With Recent Alumni Spotlight Miles Dilworth “The outrageous injustice of the situation was always clear.” Miles Dilworth (Newspaper Journalism, 2017) recently won an award for his reporting on the ongoing cladding scandal in the UK. The winning campaign focused on the vast impact the scandal is having on millions of leaseholders, and Miles is happy…Continue Reading Award-winning reporting on the cladding scandal
Jerry Fishenden (BSc, Music, 1984, and MPhil in The Design of a Computer-Assisted Composition System, 1996) isn’t one to mince his words when talking about politics and technology, both of which he’s had close contact with during much of his career. His new book of fiction, Tales of the Riverbank, is a collection of interweaving…Continue Reading Believe it or not – Tales that mirror truth
By the time City alumna Amelia Kyazze began her MA in Creative Writing at City, she had already done the research for her debut novel through life experience. Into the Mouth of the Lion, published in May 2021, is set in Angola, towards the end of its brutal war, and tells the story of two…Continue Reading Experience turned into fiction – with global support
Giselle Frederick (BSc Software Engineering, 2009) grew up with very few role models she could identify with. When as a professional she wanted to support community initiatives using her skills in tech she realised the scale the of the problem and wanted to make a change. That’s why she founded Sonaaar, an online platform for…Continue Reading Sonaaar – a Community for Sharing Skills, and much more
After graduating from the BA Journalism course in 2017, Vic Hood has already made significant waves within the video games industry – currently working as the Gaming Editor at TechRadar she was recently named on the influential She Plays Games podcast SPG100 list on International Women’s Day. The list celebrated “100 of the video game…Continue Reading Recent Alumni Spotlight: Journalism alumna named one of the most inspiring women in the video game industry
“Would I say the degree itself prepared us for a pandemic? No. But did it prepare us to be resilient nurses and carry out our work as nurses? Yes, I definitely would.” Zara Zaman (Adult Nursing, 2018) was one of the many nurses who were redeployed to intensive care units when the first and second wave of…Continue Reading Recent Alumni Spotlight: Nursing Under Extreme Circumstances
When Covid-19 hit New York, US, in 2020, Chef Greg Silverman (Food & Nutrition Policy, 2011) was already providing food to 12 000 families in the city through West Side Campaign Against Hunger. As the pandemic took hold and it became clear how many needed their help, they made innovative changes to provide good quality…Continue Reading FEEDING NEW YORK
Stella Oni (Information Systems and Technology, 2000) knew in her late 20’s that she wanted to write literary fiction, but life events and rejections got in the way. However, a short course at City sparked the idea for her debut crime novel Deadly Sacrifice, which got published last year and was Audible’s Crime Thriller of…Continue Reading Deadly Sacrifice – The result of perseverance
Thanos Dimadis (Media and Communications, 2010) learned first-hand the risks of working as a journalist and holding political powers to account, an experience he recounts in his latest book. He gives his education at City, University of London credit for the knowledge and resilience that helped him win the fight. Thanos Dimadis, President of the…Continue Reading Risk, truth, guts, and resilience – To be a journalist
Have you ever grown your own tomato or garnished a drink with mint from your windowsill? Chloë Dunnett (Food Policy, 2019) and her team, know how great locally grown food can be, both for the planet and the consumer, and have ambitious plans for the new Sitopia Farm, in the middle of London’s Greenwich. Growing vegetables…Continue Reading Turning poo into green gold