Skip to main content View accessibility support page
  • Study
  • Research
  • Faculties
  • News and events
  • About
  • Get involved
  • Giving
  • Search

Website navigation

Skip to section navigation

Global site navigation

  • Study
    • Course search
    • Apply
    • Fees and funding
    • Student life
    • Visit
    • Help centre
    • Request info
    • International students
    • Executive education
    • Summer schools
  • Research
  • Faculties
    • Faculty of Engineering
    • Faculty of Medicine
    • Faculty of Natural Sciences
    • Imperial Business School
    • Administrative and support services
  • News and events
    • News
    • What's on
    • Imperial Stories
    • Great Exhibition Road Festival
    • Imperial Magazine
    • Imperial Lates
    • Graduation
  • About
    • President
    • Provost
    • Imperial Strategy
    • Academic Strategy
    • Imperial Global
    • Sustainable Imperial
    • Schools of Convergence Science
    • Governance
    • Campuses
    • Our academics
    • Jobs at Imperial
  • Get involved
    • Giving
    • Schools outreach
    • Imperial Global Summer School
    • Societal engagement
    • Volunteering and outreach
    • Women at Imperial
  • Giving

User links navigation

  • For staff
  • Current students
  • Imperial for business
  • For schools
  • Alumni
Administration and support services

