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Paper Plane Competition
Engineer the best paper airplane and show off your skills by throwing it further than anyone else ...
Activity type
Event
Min. duration
Max. participants
3 hours
100
Progress Mapping
Very short recurrent activity to track our progress in a project through time in a visual way ...
Activity type
Project-based
Min. duration
Max. participants
10 minutes
5
Seat assignments
Assign students specific seats for the first few lectures/first day of a workshop to eliminate anxiety ...
Activity type
Long-term/ Passive
Min. duration
Max. participants
30 minutes
200
Send a Snack
Share your favourite foods by sending a snack to your teammates across the world ...
Activity type
Event
Min. duration
Max. participants
30 minutes
200
Skewer Bridges
Teamwork activity to build a bridge with skewers between two tables. Apart from embracing collaboration ...
Activity type
Mini Game/ Icebreaker
Min. duration
Max. participants
15 minutes
50
Cohort Calendar
Shared calendar (Google or Outlook) for special occasions ...
Activity type
Long-term/ Passive
Min. duration
Max. participants
N/a
300
Imperial Survival Guide
Create a handbook to surviving university, and pass it down to younger students from your course, who can ...
Activity type
Long-term/ Passive
Min. duration
Max. participants
10 minutes
200
Teamwork Charter
Define guidelines and behaviour expected of each other. Team members reflect on their past team working ...
Activity type
Workshop
Min. duration
Max. participants
45 minutes
40
Theatre
From the Royal Albert Hall next to Imperial to the rest of the city, London offers plenty of musicals ...
Activity type
Event
Min. duration
Max. participants
1.5 hours
15
Virtual Swear Jar
Punish bad behaviour by paying a fine into a virtual swear jar, that can later be spent on a treat or celebration ...
Activity type
Long-term/ Passive
Min. duration
Max. participants
10
Would You Rather?
This icebreaker consists of making attendees choose between two options to embrace discussion and ...
Activity type
Mini Game/Icebreaker
Min. duration
Max. participants
10 minutes
30
10 Things in Common
Get to know your teammates and find out surprising things you have in common ...
Activity type
Mini Game/ Icebreaker
Min. duration
Max. participants
20 minutes
100
Alumni Slack Workspace
A slack channel where older students meet with current students and staff to embrace the ...
Activity type
Long-term/ Passive
Min. duration
Max. participants
N/a
10000
Axe Room
Relieve stress and compete for axe-flinging glory as you smash targets with axes for points ...
Activity type
Event
Min. duration
Max. participants
1 hour
50
Broken Picturephone
Participants will write an initial prompt for the person next to them to draw. These prompts will then be ...
Activity type
Mini Game/ Icebreaker
Min. duration
Max. participants
30 minutes
8
Celebration Party / Gala
Celebrate the end of an academic year / term in style ...
Activity type
Event
Min. duration
Max. participants
3 hours
300
Coffee Mornings
Morning coffee and biscuits in a common area regularly to kick-off the day with good vibes ...
Activity type
Event
Min. duration
Max. participants
20 minutes
100
Cohort Hub in Drive
Shared Google Drive for information on all students, including birthdays, hobbies, timezones, useful resources, etc.) ...
Activity type
Long-term/ Passive
Min. duration
Max. participants
N/a
200
Cohort Quiz Night
Quiz night with the members of the cohort. The goal is to have an informal funny session ...
Activity type
Event
Min. duration
Max. participants
1 hour
50
DLX Creative Ideation
Creative ideation/brainstorming session ideal for design and innovation students ...
Activity type
Project-based
Min. duration
Max. participants
10 minutes
10
Emoji Maps Icebreaker
Learn about your classmate's travels and home countries by answering the question prompts with emojis ...
Activity type
Mini Game/ Icebreaker
Min. duration
Max. participants
10 minutes
10
Team Awards
Recognition and praise are important for team morale, and one way to bring this to life is via Team Awards ...
Activity type
Long-term/ Passive
Min. duration
Max. participants
1 hour
30
Gather Musical Chairs
Get to know members of your team with an online version of the classic party game musical chairs ...
Activity type
Event
Min. duration
Max. participants
1 hour
25
Pub Quiz
Test your general knowledge and ignite some friendly competition with a quiz night ...
Activity type
Mini Game/ Icebreaker
Min. duration
Max. participants
30 minutes
100
Jobhunt Speed-dating
A once a term event where students and companies meet. There is a first match between job offers ...
Activity type
Event
Min. duration
Max. participants
2 hours
100
Themed Movie Nights
Watch a movie together with your cohort. Vote to decide on a theme as well as the movie itself ...
Activity type
Event
Min. duration
Max. participants
3 hours
30
Newsletters
Prepare a regular newsletter to keep your cohort informed about events, achievements and opportunities ...
