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Montage of alumni voices on our blog. Featured are the Singing Dentist, aka Dr Milad Shadrooh, Dilani Selvanathan, Siti Kasim and Matt Kay.

Our graduates have gone on to do a variety of interesting and exciting things throughout their careers and beyond.

Our blog shines a spotlight on the voices of our alumni and friends and on the transformative effect gifts of time and donations from alumni have had on our students and the wider University.

Headshot of alumna Shamima Akter Alumni profile - Shamima Akter (Part One)
15 September 2020

(Computer Science and Multimedia BSc, 2020)

As part of Welcome Week 2020, we caught up with alumna and newly elected President of the Students' Union, Shamima Akter : "One of my main aims this year is to be able to lead the union through a global pandemic. I think surviving this year and making sure we stay true to our values and who we are as an organisation is a massive priority."

Headshot of alumna Shamima Akter Alumni profile - Shamima Akter (Part Two)
23 November 2020

(Computer Science and Multimedia BSc, 2020)

“Shamima completed part one of her alumni profile as part of our Welcome Week 2020 campaign in which she touched upon her time and studies at Queen Mary and her current role as President of the Students’ Union. Read part one of Shamima’s profile.

Part two of Shamima’s alumni profile is dedicated to Islamophobia Awareness Month and Shamima’s identity as a Muslim woman.”

Headshot of alumna, Alissa Timoshkina Alumni profile - Alissa Timoshkina
17 November 2020

(Film Studies BA, 2006; Film Studies MA, 2007)

The knowledge that I gained at Queen Mary is at the heart of what I do, even if it takes on so many different guises, from a PhD in Soviet Holocaust cinema to a podcast about motherhood and food. 

Headshot of alumna, Emily Rose Yates Alumni profile - Emily Rose Yates
30 November 2020

(English BA, 2013)

I love anything that’s quite investigative and explorative, and I’m lucky that anything to do with travel and accessibility, or current disability issues, is often exactly that. Wherever possible, I use my lived experience as a wheelchair user to add an authentic viewpoint to whatever I’m writing on.

Headshot of alumna, Gemma Esvelt Alumni profile - Gemma Esvelt
1 December 2020

(Heritage Management MA, 2020)

I had always dreamed of living in the UK, so I thought it was time to do something new and chase my dreams.I was looking for a degree which combined both theory and practical learning. I was really drawn to the work experience side of this degree with internships offered in different departments at Historic Royal Palaces.

Alumni profile - Dr MJ Rowland-Warmann
7 December 2020

(Aesthetic Medicine MS, 2016)

I’m an idealist. I always wanted to build a remarkable practice where patients are cared for to an extremely high standard. I also wanted to create a place where clinicians would feel excited about their work. Seven years on we’ve certainly achieved those aims.

Headshot of alumna, Eleni Sophia Alumni profile - Eleni Sophia
9 December 2020

(English BA, 2020)

I had published my first poetry collection a year before starting my degree and I never knew how well it would do. By the middle of my first year, my collection, Good Morning to Goodnight, had reached number three on Amazon’s best-seller list and I had been tagged in a photo of my book with the caption, ‘the book that saved my life’. That was the clicking moment when I realised how many people I was actually helping.

Headshot of alumna Charlotte Andrews-Briscoe Alumni profile - Charlotte Andrews-Briscoe
11 December 2020

(Law LLB, 2018)

I work as a Research Associate at the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide. At the moment we are working on a report about women who are sentenced to death for drug offences – which, shockingly, is the fastest-growing death-punishable offence globally.

Headshot of alumna, Megan Roberts Alumni profile - Megan Roberts
15 December 2020

(Human Geography BA, 2016)

Queen Mary gave me the starter skills for community engagement that I still use every day – it introduced me to different communities that are incredibly like the ones I engage with today, and it gave me the confidence to understand what a community wants, and what they need.

Headshot of alumna, Lotte Veale Alumni profile - Lotte Veale
4 January 2021

(Development and Global Health MA, 2020)

If I could go back and do it all again, I would. I have gained so much knowledge in only one year and didn’t want it to end! It’s such a great place to study, and the course was faultless. If you’re unsure, don’t be – just do it.

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