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Tag: Inspiring Alumni

Our Volunteers

With the University committed to supporting the NHS during this time of crisis, CONNECTED speaks to one of our inspirational employees – Rachel Jeans – about her role as a Community First Responder. Rachel is usually...

Distinguished Graduate Receives MBE

Reading alumna and the University’s Distinguished Graduate of the Year 2019, Joanna Abeyie, is awarded an MBE on the Queen’s New Year Honours list for services to diversity in the media and creative industries.  Back in...

Clubbing For Creative Grads

Reading alumnus, Ajay Pabial, celebrates the first birthday of Art Clubbers CIC, the non-profit interest community set up to empower budding creatives, local communities and graduates alike.   Passionate about art...

Inspiring New Generations

Reading alumnus and talented actor, director and producer, Terry O’Donovan, helps the next set of theatre students to take centre stage. Ever since first treading the boards at Saturday drama school, acting has played a...

From RAG to Riches

Alumna, Emma Banks, retells her experiences of Reading’s music scene which helped shaped her career today as a successful music agent and executive, working with artists from U2 to Katy Perry.  Emma’s early...

Influencing Education

Reading alumna, Lesley Franklin, was recently appointed as the first ever female principal of one of Scotland’s oldest and most distinguished independent schools, George Heriot’s. Last month, CONNECTED caught up with...

Striving For Justice

Reading alumna, Dr Rosalynd Roberts, shares what has motivated her to pursue a career in international criminal law. When a young Dr Rosalynd Roberts was deciding which A level subjects to study, her youthful desire to...

Championing Gender Diversity

Reading alumna and THRIVE mentor, Charlie Leech, is celebrated in the 2019 HERoes Women Role Model List.  Reading graduate, Charlie Leech, was ranked 29th in the HERoes Top 50 Future Women Leaders 2019 announced on 11...

The Godfather of UK Wind Power

As renewable energy takes centre stage in the fight against the climate crisis, Reading alumnus, Peter Edwards, reflects on a life spent navigating the winds of change. In December 2016, Delabole, the UK’s first...

Exploring Frozen Frontiers

One of the world’s most pioneering polar explorers, Felicity Aston MBE, was awarded the Queen’s Polar Medal in 2015.  The University of Reading alumna spoke to CONNECTED in 2017 about breaking the mould in a male...