaching Strategy, Imperial funds learning and teaching innovation projects that have the potential to be scalable and have wider impact across the university. These projects help to enhance our education delivery and develop an inclusive student experience. Projects this year were able to bid for funding from the President’s Excellence Fund, the Pedagogy Transformation Fund and Digital Innovation Funds.
This year's projects included:
This year's projects
A project to include diverse figures, cultures and perspectives to equip students with inclusive practice skills and role models to benefit their learning and future careers.
For research-led teaching. Developing an open microscopy hardware platform that aims to enable modular and easily maintained microscope systems.
To navigate new norms. Developing GenAI chatbot prototypes to bring together initiatives worked on by AI futurists and faculties across Imperial.