Meet our trailblazers
Alumni taking innovative strides to make a positive change
These stories highlight the work of our innovative alumni who are striving to make a positive impact in their field right now and for future generations.
“I was literally in a queue for Tesco, and I thought, I'm going to make a magazine. And I don't know how I'm going to do it, but it's for any woman who has a story to tell.â€
Melissa Hawkins is an English with Publishing graduate and creator of a successful online platform, Disgraceful, for women to share their stories
“We want sport to be a positive community where women feel like they're being heard, and they feel like they're being supported by other women as well.â€
BSc (Hons) Psychology graduate Lucy Ford shares how dealing first-hand with sexism in football led her to create a new movement to empower women
“We all use buildings. We all live on this planet. We've all got influence, whether it's choices that we make about our own home, or where we shop, or where we work.â€
Architecture graduate Sarah Lee is an advocate for radical change in architecture and construction to confront the climate emergency
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“We need to see more women in positions of leadership. Across the industry as a whole we see so many more male directors than women and it makes me wonder, where am I? Where are my female role models to look up to?â€
Bethany Long, BA (Hons) Architecture graduate, is working to change the landscape for women in her industry
“No young girl should ever be told that the law isn’t for her – that there’s no space for her and that she should focus her ‘pretty little head’ on something else.â€
LLB (Hons) Law graduate Carrie Laws is a solicitor committed to breaking barriers
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