Katy Martley (Criminal Litigation, 2012) crossed continents to attain the qualification that would lead to her career as a Crown Prosecutor, and now she’s taking a break! Read Katy’s story to find out why she adjourned her legal career. So you moved from New Zealand to study at City, what was that like? I was…Continue Reading Court is in Recess
Being a professional mentor at City
Anthony (Tony) Rimoldi graduated from Civil Engineering in 1980, but for the past eight years he has volunteered his time to mentor the next generation of graduates. Here he talks about his experience as a professional mentor at City. I graduated from City (Civil Engineering) in 1980 and since then I have enjoyed a successful career…Continue Reading Being a professional mentor at City
Compassion for Fashion
Ayesha Mustafa (MA Transnational Media & Society, 2007) moved from Dubai to study at City. Since graduating she has worked for Netsol Technology and PepsiCo. But now she is the director of her own business, Fashion ComPassion… Where did the idea for Fashion ComPassion come from? Since a young age I wanted to have my…Continue Reading Compassion for Fashion
Experience In My Pack
Nancy O’Hare (Executive MBA, 2014) has spent 20 years in the oil and gas industry travelling whenever she could. Now she’s ditched the day job and has published a new kind of travel book “Dust In My Pack” part how-to, and part narrative based on her travels. We spoke about this huge change and whether…Continue Reading Experience In My Pack
Scholar Spotlight: Gabriella Soffer (MEng Biomedical Engineering)
Gabriella Soffer is a recipient of the George Daniels Scholarship. Here she talks about the impact the scholarship has had: I started university a year after the £9,000 fees were implemented and firm in the knowledge that I would have a minimum of £27,000 debt when I would leave. At the age of 18 that was more…Continue Reading Scholar Spotlight: Gabriella Soffer (MEng Biomedical Engineering)
Developing Partnerships, One Village at a Time
Neil Kerfoot (MSc NGO Management, 2012) is looking to encourage more volunteers and donations for his radically different charity, Village by Village. Working in partnership with local communities in Africa, he stopped counting the number of villages helped when he hit 100. We spoke about the power of open accountability, trust and getting it right…Continue Reading Developing Partnerships, One Village at a Time
Pirouettes and Politics
International politics and dance don’t typically lend themselves to each other but that hasn’t stopped Alejandra Benet! An International Politics graduate and now also a dance teacher, Alejandra, known to her friends as Sandra, is set to blaze the trail of this unusual combo… Time at City So far, it has been the best time…Continue Reading Pirouettes and Politics
A Haus to Call Home
Kaniyet Rayev (BSc Management 2016) graduated from Cass with dreams of starting his own business. Little did he know that his troubles finding somewhere to work were about to become Haus, an innovative network of workspaces available by the day (or longer!). We chatted at first Haus location in Holborn about how it happened. Tell…Continue Reading A Haus to Call Home
Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2017
Congratulations to the following alumni who have all been named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2017 Mr Nicholas P Baldwin Chairman, Office for Nuclear Regulation, BSc Mechanical Engineering 1975 Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) For services to Nuclear Safety and Security and to the charitable sector. Ms Anna M…Continue Reading Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2017
The Stars Move Still
Andy Regan (Psychotherapy and Counselling, 1998) has written his debut novel The Stars Move Still, a combination of fact and fiction spanning the 19th and 20th century. Here Andy gives us a short overview of his book and his time at City. Tell us about your book: My debut novel is based on what still…Continue Reading The Stars Move Still