Activity type
Long-term/ Passive
Min. duration
Max. participants
30 minutes
500
Personality tests
Taking personality tests is a great way of knowing everybody's strengths and using them to work more effectively ...
Activity type
Project-based
Min. duration
Max. participants
30 minutes
10
Restaurant tripping
There are plenty of restaurants and markets which offer all kinds of food in London ...
Activity type
Event
Min. duration
Max. participants
1.5 hours
10
Secret Santa
Papers with everybody's names are folded and each person grabs one and has to give a present ...
Activity type
Event
Min. duration
Max. participants
1 hour
50
Team Share
Get to know your teammates by sharing things about yourself ...
Activity type
Mini Game/ Icebreaker
Min. duration
Max. participants
20 minutes
15
Skillshare Nights
Bi-weekly or monthly night events where one person introduces a topic to the cohort. Topic can vary ...
Activity type
Event
Min. duration
Max. participants
1 hour
100
Speed Dating
Meet new people, either virtually or in real life with this speed-dating activity ...
Activity type
Event
Min. duration
Max. participants
20 minutes
30
Team Feedback Session
Teammates give each other anonymous constructive feedback on what they don't like, what they liked ...
Activity type
Project-based
Min. duration
Max. participants
30 minutes
10
Telephone Game
Test your hearing and listening skills with a quick game of Telephone ..
Activity type
Mini Game/ Icebreaker
Min. duration
Max. participants
10 minutes
20
Toilet Roll Icebreaker
Pass on a toilet paper roll and tell fun facts about yourself ...
Activity type
Mini Game/ Icebreaker
Min. duration
Max. participants
1 hour
20
Weekly Peer Reviews
Weekly peer reviews during modules aimed at providing feedback, helping each other, and ...
Activity type
Project-based
Min. duration
Max. participants
30 minutes
200
2 Truths, 1 Lie
Prepare 3 statements about yourself, 2 are truths and 1 is a lie ...
Activity type
Mini Game/ Icebreaker
Min. duration
Max. participants
30 minutes
10
21 Questions
Question-based game where one or two participants (knowers) thinks of a famous character/person ...
Activity type
Mini Game/ Icebreaker
Min. duration
Max. participants
10 minutes
8
Among Us
Join your crew mates in a multiplayer game of teamwork and betrayal! Guess who the imposter is before ...
Activity type
Mini Game/ Icebreaker
Min. duration
Max. participants
15 minutes
10
Board Games List
A range of fun multiplayer card/board games to play in small groups ...
Activity type
Event
Min. duration
Max. participants
30 minutes
5
Buddy Program
Buddy programmes pairing students within and across cohorts for mutual support ...
Activity type
Long-term/ Passive
Min. duration
Max. participants
N/a
200
Cheese & Wine Night
A cheese and wine tasting session to celebrate an occasion ...
Activity type
Event
Min. duration
Max. participants
1.5 hours
50
Cohort Bucket List
A board of collective aspirations and goals for coming term/year. Students tick off bucket list items ...
Activity type
Long-term/ Passive
Min. duration
Max. participants
Na
200
Cohort Instagram
Each week, one member of the team is responsible for the cohort Instagram account, and shares ...
Activity type
Long-term/ Passive
Min. duration
Max. participants
N/a
100
Cohort Yearbook
Collect and create a collection of photos, names and memories to remember your cohort ...
Activity type
Long-term/ Passive
Min. duration
Max. participants
N/a
200
Don't Starve Together
Play Don't Starve Together with teammates in your cohort, where you have to try to survive and ...
Activity type
Event
Min. duration
Max. participants
1 hour
12
Escape room
Discover clues, solve puzzles and accomplish tasks as a team in order to escape before time runs out ...
Activity type
Event
Min. duration
Max. participants
1 hour
15
Gather Events
Hold a remote event via Gather with your very own avatar and virtual meeting spaces ...
Activity type
Event
Min. duration
Max. participants
30 minutes
25
Global Cookbook
Compile a book of recipes that are meaningful to your cohort (e.g. favourite foods, ethnic foods) and learn ...
Activity type
Event
Min. duration
Max. participants
1 hour
100
Picture Me
Show an image that describes yourself and explains why to the rest of the group ...
Activity type
Mini Game/ Icebreaker
Min. duration
Max. participants
20 minutes
10
Like or Loathe cards
Use your power of deduction, and knowledge of your teammates to guess the word taped to ...
Activity type
Mini Game/ Icebreaker
Min. duration
Max. participants
20 minutes
50
Most Likely To...
Get to know your teammates better by asking questions about who is most likely to fit a category ...
Activity type
Mini Game/ Icebreaker
Min. duration
Max. participants
10 minutes
10
Overcooked
A chaotic cooking game where players need to work together to serve as many dishes as they can before the timer ...
