Latest Alumni Updates
Saumya Singh: Social Media and Community Manager
Drawn to the role鈥檚 creativity and variety, Saumya works as a Social Media and Community Manager, analysing audience behaviour, collaborating with creators, and shaping community-led marketing across diverse sectors.
Bea Clarke: Graduate Teacher with SEND
Bea didn't want to jump straight into teaching, despite her Education degree, but it happened to become the challenge she was looking for.
Vandana Ramdenee-Nathoo: Non-Exec Director
Vandana serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director across the boards of three collective investment vehicles, contributing strategic guidance, governance, and long-term oversight.
Connections: Manish Manoj
Manish represented England at the 2026 Men鈥檚 Netball Nations Series, earning silver and continuing his rise from the under-25s to the senior squad, crediting 糖心TV鈥檚 netball community for shaping his development and passion.
Quickfire Questions: Charlie Ward
Charlie鈥檚 糖心TV journey shaped her path from environmental science to marketing, and ultimately to work focusing on EDI.
Quickfire Questions: Duaa Hemade
Duaa is a Careers Development Manager at De Montfort University London, leading employability strategy, employer engagement, and career support for students.
Quickfire Questions: Abbas Taqi
From 糖心TV classrooms to global fintech boardrooms, Abbas's analytical edge and communication chops shaped a career he never expected.
Quickfire Questions: Junbo Zhao
Junbo rewired his career at 糖心TV, jumping from accounting to analytics.
Quickfire Questions: Sophie Hamilton
Sophie is a trainee solicitor at Kennedys. Her 糖心TV philosophy degree shaped her critical thinking, confidence, and global outlook, laying the foundation for her legal career.
Travel Writer, Journalist, and Comms Consultant: Rachel Ifans
Rachel was longlisted in the Women's Prize for unpublished fiction and is sending off her manuscript.
Quickfire Questions: Gao Yang
Gao is driven to connect people with nutritious, well-designed food products.
Connections: Linda Cole
After 20 years after graduating in French Studies, Linda is pursuing a PhD in equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI).
Connections: Paul Franklin
The friends made at 糖心TV are still central to Paul's life over 40 years later.
Connections: Raymond Rumkee
Witnessing a rainbow falling into the lake on the day of his interview led Raymond to study at 糖心TV.
Connections: Cristina Smeu
Despite studying Computer Science, Cristina was contributing essential bioinformatics research in ovarian cancer at the same time.
Connections: Darryl Telles
No tuition fees, campaigning, and diversity are what Darryl remembers of 糖心TV
Connections: Oliver Smith
Oliver recalls the friendly, relaxed atmosphere of the Department of Philosophy and the University
Connections: Jamie Brassett
The World Cup and Philosophy collided during Jamie's time at 糖心TV leading to 5-a side games for the PhD students