Linda Taylor Drama and Theatre Studies, RHBNC - Linda is on a six-month sabbatical from the BBC and is working for Childline as a Schools Presentation Volunteer.
1997 Jude Glazier (née Shaw) Environmental Geology, RHBNC - Jude returned to the UK in December 2011 with her three year-old son, Ross, after ten wonderful years living in Canada. She is now back in Altrincham and enjoying reconnecting with everyone at weddings and christenings. Gordon Glover Computer Science, RHBNC - Gordon has been at the Palo Alto startup Bill.com for two and a half years and is loving it. He was recently promoted to QA Manager. Christopher Johnson Psychology, RHBNC - Chris obtained a Masters in Occupational and Organisational Psychology from Surrey University. Further studies in Energy Psychology and Past Life Regression Therapy, along with his passion for metaphysical literature, has resulted in his first book, It’s About You! Know Your Self, published by O-Books.
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Christopher Gomez Social Policy and Political Studies, RHBNC - Christopher has two children, Jessica and Casper, and has recently completed buying and converting his third property in Dulwich. He is part of a small company which is creating waves in the media world. Christopher has also created the Ruggerbeez network, a rugby club for children aged 2-7 based in parks across London. Find out more at wwww.ruggerbeez.com.
Sarah Brygan (née Dickinson) Geography, RHBNC - Sarah has two children, Emma born in October 2011 and Charlie in April 2013, and is still living in Swindon with her husband Steve. She is still working for ESRC as a Digital Communications Officer.
Corrina Gordon-Barnes (née Gordon) English, RHBNC - Corrina runs her own business, YouInspireMe.co.uk, teaching marketing to solopreneurs, with a specialism in blogging. She is the author of Turn Your Passion To Profit: a step-by-step guide to getting your business off the ground and lives in Cambridge with her partner Sam.
Ria Parry Drama and Theatre Studies, RHBNC - Ria is Joint Artistic Director of Iron Shoes, an Associate Company at the Bush Theatre. Dr Emma Robinson MA Women, Gender, Culture: Histories 1500-Present, RHBNC (PhD 2008) – Emma’s book, Women, Travel and Identity: Journeys by Rail and Sea, is published by Manchester University Press and is the end of a project that she began in the History Department in 2004.
Yvonne Mason MA Medieval Studies, RHBNC - Yvonne moved to mid-Wales with her husband and they have a daughter, whom they are home educating. Yvonne has set up her own business as a private teacher and tutor in History and English.
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Simon Richard Johnson French and Management Studies, RHBNC - Richard is married with three children.
Sqn Ldr Graham Crow Geology, RHBNC – Graham is living in Buckinghamshire this year, although he has spent most of his time since his promotion to Squadron Leader in various parts of the world on short notice. He is engaged to be married to Helen Blenkharn in June.
Dr Miranda Leontowitsch PhD Sociology, RHBNC – Miranda is Honorary Lecturer in Qualitative Research Methods at St George’s, University of London. She has published Researching Later Life and Ageing - Expanding Qualitative Research Horizons (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).
Lucy Mayle German, RHBNC - Lucy is living in West Sussex with her partner Stewart and is working at a primary school as the teacher in charge of a special support centre for children with autism. Rebecca Mosby (née Shephard) German, RHBNC - She finished working for a German machinery import company last year and is currently being kept busy looking after two sons, Daniel and Luke, four and one.. She has been married to Andrew for seven years and lives in Hersham in Surrey. Rebecca is still in touch with her friends from Royal Holloway and they meet up several times a year.
1999 Jane Forrest English Literature, RHBNC – Jane’s debut novel, Orders from Above, has just been published by Cosmic Egg Books. Set in a timeless Wiltshire village, it is the story of a private detective and a cosmic universal struggle between good and evil. Yong Fatt (Yangfa) Leow Social Policy, RHBNC – Yangfa has published I Will Survive: Personal gay, lesbian, bisexual & transgender stories in Singapore, which brings together the experiences of 21 people who have survived extraordinary circumstances. Find out more at: http:// iwillsurvivesg.wordpress.com/.
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Emma Loyns (née Crawford) Music, RHBNC - Emma runs her own franchise, Monkey Music, and enjoys spending time with her two young daughters. She is keen for a 2001 reunion. Kathryn Moulds Mathematics, RHBNC - Kate and Nick tied the knot after six years togeher. They were married in their favourite city, New York, on 30 May 2013. Ruth Simmons (née Taylor) Drama and Music, RHBNC - Ruth married Nick Simmons in October 2013. She is currently working as a freelance stage manager.
2002 Dr Fuensanta Monroy Hernandez German and Management Studies, RHBNC - Fuensanta worked in various companies before reading for her PhD in Education. She’s now teaching English as a foreign language and researching on teacher education at the Universidad Catolica San Antonio in Murcia, Spain. Dr Niamh O’Dwyer Psychology, RHBNC - Niamh is working as a Clinical Psychologist at West London Mental Health NHS Trust.
Jo Hughes Media Arts, RHBNC - Jo jointly won the Canadian Screen Award for Achievement in Visual Effects from the Academy of Canadian Film & Television for her work on Resident Evil: Retribution.
Pamela Ramtohul Psychology, RHBNC - Pamela did the PGCE Primary at Brunel University to qualify as a teacher, after which she completed her NQT year. She then worked for two years as a Security Officer for BAA at London Heathrow Airport. She gained an MA in Sociology and then worked for Groundwork Thames Valley, a non-governmental charity organisation for a one-year contract. Since then, Pamela has been a supply Primary School Teacher working in many different Primary schools across London and she currently lives in North London. Samantha Taylor Geography, RHBNC - Samantha and her fiance Matthew Cloud welcomed the birth of their baby, Jack Taylor-Cloud, on 14 July 2013.
2005 Laura Berry History with Spanish, RHBNC - Laura is Editor of Your Family History magazine and works part-time as a historian and heritage specialist, managing two businesses: The House Detective and Vivat Heritage. Francis Dumbuya MSc Social Work, RHBNC – Francis would love to know how fellow alumni are doing. Amy Hope Psychology, RHBNC - Amy is a fundraiser for the charity Childhood First. She was previously at Barnardo’s and has been working in the charity sector for five years. She writes proposals to trusts and foundations, and meets with prospective donors.