MBA alumnus Patrick Fischer (right, with business partner Richard, left) (Executive MBA, 2012) has added to his undergraduate film degree with MBA business know-how to form Creativity Media and its investment company Creativity Capital, combining film investment and post-production – with exciting outcomes. BAFTA-winning “Under the Shadow” was both part-funded and post-produced by Patrick and…Continue Reading Producing Magic
Breaking the Money Taboo
Emilie Bellet came to Cass as part of her degree at ESCP in Paris, and then moved to London when she graduated. She’s always been ‘good’ at earning money, but saving….less so. Her new company, Vestpod, is all about informing women about how to be smart with their finances. We sat down for a chat…Continue Reading Breaking the Money Taboo
Brewing Up A Dream
Tom Miller (TM), James Cartwright (JC) and Chris Mortensen (CM) studied their Executive MBA at Cass from 2012 to 2014. Now, alongside their full-time roles, they mentor Cass students, and over the past 12 months started up their own craft beer company, Elemental Brew House. We sat down over a beer (obviously) to talk with…Continue Reading Brewing Up A Dream
#CityJournalism40: Mickey Carroll and Lucy Palmer
As the journalism department prepares to celebrate its 40th year, alumnae Mickey Carroll and Lucy Palmer took time out of their busy (but exciting) schedules to tell us a little bit about their student experience at City. So student life at City, what was it like? Mickey: I loved it at City. I joined in…Continue Reading #CityJournalism40: Mickey Carroll and Lucy Palmer
New Year’s Honours 2017
Congratulations to the following alumni who have all been named in the New Year’s Honours list 2017: Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) • Caroline Miller, MA Cultural Leadership 2009 Executive Director Orlando Ballet, Lately Director, Dance UK. For services to the Arts. • Caroline Ross, PG Dip Law 1998 & Professional…Continue Reading New Year’s Honours 2017
Tallying it Up
When Pravina Pindoria graduated from BSc Child Nursing in 2004, little did she know that she would later launch a start-up that would improve the work-life balance of many! Here she tells us how Tallyfy is set to change complex routine processes ‘into an easy-to-follow checklist’. Can you tell me about your time at City?…Continue Reading Tallying it Up
Top 10 tweets and posts from 2016
You have been showing us a lot of love on social media this year, so as a reminder of what you liked, retweeted and shared, here’s our Top 10 tweets and posts of 2016… It's official! We are now City, University of London: https://t.co/cijkLSqOjG pic.twitter.com/t3ySK4RW4Z — City Alumni (@cityalumni) September 1, 2016 Have you seen…Continue Reading Top 10 tweets and posts from 2016
Cass Alumni Social Media Round-Up 2016
It’s been a busy year for everyone, so we’ve created a whistlestop tour of our 2016 social media posts, so you can get the year’s best bits all in one place. #theMICL alumna Claire Bridges founder of @NowGoCreate on how you can be creative, and her new book https://t.co/VVBaRwHgrz @creativity_city pic.twitter.com/Q5pzdCzKVl — Bayes Alumni (@AlumniBayes)…Continue Reading Cass Alumni Social Media Round-Up 2016
SPOTLIGHT: Maureen McIntosh, (Counselling Psychology, 2014)
Our alumni are really amazing and we want to share their achievements with the world! In the SPOTLIGHT this month is Maureen McIntosh, (Counselling Psychology, 2014). Since graduating with a Doctorate Degree in Counselling Psychology from City, University of London, I have been elected Chair of the Division of Counselling Psychology (DCoP) in July, 2016….Continue Reading SPOTLIGHT: Maureen McIntosh, (Counselling Psychology, 2014)