Alumni profile - Laila El azhary 9 February 2021
(Documentary Practice MA, 2020)
There are a lot of things I learned while making this film. I got to understand some of the struggles that Kurdish people face. I got to learn about their history which is not something we are taught in schools. I also learnt about the frequent misrepresentation of them as a community.
Alumni profile - Anthony James 10 February 2021
Alumni profile - Samerah Saeed 9 February 2021
(Biochemistry BsC, 2008; Medicine MBBS, 2013)
Personally, I find the most exciting part of being a surgical trainee is learning how to operate. It is always a great feeling to have learnt or improved upon a skill. However, the most satisfying and humbling feeling is being able to contribute to a person’s wellbeing, or at least being able to support them in a time of difficulty. I am very honoured to have been able to work for the NHS throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alumni Profile - Navjot Sawhney 31 January 2020
(Engineering BEng, 2012; Aerospace Engineering MEng, 2013)
The humanitarian engineer who co-founded The Washing Machine Project, a social enterprise dedicated to designing and distributing a manual hand-cranked washing machine to displaced and low-income people around the world. "Engineers around the world have the power and responsibility to bring about change; small scale inventions will truly transform the lives of people in need."
Alumni profile - Helgi Johannsson 15 February 2021
(Clinical Medicine MBBS, 1996)
I think there is still a way to go for equality, and we cannot be complacent. What can we do to further it now?
Alumni profile - Zoe Adams 17 February 2021
(Linguistics MA, 2013)
As a Teaching Fellow, I prepare and deliver content for Language & Health Communication, as well as supervise the students’ final research projects. This was a module that I designed as a PhD candidate in 2016, so it’s great to return and be the course convenor!
Alumni profile - Sam Miles 19 February 2021
(Geography PhD, 2017)
Although my PhD was about a specific thing: dating apps on mobile phones for gay men in London, the questions that it interrogates are much wider. The answers I pursued were about how we use technology for our everyday social and sexual lives and how we rationalise this technology use.
Alumni profile - Beth Watton 22 February 2021
(Theatre and Performance MA, 2018)
I am deeply passionate and committed to debunking both the myth and the reality, that the arts are an exclusive, elitist realm, accessible to and for a very white, privileged audience. My work gives me the perfect opportunity, space and platform to do this and that is what I enjoy most about it.
Alumni profile - Mitch Harris 23 February 2021
(Film Studies BA, 2014)
It’s astonishing to look at the contribution LGBTQ+ people have made throughout history, and to know that many of them have only been acknowledged in recent years. I think we need to continue to find and highlight those people that have made extraordinary contributions that enable us to live as we do today.
Alumni profile - Dr Ben Walters 16 February 2021
(Drama PhD, 2019)
There have been people in every society and every period of history whose experiences of gender identity and sexual desire aren’t contained by the fixed categories our culture thinks of as ‘straight’ and ‘cisgender’. Queerness is a normal, natural and consistent part of human life. Acknowledging, celebrating and learning from that would benefit everybody in society.