Early Career Researcher Institute navigation

  • About Us
    • Strategy
      • Attract
      • Develop
      • Empower
      • Advocate
    • Governance
      • ECRI Management Group
      • External Advisory Board
      • Early Career Researcher Development Group
      • Identification, Innovation and Monitoring Group (IIM)
      • People, Culture and Operations Group
      • Stakeholder Group
      • ECRI Admin
      • Specialist/Technical Advisory Groups
    • Quality Assurance Framework
    • Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers
      • Concordat Implementation and Planning Group
    • Policies and procedures
      • Privacy Notice
    • The ECRI Academy (Consultancy)
    • ECRI projects
    • Annual reports
    • Awards we've received
    • Noticeboard
    • Meet the team
  • Who we support
    • Master's students
    • Research degree students
      • Doctoral proposition
      • Attendance requirement
      • Turnitin Guidance for Students
      • Working as a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA)
      • Modality of final thesis research degree vivas
      • Covid 19 - Stipend and Registration Extensions
        • Guidance for Department-led Support
    • Postdocs
      • What is a Postdoc
      • Your 10 development days
        • Why undertake the 10 days personal and professional development?
        • What do you want to develop, and when?
          • 10 days development planners
          • Examples of experiences to gain and skills to develop
        • How and where to find development opportunities
          • Develop a broad range of skills
            • Self
            • Others
            • Research and Innovation
            • Society and beyond R&I
          • Plan and engage in a variety of stimulating development activities
            • Formal development activities
            • Informal development activities
        • FAQs
        • Guidance for PIs
    • Research Fellows
      • Induction checklist
      • Leadership coaching for independent research fellows
      • Leadership Development and Peer Mentoring programme
      • Resilient Leadership in Action programme
    • Research degree supervisors
      • Cornerstone
    • Line managers of research staff
    • Principal Investigators
      • The Academic's Success Guide
        • Navigating induction and probation
          • General advice on your probation and induction
          • Establishing your research
          • Establishing your teaching and learning practice
        • Managing yourself and your career
          • Being strategic in your career (and research)
          • Reviewing your career progress
            • Successes and achievements
            • Values and satisfaction
            • Skills and strengths
            • Stock-takes to review progress
            • Career progression and aspirations
          • Time management and prioritisation
          • Managing flexible working and caring responsibilities
          • Resilience and wellbeing
            • Coping with rejection and critical feedback
            • Managing your inner critic
            • Seeking support for your wellbeing
          • Networks, collaborations and visibility
            • The importance of networking
            • Reviewing your networks and visibility
              • Reviewing your networks
              • Building visibility and reputation
              • Managing your collaboration teams
            • Connecting with peers locally
        • Leading your research group
          • Recruitment and induction of your new research group
          • Building and developing a team
            • Team development and leadership
            • Developing a vision
            • Building trust
            • Expectation setting
          • Creating a thriving and inclusive environment
          • Managing your team’s performance
            • Agree goals
            • Delegate to allow achievement
            • Give feedback on performance
            • Support to enhance performance
              • Using a coaching approach
              • Providing recognition
              • Developing autonomy
              • Motivating others
          • Running effective meetings
          • Supporting the skills and career development of your team
          • Understanding and managing communication and work style differences
        • Managing research projects
          • Project definition
            • Alignment to research funders
          • Project planning
          • Project execution and close
            • Motivating research staff
            • Digital tools to support project execution
    • Research Technical Professionals and Software Engineers
  • Learning and development
    • Calendar of courses
    • See all courses
    • Courses by programme
      • Career Development and Planning
      • Funding
      • Research Communication
      • Research Computing and Data Science
        • Course dependencies and learning paths
        • Meet the Team
        • RCDS Events
      • Research Impact and Knowledge Exchange​
      • Research Integrity, Ethics and Sustainability
      • Research Management
      • Teaching and Supervision​
      • Transitions and Wider Opportunities
      • Working Smart and Wellbeing​
      • Working with People​
    • Writing sessions
      • ECRI Writing Room
      • Imperial Academic Writing Sessions
      • ECRI Friday Writing Sessions
    • Internal consultancy, cohort delivery and block booking
    • Working as a GTA
      • Engaging and working as a GTA
      • GTA Activities remuneration and training
      • Learning and teaching
      • Central register for trained GTAs
      • Inclusive learning and teaching
      • How to find GTA work
      • Assessment and feedback
      • Wellbeing - Listening & Signposting
      • GTA Programme in Blackboard
    • Cornerstone
      • Supervisors' Guide
        • Roles and Responsibilities
          • Director of Postgraduate Studies
          • Assistant Supervisors
          • Senior Tutor (PGR)
          • Postgraduate Administrators
          • Faculty Senior Tutors
        • Student Recruitment
        • Effective Partnerships
        • PhD Timeline
        • Wellbeing
          • Wellbeing for Students
          • Wellbeing for Supervisors
        • Cornerstone
        • Continuing Professional Development
          • Main and co- supervisors
          • Assistant Supervisors
          • Supervisors based at Crick
      • Supervisor training & development
        • Main and co- supervisors
        • Assistant Supervisors
        • Supervisors based at Crick
      • Essential documents
      • Signposting PGR Support
    • ECRI Programme Partners
      • Overview
      • Development Opportunities
      • Eligibility & How to Apply
      • Bursary Payments
      • Expectations & Responsibilities
      • Current ECRI Programme Partners (EPPs)
    • President’s PhD Scholars
    • International Global Fellows Programme
    • MARS Membership
    • Policies and guidance
      • Cancellation policy
      • Inkpath Guidance
      • Summary of College's digital recording guidance
      • Generative AI tools
      • Research Ethics
  • Careers and transitions
    • Book a mock interview
      • Become a mock interview panellist
    • Access one-to-one support
    • Academic career paths
      • Fellowship opportunities
      • Fellowship FAQs
      • Finding funding opportunities
      • Lectureship FAQs
      • Academic perspectives
    • Non-academic career paths
      • Translating your research skills
      • Reflection and research
        • Reflection
        • Researching what's out there
          • Where have other postdocs gone
          • Make connections – use and build your network
          • Do your research – there is a lot of information out there
      • Understanding the world outside research in academia
      • Applying for a position (CVs, applications, interviews, negotiating)
        • CVs and applications
        • Interviews
        • Negotiating a job offer
    • 10 development days for postdocs and fellows
  • Individual support and wellbeing
    • Access one-to-one support
    • Book a mock interview
    • Supervision Support
    • Research Degree Mediation
    • Coaching
      • Postgraduate Coaching
        • What is coaching?
        • Meet the ECRI coaches
        • Student feedback
        • Overview for coachees
      • Leadership coaching for research fellows
    • Mentoring
      • Activate Student Mentoring Programme
      • Academic mentoring
    • Wellbeing resources
    • Success Guides
  • Networks, events and funds
    • Welcome and Induction
    • Staff and Student Networks
      • Postdoc and Fellows Reps Network
        • Postdoc and Fellows Reps
        • Postdoc and Fellows Reps Awards
        • Become a research staff rep
      • Postdoc and Fellows Champions
      • PG Rep Programme
      • Networks for staff supporting research students
      • Parents and Carers student support
      • Postdoc and Fellows Parents Network
      • Black Doctoral Network
      • Black Postdoctoral Network
      • College EDI staff and student networks
      • Staff networks
      • ECRI Contacts Database
    • Events
      • Awards and Celebration
        • Previous awardees
      • ECRI Winter Celebration
      • Postdoc Appreciation Week (PAW)
        • PAW (Postdoc Appreciation Week) Committee
      • Early Career Researcher Showcase
      • College Research Seminars and Guest Lectures
      • Cassyni Research Seminars
    • ECRI Funds
      • Early Career Researcher Community Fund
      • Seeds for Success Fund
      • Wings for Ideas Fund
      • Dame Julia Higgins Postdoc Collaborative Research Fund
    • Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES)
  • Resources
    • Success Guides
    • Tip sheets
    • Networking resources
      • What is networking and why do it?
      • Identifying and reviewing your network
      • Finding the time to network
      • Finding a way to network that works for you
      • Building cultural awareness
      • Becoming more visible and findable
      • Communication: reaching out to have the first conversation
        • Alumni perspectives
    • Wellbeing resources
      • The challenging nature of research
      • Developing emotional intelligence (EQ)
      • Building competence
      • Coping skills
      • Networks
    • Publications
    • Imperial newsletters and communities
    • Useful Resources and Links
      • Support at Imperial
      • Funding
      • Job searching and career development websites
      • Blogs, communities and networks

