This is your place to find out about the movers and shakers among your alumni community. Share your personal and professional updates with us and we'll post them to this page throughout the year.

It could be a birth or marriage, a reunion or a career achievement, such as an award or book publication.

Whatever you would like to share with your peers, let us know!

June

Bisi Osundeko (Environmental Science, 2007) has been appointed as the Deputy Mayor of St Helens Council - the first person of African descent ever appointed to the role in the history of the mayoralty of St Helens Metropolitan Borough, dating back to the 1800s.

A new collection of poetry and prose titled Stay Wonderful has been published by Steve O'Keefe (Manufacturing, Engineering and Operations Management, 1994). Steve has since I've worked in Asia, and lived in Australia, America and Hong Kong, currently lives between England and Croatia.

May

David Hanks (Archaelogy, 2015) has been appointed the National Collections Manager for English Heritage.

Andrew Burton (Mathematics, 1987) has become a Lifetime Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accounts in England & Wales, completed a BA in Photography with Falmouth University and been awarded an ARPS by the Royal Photographic Society. He has also become a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts.

April

Have you ever played a root vegetable for a member of the royal family? Patrick Johns (Music, 1999) is a member of the London Vegetable Orchestra, who were guests at a reception at Windsor Castle - where King Charles played a carrot recorder. Patrick's veg of choice is a swede. (This is not an April Fool)

March

Bryony Lear (Film and Television Studies with American & Canadian Studies, 2021), took home a BAFTA Award as sound editor in the production team behind Rock Paper, Scissors, which won the award for British Short Film.

Singer-songwriter phenomenon Myles Smith (Sociology & Social Policy, 2019) picked up his Rising Star award at this year's BRIT Awards ceremony in London.

February

The Thirteenth Child, written by Mark deMeza (French and German, 1986), was announced as a finalist in the prestigious Hemingway Book Awards for Wartime Fiction.

The debut novel by Sasha Butler (English, 2016) was announced for publication in October this year. The Marriage Contract tells the story of life in the Elizabethan era, and explores a woman’s fight to follow her desires and find her autonomy.

Four Nottingham graduates returned to campus in late February after Bernie Woollard (Economics/Agricultural Economics, 1978) contacted the alumni team looking for advice on where to visit!

Bernie, David Talbot (Mining Engineering, 1978), Mike Kershaw (Civil Engineering, 1978) and Peter Taylor (Chemistry/Zoology, 1978) spent 48 hours in and around campus, visiting their old halls, what was to them The Buttery (now Mooch), the T2 building and many more.

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