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Hall-Guide-2020 Concierge-Security: 020 75949971 Duty Warden: 07739 299 516 https://woodward.halls.imperial.ac.uk 2 This guide has been written by members of the Wardening Team and is designed to explain many important aspects of life at Woodward. Please read it, keep it, and ask us if anything is not clear. We hope you will find your time here enjoyable and rewarding! Introduction . .4 The Woodward Team . .5 The Wardening Team . .7 The Hall Seniors. .14 Housekeeping. .16 Living in Halls . 17 Welfare Support . 22 Healthcare Info. .25 Living in London . .28 Safety & Security . 31 Hall Rules . 33 Helpful Links and Numbers. 35 Disclaimer: all information in this guide is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of publishing / printing. Due to the nature of the student halls, some information may change over the course of the year—keep an eye on the website and Facebook page for the most up-to-date information. If in doubt, ask your hall senior or subwarden. The illustrations used within this guide are the work of Piper Thibodeau (Cryptid Creations, Deviantart.com). This guide was created for a non- commercial purpose. 3 Welcome to Woodward Buildings, Imperial’s flagship development in North Acton and home for you and for over 800 other students as you embark on your university life! The hall consists of three different residential blocks: B, C, and D. Despite being the furthest hall from Imperial, we are closer to a tube station than any other hall, so getting to and from central London is simple and can be even faster than from the other halls! Kemp Porter Buildings, another large Imperial College student residence, are also just a few minutes’ walk away. Woodward has a Wardening Team consisting of 2 Wardens, 12 subwardens and 27 seniors who are here to ensure you comfortably settle into student life, as well as organising events throughout the year for all to join. According to your residential block and floor, you will be part of one of our hall areas, which are each overseen by one subwarden and a couple of hall seniors and have an atmosphere and personality of their own. If you ever have any concerns, worries of simply need someone to talk to, don’t hesitate to approach any of the Wardening Team members – you can knock on their doors and they are always happy to help! In the next pages we will introduce the Wardening Team, as well as provide more information about the area and some tips for living in London. It’s important for us that you are comfortable in your first year to ensure that you enjoy your time at Imperial and succeed in your studies. As usual, please respect the Hall Rules so that we can maintain a healthy environment in Woodward Buildings! 4 Wardens There are three groups of people who work together to make Woodward the place it is: the Wardens, the Hall Seniors and Housekeeping The Wardening Team is part of the Our team consists of the 2 wardens College’s welfare system; we are and 12 subwardens which all have here to help you, to organise social valuable experience of university events and to occasionally enforce life and may even be able to help discipline, so that everyone enjoys you with technical questions. their time here as much as possible. We share out the responsibilities By day, we are all scientists, amongst us, but you should feel working hard within the college, free to approach any of us for help, either as members of academic advice or just a chat. If necessary, staff or as research students; in our we will point you to the most spare time, we become wardens. appropriate person. 5 Wardens WOODWARD DUTY MOBILE 07739 299 516 During term time, at least one of us will be on duty and on site between 7 pm and 8 am. During holidays, full cover is provided for the entire day. The person on duty is known as the duty warden and can be contacted on the duty mobile and by email. Please note that calls at late hours (after 11 pm) are only for emergencies or if residents are being unreasonably loud during the quiet hours (11 pm to 8 am during term time, and 10 pm to 8 am during exam periods) – we need to sleep too! If possible, please come find us during office hour (7-8 pm everyday in term time), albeit remotely due to the current pandemic situation. During the day (8 am – 7 pm) your emergencies / enquiries will be redirected to Concierge / Reception, who are also trained to assist you. The wardens can be collectively contacted by email at: [email protected] You can use the email address above to contact the wardening team (non- emergencies). Please note that the wardening team is a distinct body compared to ‘Residences’ and the Student Accommodation Centre, who look after room allocations, contracts, cleaning and repairs. They can be contacted online or through the Student Hub (3rd floor Sherfield Building, South Kensington campus). 6 Wardens (Warden) C7 Hi, I am Victor, one of the Wardens of Woodward Buildings. I live in block C with my lovely wife Maria. I am a Research Associate at the Department of Bionengineering, having also completed my PhD here. I work with computational neuroscience, trying to understand how our brain works. I am particularly interested in the brain’s unique ability to learn and form new memories. I am from Brazil, where I got my degree in chemistry and my master’s in physics. In my free time, I like to run in the park, cook and sculpt! I look forward to meeting all of you! (Warden) D8 Abi is one of the Wardens at Woodward, living with her partner Luke. She is a Research Associate in the Department of Materials, working on corrosion of metals. This mainly involves building corrosive atmosphere environments, breaking bits of metal and trying not to accidentally burn down or blow up the RSM. She has previously lived in Germany and Cyprus, and came to Imperial 6 years ago at the start of her PhD. You can usually find her either on or near a stage enjoying or performing musical theatre, baking, or spray painting furniture in an effort to upcycle because she saw a YouTube tutorial and it looked super easy. Abi can’t wait to meet everyone! 7 Subwardens (Subwarden) D5 I’m originally from London (Watford), and did my undergrad at the Uni of Manchester. I’m now in my 3rd year at Imperial in the Department of Materials. I love to cook and explore cuisines and small restaurants. I also enjoy a wide variety of games from cards to League of Legends and Dungeons & Dragons. I‘ve spent a lot of time in amateur dramatics and have modelled for a number of different projects! I’m very outgoing and love nothing more than a cup of tea and a round of cards so feel free to come find me anytime as I’m always happy to learn some new games! (Subwarden) D11 Nav is about to start the first year of his PhD in computational & experimental Fluid Mechanics, having just finished studying Mechanical Engineering at Imperial. He is initially from Newcastle and so, unsurprisingly, loves football, but also the gym, cycling, running, hiking and anything else outdoors really. Nav would like to say a massive congratulations for getting into Imperial, he looks forward to welcoming you to Woodward and helping you to smoothly transition into university life. If you ever want to chat or need any advice, he will be more than happy to help! :) 8 Subwardens (Subwarden) D14 Anastasiya studies Bioengineering and she is going into her second year of PhD at Imperial having graduated from the University of Edinburgh. Anastasiya is driven by direct social impact and aims to apply her research in synthetic biology in ways that will give a tangible output. Apart from the studies, she has many hobbies: dancing Salsa and Bachata, playing violin in her free time, drawing and occasionally attending photography workshops. She simply admires aesthetics and beauty in everything, so feel free to join her on socially distant strolls around London exhibitions – she is hoping to share her experience and passions with you! (Subwarden) D18 Mohammad is the best thing since sliced bread which, by the way, is totally overrated. He’s starting the final year of his PhD in data-driven fluid dynamics. That is a fancy way of saying if you have an easy enough linear algebra problem, he may be able to help. He has been at Imperial for the past 7 years, so he knows a thing or two about navigating the turbulent waters of student life. He’s into politics, economics and history. You may spot him listening to an audio-book or a comedy special while wandering around. Feel free to say hi, he can’t wait to welcome you here at Woodward. :-) 9 Subwardens (Subwarden) C1 Hi – I’m Navneeth! I was born in India and lived in Singapore for around 12 years before moving to London last year. I enjoy learning about quirky, weird and mostly useless things and so I’m a PhD student in the Computing Department doing research on quantum information theory. Other than that, I love Formula One and you’re welcome to join me in watching a race on a Sunday afternoon. Finally, I’m wondering if I should have written all that stuff in the third person, but too late now! (Subwarden) C4 Iuliana grew up in a small peaceful town in Romania before joining Imperial in 2012 for her undergraduate degree in Chemistry.
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