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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 alumnus Nicholas Sherward Nicholas Sheward - Alumni Profile
16 May 2022

(Degree Apprenticeship in Digital and Technology Solutions (Software Engineer) BSc, 2021).

Whilst I was at the BBC to work, I was also there to learn, and I was doing that alongside incredibly talented individuals who invested their time into me. Being in that environment and seeing first-hand how organisations like the BBC operate is not something that university alone can properly prepare you for.

 

Headshot of alumna Raghad Zuraiki Alumni profile - Raghad Zuraiki
11 February 2021

(Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence Bsc|Msc, 2020|2023)

One of my long-term goals is to use my AI knowledge and skills to contribute to the technological developments in the healthcare sector to help fill in the need for available professionals which many disadvantaged countries are not able to provide. I also aspire to contribute towards making education available to everyone around the world, which unfortunately isn't possible right now due to a lack of funding, lack of proper educational materials, and lack of trained teachers.

Headshot of alumnus Aqeel Rafiq Aqeel Rafiq - Islamophobia Awareness Month profile
29 November 2021

(Computer Science with Industrial Experience BSc, 2015)

I think it's important people are educated on racism; in the Quran Allah tells us: "O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another (49:13)." We should embrace diversity and different faiths - it is what makes us unique today. 

 

Alumnus Barry Lui Alumni profile - Barry Lui
21 October 2019

(Geography BSc, 2014)

As a QMentor, being a part of the crucial transition for graduates who have just come out of university is highly appealing to me, especially as I can distinctly remember how scary it is taking the leap into the world of work. I’ve been there and I started in this exact same University.

Headshot of alumnus, Mark Bergfeld. He is wearing a green and black jumper and glasses and is smiling at someone off camera. Alumni profile - Mark Bergfeld
2 May 2022

(Business & Management MRes, 2014; Business & Management PhD, 2019)

I am very happy that I met so many fantastic academic researchers at Queen Mary who question the pro-business consensus of our time and are developing stakeholder approaches in different yet converging ways.

 

Headshot of alumnus, Jim Hoare Alumni profile - Jim Hoare
24 August 2021

(History BA, 1964)

I had wanted to study history almost from when I first went to school. In 1961, I was offered a place at the University of Nottingham and at Queen Mary College (QMC). To be honest, I knew little about either, but QMC seemed the more prestigious – and it was in London. I never regretted my decision. 

 

President and Principal Colin Bailey A special message from Queen Mary's President and Principal to our alumni
7 May 2020

Professor Colin Bailey CBE, President and Principal of Queen Mary University of London, addresses our global alumni community about the University's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch Colin's video to alumni

Chandni Patel headshot Student story - Chandni Patel
7 July 2021

Chandni is a final year medical student at Barts and The London. She is one of the students to receive the Scholarship for Excellence this year funded by our generous Barts and The London alumni.

Alumni profile - Siti Kasim
23 March 2021

(Law LLB, 1995)

When I first came back to Malaysia in 2004, I had no idea about the existence of our indigenous people. This subject is not taught in our schools. No one talks about them. I joined the Human Rights Committee under the Bar Council in 2007 and that’s when I realised there are many human rights issues in Malaysia. I started visiting the villages of the Orang Asli, which is the word for the peninsula indigenous people, and I learnt about the issues, and I saw who they are.

Headshot of alumna Shivani Reddy Alumni profile - Shivani Reddy
10 May 2020

(English and European Law LLB, 2003)

At Fairtrade, I worked on a wide range of issues (fairer prices for banana farmers; public-private partnerships; gender equality in agricultural supply chains; Sustainable Development Goals; modern slavery; post-Brexit trade policy…). After almost four years, I decided that I wanted to see if I could make an impact on people’s lives from inside a large company so I moved to Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP).

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