Activity type
Event
Min. duration
Max. participants
30 minutes
4
Picnic
There are many parks around the city where you can have a picnic and enjoy the weather ...
Activity type
Event
Min. duration
Max. participants
1 hour
50
Rose, Bud, Thorn
A conversation starter for any occasion ...
Activity type
Mini Game/ Icebreaker
Min. duration
Max. participants
1 hour
10
Send a Postcard
Connect to your teammates across the world by sending a postcard about yourself ...
Activity type
Event
Min. duration
Max. participants
15 minutes
200
Sightseeing
Take in the sights and sounds of London as a cohort ...
Activity type
Event
Min. duration
Max. participants
2 hours
10
Draw-a-Word Games
The classic Pictionary style game ...
Activity type
Mini Game/ Icebreaker
Min. duration
Max. participants
10 minutes
8
Stinky Fish
A short activity to run early in a project focused on sharing any concerns and anxieties to create openness ...
Activity type
Workshop
Min. duration
Max. participants
30 minutes
5
Team Mood Map
Have a Mood Map in a common area to share your collective feelings about a particular project ...
Activity type
Long-term/ Passive
Min. duration
Max. participants
10 minutes
50
The Funny Hats
Draw a hat on a whiteboard (e.g. Miro) and set it as the background on MS Teams, Zoom, etc ...
Activity type
Mini Game/ Icebreaker
Min. duration
Max. participants
10 minutes
50
Virtual Studio
Virtual studio for cohorts with remote students for activities, such as virtual study groups ...
Activity type
Long-term/ Passive
Min. duration
Max. participants
200
Word Association
A fun icebreaker to play! One person says a random word and the rest of the group take turns to come ...
Activity type
Mini Game/ Icebreaker
Min. duration
Max. participants
2 minutes
10
5 most common emojis
Let your teammates get to know you by sharing your 5 most common emojis ...
Activity type
Mini Game/ Icebreaker
Min. duration
Max. participants
10 minutes
20
All hands on deck
This is a teamwork game where, for a series of rounds, each team needs to organise in order ...
Activity type
Mini Game/ Icebreaker
Min. duration
Max. participants
20 minutes
50
Time Zone Spreadsheet
Create a spreadsheet for your team to indicate your available work time and free time in your own timezone ...
Activity type
Long-term/ Passive
Min. duration
Max. participants
1 hour
200
Book Club
Pick a book to read as a group and organise a discussion session each month ...
Activity type
Long-term/ Passive
Min. duration
Max. participants
1 hour
10
Candy Bar Tables
Icebreaker to empower discussions around a topic. The group is divided into tables where they have a prompt or ...
Activity type
Mini Game/ Icebreaker
Min. duration
Max. participants
15 minutes
50
Codenames
Two teams compete by each having a "spymaster". The spymaster gives one-word clues that can ...
Activity type
Mini Game/ Icebreaker
Min. duration
Max. participants
20 minutes
8
Cohort group photo
A formal initial cohort photograph and a celebratory end-of-year photograph ...
Activity type
Long-term/ Passive
Min. duration
Max. participants
30 minutes
200
Cohort Hoodies
Design and make your own personalised hoodies with and for your cohort ...
Activity type
Long-term/ Passive
Min. duration
Max. participants
1 hour
50
Cooking Competition
Share food from home and impress your mates with your cooking skills. Turn it into a friendly competition ...
Activity type
Event
Min. duration
Max. participants
5 hours
50
Reverse Dragon's Den
In teams of 3-5, ideate worst start-up ideas and pitch them to a panel of more senior students, tutors and/or lecturers ...
Activity type
Mini Game/ Icebreaker
Min. duration
Max. participants
3 hours
40
Event Planning Surveys
Let the hall residents have a say on the events they would like to have ...
Activity type
Workshop
Min. duration
Max. participants
5 minutes
600
Gatheround Meetings
Host a gathering on Gatheround, a playful, functional platform to build teams and create connections ...
Activity type
Mini Game/ Icebreaker
Min. duration
Max. participants
20 minutes
40
Go Ape Adventure
Take your team on an adrenaline-filled outdoor tree-top adventure to Go Ape ...
Activity type
Event
Min. duration
Max. participants
3 hours
20
Study Cam
Create a space for your cohort to study together remotely ...
Activity type
Long-term/ Passive
Min. duration
Max. participants
1 hour
1000
Meditation
Start the day off with an open mind and positive vibes, either remotely or in-person ...
Activity type
Workshop
Min. duration
Max. participants
30 minutes
20
Museum & Gallery Visits
Group visits to museums and galleries in London ...
Activity type
Event
Min. duration
Max. participants
1 hour
20
Padlet Forum
A forum with restricted access (only cohort members) where members can express concerns, anxieties, and ask ...
Activity type
Long-term/ Passive
Min. duration
Max. participants
5 minutes
200