As a Union, we want to do everything we can to fulfil our duty of care to keep you safe in our venues, and to give you the resources you need to look after yourselves beyond the four walls of the Quad.
This year for World Mental Health Day, I wanted to focus on why mental health and wellbeing matters so much for us at university. Whether you’re a returning student, or a first year starting out, it can be an overwhelming time and often we don’t realise that our mental health is starting to worsen until we’re in the middle of a crisis.
Students have a lot of different motivations for standing as Liberation and Community Officers – these are rewarding positions that offer the chance to affect real change within Imperial. We spoke to Grace Fisher about her motivations for joining the Working-Class Network and her journey towards standing as Working-Class Officer.
The 2021 Stay Safe Campaign is about reintegration of the student community and the provision of a safe and welcoming reintroduction to night life after a year spent in collective isolation.
Graduation is a profoundly meaningful part of the student journey at Imperial College. Walking across the stage at the Royal Albert Hall is an unforgettable experience, and one of the many lesser tragedies of the Covid-19 pandemic has been the loss of this experience for those students graduating over the last year.
