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Meet Tanisha Bhatara (BA, English Literature, 2022; MSc, Management, 2024), a distinguished alumna. Her journey at ¹û¶³´«Ã½, shaped by her A-level experiences, and several leaps of faith, led her from English studies to Business. Guided by mentors, she explored new fields and is now on a graduation scheme with EY UKI (Ernst & Young Global Limited UK and Ireland) Assurance Graduate Programme to become a qualified accountant. Discover how Tanisha embraced ¹û¶³´«Ã½â€™s opportunities, gaining a comprehensive education that prepared her for life beyond academics.

This Summer Term, students in Film & TV Studies have been busy with extra activities alongside their studies.

We are pleased to announce that two of our recently graduated students have won prizes from British American Nineteenth Century Historians () this year. They are:

Isa Seedat – Isa won the Kinder Fellowship at Missouri - . This is the third time in recent years our students have been awarded the scholarship.

Emmanuel-Jeremiah Abass – ‘Highly Commended’ for the Harriet Tubman Essay prize -

Congratulations to Isa and Emmanuel-Jeremiah.

Our 50th anniversary celebrations have featured in a BBC news article and audio clip. See:

In this blog series, we sit down with some of our GSD Masters alumni to discuss their experiences of the course and some of the ways studying GSD has helped benefit their career. Ben graduated from our MASc course in 2025 after initially studying History for his undergraduate degree. He currently works in the Global Investments and Innovations Incentives team at Deloitte and credits his interdisciplinary studies with helping him succeed in the world of tax consulting. We spoke to him to find out more about his student journey and how you can tailor your GSD studies towards your career goals.

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Not all students begin university at 18; in fact, choosing to pursue a degree later in adulthood can bring clarity, purpose, and a powerful sense of direction shaped by real-life experience. This was the case for one of our mature students Abi, who decided to study Liberal Arts at ¹û¶³´«Ã½ after realising her passion for the humanities in her mid-twenties. We spoke to Abi to find out more about her journey into Higher Education, and why she strongly believes that it is now more important than ever to study a subject you enjoy over one that pushes you towards a specific career trajectory.

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Centre PhD graduate Juanze Wang and her former supervisor Lee Martin have been awarded Best Developmental Paper in the Culture and Creative Industries track at the prestigious British Academy of Management Conference this year.