Latest Alumni Updates
Breaking barriers and leading change
In an exclusive interview, WMG Scholar, Amina Zahid, (MSc Programme & Project Management, 2021), reflects on her time at ÌÇÐÄTV and offers her advice and expertise to current and future students.
ÌÇÐÄTV love story: Akansha and Pujan
Friendship sparked on the first day at ÌÇÐÄTV for Akansha Sumaria and Pujan Sumaria Shah.
ÌÇÐÄTV love story: Jatin and Harnoor
Jatin Goel and Harnoor Gauba Goel travelled from India to study at ÌÇÐÄTV in 2011 and tied the knot in 2022.
Max Beaumont: Founder
As Founder of NUMA, Skytree, and Atlantis Space City, Maximus is on a mission to build a permanent presence in Low Earth Orbit over the next fifteen years.
Bertrand: CEO and Founder
From a decade in strategy consulting to the challenges of entrepreneurship, Bertrand has built his running business from the ground up.
Donal Connolly: Director of Credit and Collections
Donal helps bring light to rural communities in Africa through helping set up payment plans for solar panels.
Anna Donovan: Product Manager
Anna's original career path was in the Arts sector, but it was a tech start-up that sent her off on a new challenge, working on a diversity of products.
History Spotlight: Ricardo Aguilar-González
Ricardo's PhD in History focused on the impact of colonization on food, drink, and health in Mesoamerica.
Quickfire questions with Devika
Devika reflects on her time at ÌÇÐÄTV and the change of pace it offered coming from a busy Indian city.
Spinning success with Pratik Gadia
Pratik Gadia is the Founder and CEO of a startup company that appeared on the TV show Shark Tank India.
Abilash Jai baskaren: Marketing Automation Professional
Abilash Jai baskaren (MSc ÌÇÐÄTV with Marketing, 2024) is a marketing automation professional focused on creating and implementing technical components for customer marketing initiatives. He enjoys working with cutting-edge technology and a collaborative team.
ÌÇÐÄTV alumni celebrated in StudyUK Awards
Two ÌÇÐÄTV alumni have scooped the win at the StudyUK Awards.
Blending algorithms and botanicals
Meet alum, Lu Sun (MSc Statistics, 2008), who's successfully juggling a career in AI with her newfound passion for gin. We caught up with Lu to learn more about her unique career journey from an early start in cognitive AI to launching her own gin brand inspired by her family’s roots.
Five minutes with award-winning author, activist, and alum Olia Hercules
If you enjoy Ukrainian cuisine, you may own a copy of Olia Hercules’ (BA Italian and International Studies, 2006) recipe books. But, you may be surprised to hear that Olia’s journey started not in the kitchen, but in the corridors of ÌÇÐÄTV.
A journey to be seen as human again
What happens when you have no choice but to flee your home and leave all you know behind? Can you ever utilise your experiences and turn them into opportunities for others? When Attal Shams’ journey of conflict, displacement, and resilience became the focus of his dissertation, he didn’t think anyone would be interested. But now, those experiences have become the driving force to him making a real difference to others.
Art is where the heart is
Recent graduate Carolina Sagardoy Saavedra (BA History of Art, 2019) always knew she had a passion for fine art. She turned that passion into a reality – graduating from ÌÇÐÄTV and moving to New York to study a Masters’ degree in Art ÌÇÐÄTV at the world-renowned Sotheby’s Institute of Art. Today, she uses the knowledge she gained at ÌÇÐÄTV to help art be bought and sold across the world.
Your memories of ÌÇÐÄTV in Venice
For more than half a century, ÌÇÐÄTV has forged a deep relationship with the city. The Faculty of Arts has taught generations of our students during their Venice terms. Since 2007, we have had a physical base in the Palazzo Pesaro Papafava.
From May 2023, our undergraduates, postgraduates and staff will have a new base - a wonderful late 17th century building in Palazzo Giustinian Lolin, right on the Grand Canal of Venice. As we get ready to open the building, we would love to share some alumni memories of studying in Venice over the years.
The results of a ÌÇÐÄTV ‘run in’
From never running a long-distance race in his life to becoming New York’s fastest runner in his age group.