We attend a number of international counsellor conferences throughout the year - participating in networking events and presenting in panel discussions. These are excellent opportunities to meet us and ask any questions you have about Imperial. For more information about these events, contact the International Recruitment team.

Imperial’s Teacher and Advisers’ Conference will be returning as an in-person event in June 2023. This is a free conference that takes place at our main campus in South Kensington. We’ll be sharing information about new courses, new developments within the university and how you can best support your students to make a competitive application. Please register your interest to be the first to hear when bookings for the event open. 

Be the first to hear about future events and conferences for teachers and advisers by signing up for our HE Advisers E-newsletter.

You may find the following resources on Imperial and the UCAS application process useful when advising your students and writing the UCAS references. You and your students can also find out more about Imperial through our open days, webinars, Global Summer School or chatting to our current students.

• UG Study Guide
• Chat to our current students
• Admissions FAQs for applicants
• UCAS guidance for Advisers (UCAS website)
• Imperial's guidance on writing references
• UCAS guidance on writing references (UCAS website)
• Applying to Medicine at Imperial - guidance for counsellors
• Undergraduate open days
• Undergraduate events, tasters and talks
• Global Summer School
• Group visits to the South Kensington campus
• Our Materials Science Students

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• New undergraduate courses
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• Student profiles
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Our staff have created a range of MOOCs and virtual activities which can help your students gain an insight into studying STEM subjects and to prepare for degree-level studies. We will continue to update this list as more resources become available:

Imperial Lockdown Lessons

Students can find out how scientists at Imperial have rapidly responded to the COVID-19 pandemic - from modelling the spread of the virus to creating a handheld COVID-19 test.

Free online Maths courses

Our free online Maths programmes on the EDX platform include maths courses aimed at students in their final two years of high school. Students can register at any time and study the material at their own pace. The programmes are based on the A-Level curriculum but can complement other maths qualifications as they aim to prepare students for undergraduate STEM degrees.

Creative Thinking: Techniques and Tools for Success

Learn how to apply tools and techniques to better solve problems, generate ideas, and excel in your chosen career.

Recommended reading

If your passion is science and you’re looking for something inspiring to read, take a look at our recommended reading list of favourite books suggested by our staff, ambassadors and academics and Supercurricular. 

Earth science incorporates physics, maths, chemistry and geography to understand the Earth and other planets. Could your year 11, 12 or 13 students benefit from an interactive earth Science workshop? Or would they like to hear a recorded research talk by an academic at Imperial?

The workshops take one to three hours, on topics including:

• Managing the energy transition
• Space exploration and mission planning
• Life on Mars
• Seismology: imaging the Earth

We can deliver these sessions remotely or share pre-recorded sessions. The recorded talks are:

Research Talk – Climate Science

Professor Tina van de Flierdt talks about how we use geochemistry to understand past and future climate change.

Research Talk - Life on Mars

Dr Steven Banham talks about his work as a planetary geologist, his role in the search for life on Mars, and what we are looking for on the red planet.

Research Talk – Earthquakes

Dr Rebecca Bell, Department of Earth Science and Engineering at Imperial, talks about earthquakes in her lecture “Did the Earth move for you?”.

Research Talk – Cosmic Dust

Dr Matt Genge, Department of Earth Science and Engineering at Imperial, talks about his research on tiny particles that tell us about the solar system, and how we can find them.

Research Talk – Astrobiology

Dr Tara Slater, Department of Earth Science and Engineering at Imperial, talks about her work looking for life on icy moons.

Research Talk – Space Mining

Dr Kathryn Hadler, Department of Earth Science and Engineering at Imperial, will talk about whether we might be mining on the moon in 2050. What resources are there? How could it help us here on Earth?

To find out more or request a session, please email Victoria Murphy, Department of Earth Science and Engineering.