Chloe Payne, BA Sociology, 2018 I received funding for my dissertation project: ‘After Suicide: How are those bereaved in the UK being supported?’ which included interviewing nine participants on their experiences following bereavement by suicide. Due to the sensitive nature…
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The ‘What It Takes’ event series features an array of exciting and innovative alumni speakers sharing their experience and advice on a diverse range of topics. This event series is exclusively designed for current students and new graduates, and you will…
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Thanks to the generous support from our alumni community worldwide, just over £55,000 has been raised for The 125 Fund in our autumn Telephone Campaign. The three-week campaign, which took place in November, involved 38 Westminster students contacting graduates to…
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In 2015, Victoria Heath travelled to Sierra Leone as part of the UK government’s response to the Ebola crisis, using her expertise to help curb the spread of the deadly disease. Before this in 2011, Victoria graduated from the University…
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On Wednesday 6th December, we will be joined by Westminster Alumnus, CEO of the Scouts Association and former CEO of the NUS, Matt Hyde for another What It Takes. This time, we’ll be discussing What It Takes to be an Effective Leader. We thought we’d interview the…
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Ever since an astronaut on a 1965 space mission smuggled aboard a sandwich and send crumbs flying towards sensitive electronic equipment, bread has been banned in space. Now Sebastian Marcu, Interactive Multimedia MSc alumnus (Class of 2012) and founder of…
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When Rahat Kulshreshtha (Media Studies – Television Production BA, 2010) thinks back to his days at the University of Westminster, it is the morning walk from Northwick Park Tube station to the ‘Street’ in the Harrow campus that he remembers…
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Faisal Abbas is an award-winning journalist, author and social commentator – and has now been named as the new editor-in-chief of Arab News, the Middle East’s leading English-language daily newspaper. After graduating from Westminster Business School at the University in…
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Friday 23 September 2011 was the day when I, Nandita Narvekar, started my journey for the most beautiful 365 days of my life. Dedicated to all my friends and family… This is just a summary of the days WHEN… “THE…
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This week, 10 years back, I arrived in a cold, rainy, distant London. It was so cold that my post-colonial upbringing with British authors proved to be a waste. There were no picket fences or daisies, just the anticipation of…
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