Alumni Angles
By Queen Mary Alumni Engagement Team
Our podcast is a platform for Queen Mary's alumni voices to be heard and a space for our graduates to interact with academic staff and current students. Our guests discuss and debate topical issues and themes and share insights into their career journeys and lives post-university.
This podcast is brought to you by Queen Mary’s Alumni Engagement Team. If you are interested in finding out more about what we do, and how you can get involved, please email alumni@qmul.ac.uk
Alumni AnglesMay 16, 2022
Alumni Angles: A personal reflection on women in the workplace through the lens of Women’s History Month.
The third episode of our Queen Mary University of London Alumni Angles podcast features Tasnuva Tabassum (Materials Science and Engineering BEng, 2013), Operations Program Manager for Google Cloud at Google, and Lavina Bhambra (Mathematics with Finance and Accounting BSc, 2017), Technology Consultant at EY.
In this episode, Tasnuva and Lavina use Women’s History Month, which takes place in March each year, as a springboard to reflect on being women in the workplace. Touching on imposter syndrome and the importance of seeing women in senior roles, they discuss the value of female and male role models and allies, and share personal insights into their experiences of working in stereotypically male dominated industries.
Alumni Angles: Black History Month, the importance of representation within literature and popular culture
The second episode of our Queen Mary University of London Alumni Angles podcast features Deanna Lyncook (English and History BA, 2018), Oral History and Project Officer at Wesley's Chapel and Leysian Mission, and Founder and Host of 'The History Hotline' podcast, and Ama Badu (English BA, 2018), Assistant Editor/FAB Website Editor at Faber Children’s and the voice of Shudu, the world’s first virtual model.
In this special episode for Black History Month 2021, Deanna and Ama discuss the importance of representation within literature and popular culture, some of their personal experiences, and the wider issues affecting Black communities both now and throughout history. They also share their hopes and thoughts around how we, as individuals and as a collective, can bring about change for a more positive future.
Alumni Angles: Let's get talking about our mental health
The inaugural episode of our Queen Mary University of London Alumni Angles podcast features Dr Nick Prior (Medicine MBBS, 2017), NHS Psychiatrist and Co-Founder of Minderful, and Ellie McGrath (Public Mental Health MSc, 2020), mental health advocate and host of the Practice Makes Progress podcast.
Nick and Ellie speak openly and candidly about their own mental health experiences, with a wider focus on the importance of conversation and asking for help. They also touch briefly on the impact of the pandemic on our mental health and offer some tips to safeguard our mental health going forwards.