51³Ô¹ÏÍø Profiles is a dynamic and user-friendly platform that can be used as a personal web page.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Profiles seamlessly integrates with Symplectic Elements (51³Ô¹ÏÍø'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 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Profile is to publicise and connect staff at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø and across the wider higher education and research community.

Who can get an 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Profile?

All members of staff and postgraduate research students will by default have access to their own 51³Ô¹ÏÍø 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 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Profile

  • To manage your records and publish your 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Profile, .
  • Training on your 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Profiles is available here:

Latest updates

  • 51³Ô¹ÏÍø 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 51³Ô¹ÏÍø 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 51³Ô¹ÏÍø email address (everything before the '@' sign) and hit return

For example:

If your 51³Ô¹ÏÍø email address is c.hankin@imperial.ac.uk,

your 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Profiles URL will be https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/c.hankin

How do I edit my 51³Ô¹ÏÍø 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 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Profile?

Yes, all staff including administrative and support staff will have access to publish an 51³Ô¹ÏÍø 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 51³Ô¹ÏÍø 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.