³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Profiles is a dynamic and user-friendly platform that can be used as a personal web page.

³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Profiles seamlessly integrates with Symplectic Elements (³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's research information management system), providing a robust and intuitive interface for showcasing:

  • a personal summary and profile photo,
  • information about your role,
  • a description of research interests,
  • academic and research achievements, and
  • links to research publications

The purpose of an ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Profile is to publicise and connect staff at ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ and across the wider higher education and research community.

Who can get an ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Profile?

All members of staff and postgraduate research students will by default have access to their own ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Profile that can be activated and made live. 

It is not something that needs to be requested from your Faculty Web Officer or department, and is automatically available to all staff and postgraduate research students.

How to manage you ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Profile

  • To manage your records and publish your ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Profile, .
  • Training on your ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Profiles is available here:

Latest updates

  • ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Profiles now include a rich text editor that allows you to format your biographical content and include hyperlinks to related materials
  • Improvements to template structure to ensure compliance with accessibility regulations
  • Inclusion of abstracts in publications feeds
  • Search capability within each profile feed i.e. publications, professional experience.
  • Search relevance is explained for every result in the profile directory, for example when searching by keywords:
  •  Improvements to publication ordering to included acceptance dates and online publication dates from records.

 

FAQs

What is the URL for my ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Profile?

Copy and paste the following URL into a new web browser tab: https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/abc

Replace ‘abc’ with the first part of your ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ email address (everything before the '@' sign) and hit return

For example:

If your ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ email address is c.hankin@imperial.ac.uk,

your ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Profiles URL will be https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/c.hankin

How do I edit my ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Profile?

Please see

How do I change my profile’s privacy level?

Please see

What if the 'Change profile privacy level' setting is not available?

You will need to update the college directory setting. Please follow these steps

  1. Log in to the College Directory
  2. Change the setting ‘Show the above information in external directories’ to ’Y’
NOTE: this setting update is propagated overnight, so the 'Change profile privacy level'
setting won’t be immediately available to you
I’m not an academic and I don’t do any research – can I still have an ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Profile?

Yes, all staff including administrative and support staff will have access to publish an ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Profile.

What will happen to my old PWP URL?

Automatic redirects will be set up when the old PWP system is decommissioned. Anyone trying to visit your old PWP URL will be directed to your new ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Profiles URL avoiding any loss of traffic.

I would like to change my current job title

Please contact your faculty representative who can help with the job title change request.