Alumni profile - Adaeze Siwoniku 24 February 2021
(Materials Science and Engineering BEng, 2018)
There needs to be obvious visibility of women in STEM roles in all different hierarchical positions so that women aspiring to pursue STEM based careers have role models that they can see themselves reflected in. There also needs to be more of an effort to engage young women at secondary school level (and earlier) and once women do break into STEM based careers, there needs to be more of an effort to reduce barriers in the early stages of their careers.
Student profile - Liam Langlois 25 February 2021
(Law LLB, 2021)
Queer individuals have been and are virtually present in every instance of society. Acknowledging their past and future contributions is fundamental firstly because they play a role in innovations and progress just like anyone else and because gender and sexual orientations only constitute a part of their identities.
Alumni profile - Joshua Leigh 2 March 2021
(Geography, Environmental Science, Bsc|Msc, 2015|2016)
I think the thing that surprised me most, was myself. From learning to deal with and overcome my anxieties, to writing a detailed and comprehensive thesis, I was challenged throughout the MSc process and was able to rise to each challenge and ultimately succeed with my work, which lead me into pursuing research at PhD level.
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 - 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 - Henry Preston 17 March 2021
(Physics Bsc, 2016)
My role is to provide support to the UK's current Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor (AGR) fleet through post irradiation evaluation of fuel and graphite. This involves designing and planning lab experiments and I also perform underwater video inspections of spent fuel in power station cooling ponds, across the AGR sites in the UK, to support continued safe operation.
Alumni profile - Matt Kay 16 March 2021
(Film studies BA, 2011)
Under different circumstances, I would never have been able to go and see what an all-female sumo wrestling dojo in Japan looks like, but because I was making a film, I was able to spend time with these really inspirational, amazing women.
Alumni profile - Shayan Ashjaei 15 March 2021
(Physician Associate Studies Msc, 2019)
I graduated from Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry back in 2019 as one of the first cohorts of Physician Associates, which are relatively new in the NHS.
Alumni profile - Gurjeet Kahlon 19 March 2021
(Astrophysics Bsc|Msc, 2020|2022)
The journey to my degree was very difficult. I was never great at maths and had multiple maths teachers (all male) who told me I shouldn’t pursue physics as I wouldn’t be able to handle it. At the time, I was too timid to address it, but it wasn’t fair and I definitely wouldn’t stand for it now. I dealt with the discrimination I faced by proving my maths teachers wrong.
Alumni Donor profile - Nayomi Kasthuriarachchi 24 March 2021
(Statistics, Computing, Operational Research and Mathematics with Management Studies Bsc, 2001)
Nayomi Kasthuriarachchi graduated with a degree in Statistics, Computing, Operational Research and Mathematics with Management Studies from Queen Mary University of London in 2001. She is now self-employed and works part-time as a Financial Consultant. She told us about her time at Queen Mary and why she decided to support students during the Pandemic.