Support for postgraduate students

There are different channels of support available within your department, including your Personal Tutor/Supervisor, Senior Postgraduate Tutors and Disability Officers.

Brain Sciences

• Dept Senior Tutor (PGT): Stefano Sandrone (stefano.sandrone@imperial.ac.uk)
• Dept Senior Tutor (PGR):  Hayley Kendall-Berry (h.kendall@imperial.ac.uk)
• Dept Disability Officer (DDO): Alexi Nott (a.nott@imperial.ac.uk)

National Heart and Lung Institute

• Dept Senior Tutor (PGT): Birgit Leitinger (b.leitinger@imperial.ac.uk)
• Dept Senior Tutor (PGR):  Charlotte Dean (c.dean@imperial.ac.uk)
• Dept Disability Officer (DDO): Shabna Begum (shabna.begum@imperial.ac.uk)

Immunology and Inflammation

• Dept Senior Tutor (PGT): Wayne Mitchell (w.mitchell@imperial.ac.uk)
• Dept Senior Tutor (PGR): Hayley Kendall-Berry (h.kendall@imperial.ac.uk)
• Dept Disability Officer (DDO): Malgorzata (Maggie) Trela  (m.trela@imperial.ac.uk)

Infectious Diseases

• Dept Senior Tutor (PGT): Toby Andrew (t.andrew@imperial.ac.uk)
• Dept Senior Tutor (PGR): Hayley Kendall-Berry (h.kendall@imperial.ac.uk)
• Dept Disability Officer (DDO): Thomas Clarke (thomas.clarke@imperial.ac.uk)

Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction

• Dept Senior Tutor (PGT): Toby Andrew (t.andrew@imperial.ac.uk)
• Dept Senior Tutor (PGR): Hayley Kendall-Berry (h.kendall@imperial.ac.uk)
• Dept Disability Officer (DDO): Bahar Sahin (b.sahin@imperial.ac.uk)

School of Public Health

• Dept Senior Tutor (PGT & PGR): Jenny Husbands (j.husbands@imperial.ac.uk)
• Dept Disability Officer (DDO): Jenny Husbands (j.husbands@imperial.ac.uk)

Surgery and Cancer

• Dept Senior Tutor (PGT): Joana Dos Santos (joana.dos-santos14@imperial.ac.uk)
• Dept Senior Tutor (PGR):  Istvan Nagy (i.nagy@imperial.ac.uk)
• Dept Disability Officer (DDO): Cambrey, Alison D (a.cambrey@imperial.ac.uk)

There are different channels of support available within the Faculty of Medicine to support you:

Senior Faculty Tutor

Jeffrey Vernon  (j.vernon@imperial.ac.uk) 

Faculty Student Wellbeing Advice Team

The Student Wellbeing Advice Team (SWAT) offers support to all postgraduate students within the Faculty of Medicine. In addition, we also deliver training for staff and students, and provide resources on a variety of wellbeing topics.

Get in touch

Our Student Wellbeing Advisors are available for one-to-one guidance meetings should you wish to speak with someone in confidence about any aspect of your wellbeing. Meet the team and find out what to expect from an appointment (link to SWAT page) with us.

Register for a one-to-one appointment (link to reg form)

Imperial's central Student Support teams offer a broad range of support services:

Training and workshops

The Student Counselling and Mental Health Advice Service run a number of Workshops and Courses throughout the year. 

The Early Career Researcher Institute run a suite of Professional Development courses for PhD and Master's Students.

 
Online resources

The Student Support Zone is an online resource which is the ultimate guide to wellbeing at Imperial.

The Imperial Success Guide offers advice and resources to enable Master's and PhD students to excel and get the most out of their time at the College. 

 
Be An Active Bystander

Active Bystanders reinforce messages defining the boundaries of unacceptable behaviour.

If we constantly reinforce messages about behaviour that is unacceptable, this puts considerable pressure on people to re-think their behaviour. So any level of inappropriate or unacceptable behaviour should not be ignored. Many individuals with problematic attitudes are likely to think their behaviour is normal if no one confronts it, and this can often be reinforced by cultural messages. Some might not care their behaviour causes harm to others, but some might not even realise.

Working collectively we can bring about change and create a safe and supportive community for all. 

If you are experiencing a crisis or think you may need urgent support, find out who to contact via the Student Support Zone crisis support webpages.