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Scientists wearing face masks work on the Oxford-led clinical trial to find a vaccine for COVID-19

UoA 1 - Clinical Medicine

A volunteer at Imperial College London's COVID-19 Response Team making a disposable visor for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust hospitals at the Innovation and Translation Hub at the White City Campus

UoA 2 - Public Health, Health Services and Primary Care

A researcher uses a pipette to take a sample from a piece of brain tissue

UoA 4 - Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience

A technician wearing a lab coat, safety glasses and protective gloves adjusts dials on equipment in the Molecular Sciences Research Hub.

UoA 5 - Biological Sciences

Sixth form students in the Imperial Chemistry RCS1 teaching laboratories construct a UV spectrometer.

UoA 8 - Chemistry

Two students adjust a pulse-powered generator in the MAGPIE Lab in the Department of Physics

UoA 9 - Physics

Maths student writes on a blackboard

UoA 10 - Mathematical Sciences

Data science institute big screen with people

UoA 11 - Computer Science and Informatics

A student is sat in a wheelchair, surrounded by other students

UoA 12 - Engineering

A researcher holding environmental sampling devices stands on a platform of the London Underground as a tube train approaches through a tunnel

UoA 14 - Geography and Environmental Studies

Students wearing face masks attend a lecture in the Business School while others attend remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic

UoA 17 - Business and Management Studies

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