The Public and Community Engagement team at White City act as a bridge between the local community and Imperial College London's staff and students.

Our team

  • Vicky Brightman

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    Vicky Brightman Director of Public Engagement

    Responsibilities

    Vicky leads the Public and Community Engagement teams at Imperial College London, who deliver public events and programmes in White City, based out of The Invention Rooms, and in South Kensington, which includes the Great Exhibition Road Festival. She overseas training for Imperial's staff and students on public engagement and works to help connect Imperial’s teams with external community groups as required.

  • Farial Missi

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    Farial Missi Senior Partnerships and Community Engagement Manager

    Responsibilities

    Farial is the first point of call for all community-university relationships, managing several collaborative projects.

  • Lisa Nash

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    Lisa Nash Community Partnerships and Engagement Officer

    Responsibilities

    Lisa manages our community engagement programme development including Agents of Change and What the Tech?! She also oversees ongoing listening and collaborative initiatives locally.

  • Andrew Brooks

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    Andrew Brooks Public Engagement Programmer and Practitioner, Community Engagement (White City)

    Responsibilities

    Andrew works with Imperial’s scientists to design and deliver science focused community events and activities at The Invention Rooms.

  • Rachel Harvey

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    Rachel Harvey Public Engagement Learning Activity Developer

    Responsibilities

    Rachel develops and delivers activities for community events at The Invention Rooms.

  • Samantha Allen-Turner

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    Samantha Allen-Turner Community Engagement Coordinator (Venue & Programmes)

    Responsibilities

    Sam manages the bookings and community engagement projects that take place in The Interaction Zone.

  • Wegahta Mohammed

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    Wegahta Mohammed Community Engagement Assistant (Venue and Programmes)

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    Wegahta manages the administration of the public engagement family programme and covers duty management of the Interaction Zone

  • Emma Watson

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    Emma Watson Evaluation Officer (Outreach and Engagement)

    Responsibilities

    Emma supports teams delivering events and programmes in and around White City to measure the impact of their work.

Get in touch

We’re always looking for new ideas and suggestions – drop us an email at whitecity.community@imperial.ac.uk

Please note that this is not an exhaustive list of Imperial staff working with the community – many other academic departments and staff are involved in community-focused projects.

Photo of Lisa Nash by ACAVA Shoots (Zute Lightfoot) courtesy of ACAVA.

Outreach team at White City

The Outreach team work with local schools, colleges and community organisations, from primary through to A-Level education. Find out more about Schools Outreach 

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