Alumni Remembered - Roger Christopher Clarke 20 July 2022
This obituary summarises the life and work of Roger Christopher Clarke BSc CChem FRSC (1934-2021). Roger studied BSc and PhD Chemistry at Queen Mary College between 1953 and 1958.
Alumni profile - Surraya Chowdhury 4 March 2022
(Neuroscience BSc, 2020)
I work within the UK Vaccine Network in the International Directorate of the Department of Health and Social Care. I love my job and the real-world impact it has. Our programme funded the MERS vaccine technology which was repurposed with funding from others to develop the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
Her Majesty The Queen, Elizabeth II: 1926-2022 9 September 2022
It is with great sadness that we learn of the death of Her Majesty The Queen. We extend our deepest sympathies to The Royal Family at this very difficult time.
Alumni profile - Dr Victoria Grace Walden 25 January 2021
(Film Studies PhD, 2017)
The thing I most enjoyed about my PhD was the ever-expanding community it exposed me to, from colleagues and peers at Queen Mary, many of whom I have retained friendships with, to wider academic and professional networks. It gave me the confidence to reach out to institutions working in Holocaust and genocide memory and education to form partnerships that we hope will push forward socio-cultural change.
Alumni profile - Bismeh Shafi 5 August 2020
(Global Development Futures MA, 2018)
“The MA from Queen Mary has allowed me to segue into my field of interest. I am currently working at The Citizens Foundation (TCF), a Pakistan-based NGO that provides education to more than 250,000 under-privileged children across Pakistan.”
Alumni profile - José Bencosme Zayas 7 September 2021
(Theatre and Performance MA, 2018)
I dream of creating educational institutions for performance artists in my country. I also dream of better working conditions for my colleagues and future generations. I hope that all the performances and projects I create or participate in, always speak to the audiences as testimonies of our times. Some of these things might take five or ten years… some I might never see. The peak is giving my best for a better arts ecosystem in my immediate reality.
Alumni profile - William Sung 21 January 2020
(Mathematics with Business Studies BSc, 2000; Information Technology MSc, 2001)
Today I am a Professional Executive and Business Coach and CEO of my own company Wilosophy, however, I also have nearly twenty years' worth of experience working with HSBC - at one stage as a General Manager I had 9000 people reporting to me!
Alumni profile - Beth Watton 22 February 2021
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 - Nada Issa 1 April 2021
(Mechanical Engineering with Industrial experience MEng, 2014)
I am proud to be an engineer. I enjoyed studying engineering and I love working in the industry; I get a real sense of fulfillment from designing buildings that have a positive impact on both people’s lives and on the environment.
Alumni profile - Charlotte Byrne 8 February 2021
(Hispanic studies BA, 2013)
There is still so much work to be done. While representation has grown over the last ten years or so, and it’s fantastic to see, I still believe there is a danger of tokenism and queer-baiting across the media... Give us complex trans characters in video games or gay couples in mainstream romance fiction - not a minor queer character to tick boxes, or a shot of a girl/girl kiss in a film trailer that might just be a symbol of a platonic friendship!