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About Imperial Lates Online

Imperial Lates Online are our free events for adults exploring cutting-edge research at Imperial in creative ways. Join us for a week of discovery as our researchers share the wonder of what they do.

Lates will be returning for more after-hours fun and inspiration in autumn 2021, but you can catch up on all of our events from the 2020-21 season from Wellbeing and Relationships to Back to Nature.

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Missed an event? You can catch up with recordings of previous events on Imperial College London’s YouTube channel or discover more events from Imperial with the Great Exhibition Road Festival's online events programme or explore our selection of more online science activities for you to enjoy.

More Lates

Person looking through binoculars

Back to Nature

Join an artist and plant scientist at a plant drawing workshop, see who triumphed in our great outdoors-inspired poetry slam, and watch a debate on lockdown’s impact on the environment.

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Two men hugging through mobile phones

Staying Connected

How can technology help us to feel closer to friends and family? Catch up with our events as we imagine a new interconnected future.

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Illustration of healthcare worker

Healthcare Heroes

Hear personal stories from those who are working on the pandemic frontline and those who are developing the hospitals of the future.

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Illustration of woman in yoga pose

Wellbeing

Explore how science is helping us understand and improve our mental and physical health.

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Food in test tubes

Food for thought

Catch up on our events to find comfort and inspiration in food, from chemical cook-alongs and science cocktails, to the health facts behind new dietary trends.

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Enjoy past Lates

Illustration of hands holding rose

Relationships

Explore the science behind some of the defining features of human life: relationships, love and attraction.

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Sun illustration

The Sun

Celebrate the Sun and its life-giving energy as we discover the latest research about our nearest star.

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Illustration of wildlife

Wildlife

Explore the wonders of the animal kingdom with scientists and conservationists working to understand and protect wildlife in the UK and worldwide.

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Great Exhibition Road Festival

The Great Exhibition Road Festival is a free annual celebration of curiosity in South Kensington, with online events released each month throughout the year. Tune in for events with Imperial College London and more than 20 cultural and research organisations based in and around Exhibition Road, including the Royal Albert Hall, V&A, Science Museum, Royal College of Music, Natural History Museum and many more.

Upcoming Festival events

Aisha Hussein
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A day in the life of a playful design engineer

Join Aisha Hussain to explore her use of storytelling and learning through play to diversify routes into coding careers.

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Conservation in action at the Natural History Museum
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Fantastic Beasts™: The Wonder of Nature – Behind the Exhibition

Hear how Natural History Museum exhibition creators and scientists celebrated some of the most extraordinary animals on the planet through the lens of the wizarding world.

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Illustration of microbes
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The magical world inside you

Make, create and play as you discover the tiny but mighty microbes your body is home to.

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Queen's Tower lit for LGBT month
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Queerness in nature and other LGBTQ+ stories

Hear about a range of exciting new projects that focus on LGBTQ+ audiences, histories and research at museums, research and cultural organisations in South Kensington.

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