Alumni profile - Grant Tregonning 9 November 2021
(Environmental Science BSc, 2015; Integrated Management of Freshwater Environments MSc, 2016)
The academic and professional staff were really supportive throughout my BSc, so I knew they would be great mentors to support me in my postgraduate studies. I developed a strong bond with them, my peers and the uni. It still feels like I am ‘coming home’ when I visit campus.
Alumni profile - John Plas 4 December 2020
(Advanced Periodontology Associate, 2001)
During my final year on my Periodontology Programme, there was an opportunity to be featured on Channel 4 National Television as part of their “Be your Own Doctor” Show. This episode of the show was about self-assessment of oral hygiene, self improvement in brushing and periodontal treatment planning. This episode was filmed at the Ground Level Clinic of Bart’s Dental Institute!
Alumni profile - Ella Haines-Kelvin 8 March 2021
(Biomedical Sciences Bsc, 2020)
I work alongside research practitioners, research nurses and doctors in the Early Phase Oncology Trials Team, facilitating Phase I & II trials for new experimental cancer medicines often tested for the first time in humans for a wide variety of cancer types. Offering patients a lifeline with experimental treatments and knowing that our work will translate to widescale clinical benefits if the drug in question is a long-term success is very rewarding!
Alumni profile - Miranda Burns 3 March 2021
(Drama BA, 2015)
I have loved radio since day dot. Whilst at Queen mary, I joined Quest as a new hobby; I started off with two shows a week and threw my all into them. In April 2018, after having covered with Rob Howard on and off for the last year, I was asked if I’d like to relocate to Brighton and launch a Capital there - obviously I said yes!
Alumni profile - Kia Abdullah 22 May 2020
(Computer Science BSc, 2003)
After university, I worked in tech for three years, but my first love won out eventually. I took a 50% pay cut to take a writing role at Asian Woman magazine... since then I've started my own website, Atlas & Boots, and written for publications like The New York Times, The Guardian and The Telegraph, and published a novel with HarperCollins with the next one out in 2020. It’s certainly been an interesting journey!
Alumni profile - Cathy Hayward 3 March 2022
(English and History BA, 1997)
I’ve always loved writing. Whether it was essays at university, the features when I was a journalist, or copywriting for PR, writing has always been the most enjoyable part of any work.
Alumni profile - Kerri Dixon-Jones 18 February 2021
(Law LLB, 2006)
Although Mental Health Law is a world away from the type of work I do now, that role was fundamental in teaching me about people and hard work and I am forever grateful for my manager Kate for her mentorship and friendship. It was the training Kate gave me that has made me successful in each role I have had since.
Student Story: Symron Kaur 31 March 2021
Symron is a first-year Psychology student at Queen Mary University of London. She grew up in east London and attended a state school. Symron was awarded the Annual Fund Scholarship this year and shared with us how alumni gifts have supported her.
Alumni profile - Oliver Davis 21 July 2020
(Film Studies MA, 2010; Politics BA, 2016; Geography MA, 2017)
While I was still doing my masters, I got my job as the Regional Organiser here in Tower Hamlets. It was very much the contacts, the networks and the exposure that I gained through my degree that was all part of one direct line to where I am now.
Alumni profile - Lundi Anne Omam Ngo Bibaa 16 April 2022
(Global Health Systems Theory and Policy MSc, 2017)
Be passionate about making a difference in Global Health. The wicked problems we see globally have solutions to them and consider yourself a part of what is needed to bring solutions to these problems.