In this section

  • Early Career Researcher Institute
  • ECRI Writing Room
  • Imperial Academic Writing Sessions
  • ECRI Friday Writing Sessions
Early Career Researcher Institute
  • Imperial Home
  • Administration and support services
  • Early Career Researcher Institute
  • Learning and development
  • Writing sessions

Writing sessions

Learning and development
  • ECRI Writing Room
  • Imperial Academic Writing Sessions
  • ECRI Friday Writing Sessions

There are a range of opportunities available to research staff at Imperial to help you focus on your writing in a guided and supported way:

Different writing options

ECRI Writing Room

Join our writing room where you have a friendly online space to work at your leisure during the time you wish.

Find out more

Imperial academic writing sessions

Join fortnightly sessions to give you dedicated time to work on a writing task of your choice, alongside a community of other Imperial researchers.

Find out more

ECRI Friday Writing sessions

Join us in a friendly and constructive environment to work in a focused and structured way with like-minded peers, using the established Pomodoro technique.

Find out more

Contact and Links

Early Career Researcher Institute

Contact us

Sign up to our newsletter

Meet the team

Find us on social media

  • X, formerly known as Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Instagram

Useful Links

Popular links

  • Blackboard
  • Contact the Service Desk
  • Jobs
  • Library services
  • Outlook email online

Faculties

  • Engineering
  • Medicine
  • Natural Sciences
  • Imperial Business School

Directories

  • Admin and support services
  • Networks and Centres
  • Research groups
  • Search all staff

Partners

  • Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre
  • Imperial College Health Partners
  • Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
  • Imperial Consultants

College Information

Imperial College London

Address

Imperial College London
South Kensington Campus
London SW7 2AZ, UK
tel: +44 (0)20 7589 5111

Facebook X, formerly known as Twitter YouTube LinkedIn Instagram TikTok TikTok

Site Information

  • Sitemap
  • Accessibility
  • Modern slavery statement
  • Privacy notice
  • Use of cookies
  • Report incorrect content
  • Log in

© 2025 Imperial College London