Alumni profile - Phebian Odufuwa 2 August 2021
(Plant and Fungal Taxonomy, Diversity and Conservation MSc, 2019)
My main goal in life is to use my knowledge and expertise in botany and bioinformatics to create meaningful and impactful solutions for the climate/environmental challenges facing the human populace in contemporary times.
Alumni profile - Elena Pedrini 27 July 2021
(Big Data Science MSc, 2019)
My academic path has been heavily focused on statistics, data analytics and machine learning as well as programming, and what I do in my job is basically all of this. I feel very lucky that I have found job opportunities in the field that I’m passionate about and that I’ve studied many years for.
Alumni profile - Iria Giuffrida 27 July 2021
(English and European Law LLB, 2001; Law PhD, 2009)
Some people are very clear from early on that they are going to be lawyers – I was not one of them. Law was a means to an end; I like structure, and I’ve always liked solving problems, although I would be lying if I said I was aware of it at the time. It just felt like the kind of degree that trains you for ‘the real world’. Whether you want to be a lawyer or not, studying Law teaches you a rigorous way of thinking, of questioning things, of trying to build logical arguments, which can serve you well whatever career you pursue.
Clearing alumni profile - Rebecca Dooley 29 July 2021
(History BA, 2013)
Clearing turned an awful situation on its head and provided me with a way to not be held back by missing my grades. I am so thankful Clearing was available as an option, and that it was such an easy process, given the stressful circumstances!
Alumni profile - Eliza Yachimowicz 11 August 2021
(Marketing MSc, 2020)
After receiving my BS in Communications in the US, I wanted to gain a better understanding of marketing and eventually transition into more of a marketing/business-focused career. I also wanted to take the opportunity to live abroad and experience life outside of the US. Queen Mary felt like the perfect balance of those two things. I gained a tremendous amount of life experience while also getting an MSc degree at a Russell Group institution. I couldn't have asked for a better opportunity.
Alumni profile - Yongyuth Yuthavong 16 August 2021
(Chemistry BSc, 1966)
When I first started working in Thailand, there was virtually no support for scientific research and scientific policy was virtually non-existent. I therefore thought that I should devote my effort to these issues as well as technical work.
Aqeel Rafiq - Islamophobia Awareness Month profile 29 November 2021
(Computer Science with Industrial Experience BSc, 2015)
I think it's important people are educated on racism; in the Quran Allah tells us: "O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another (49:13)." We should embrace diversity and different faiths - it is what makes us unique today.
Dilani Selvanathan – International Day of Persons with Disabilities testimonial. 29 November 2021
(Digital and Technology Solutions (Software Engineer) BSc, 2021)
Your disability doesn’t have to define you or stop you from doing anything you set your mind and heart to in life. I have chosen to embrace my disabilities as they make me unique, and I feel a greater sense of accomplishment when I do succeed as I know I have had to work that extra bit harder.
Alumni profile - Muhammad Umer 23 August 2021
(Biomedical Sciences BSc, 2020)
I would strongly recommend Biomedical Sciences to any aspiring medic due to the course being very broad and having a unique medical component that not many other institutions can offer. I secured my place at Queen Mary via clearing and it has been the best experience of my life.
Alumni profile - Andy Kempchinsky 1 September 2021
(Biomedical Engineering MSc, 2020).
I chose Queen Mary for the conversion programme, which allows people without backgrounds in engineering to integrate into the field. The horizons of my knowledge were expanded by my degree.