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Meet our Alumni

Meet some of our Geography, Politics, and Sociology Alumni.

Our Alumni

Read more about our past students and their experiences of studying a Geography, Politics or Sociology degree at Newcastle University. 

Our alumni will talk about:

  • their current role

  • their experience at Newcastle University

  • the skills and knowledge they've been able to put to use

  • how their experience helped them find work in the sector

  • the advice they would give to prospective students

  • their favourite thing about studying at Newcastle University

Geography

Heather Alner

Heather graduated from our BSc Hons Geography degree and works as Resource Development Director for Habitat. Find out more about Heather's career.

Nick Bowes

Nick is now a Chief Executive of Centre for London and graduated from BSc joint hons Geography and Maths. Find out more about Nick's career

Krzysztof Dabrowski

Krzysztof graduated from our BA Geography degree. He now works as a Biodiversity Technical Officer for the Environment Agency. Find out more about Krzysztof's career.

Libby Hendry

Libby graduated from our Environmental Geoscience MRes. She is now an Environmental Research and Communications intern at the ESG Foundation. Find out more about her career and degree experience. Find out more about Libby's career.

Papa Momodou Jack

Papa studied BA Geography at Newcastle and is currently a PhD candidate and Gates Cambridge Scholar in the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge. Read more about Papa's career

Ben Lawson

Ben works as a secondary school humanities teacher. He studied BA Geography and entered this course through our PARTNERS route. Find out more about Ben's career

Lauren Little

Lauren graduated from our BA Hons Geography degree and now works as a Stakeholder Advisor for the Humber region for Orsted. Find out more about Lauren's career.

Joseph Nolan

Joseph graduated from our BSc Hons Geography degree and works as at the Policy Office, European Polar Board (EPB), The Hague, The Netherlands. Find out more about Joseph's career.

Robina Saeed

Robina currently works for two charities: UK-Med and The International Foundation for Mothers and Children’s Health. She studied BA Geography at Newcastle. Find out more about Robina's career.

Callum Stridgeon

Callum graduated from our BA Geography degree. He now works as a Digital Experience Manager as part of the NatWest Graduate Scheme. Find out more about Callum's career.

Megan Tudor

Megan graduated recently from our Environmental Geoscience MRes. She is now a Graduate Environmental Consultant at Aval Consulting Group Ltd. Find out more about her career and degree experience. Find out more about Megan's career.

Lola Yusuf

Lola studied BA Geography and is now a Programmes Manager for Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust (HART), an organisation working with partners in conflict and post-conflict zones. Find out more about Lola's career.

Politics

James Stevens

James graduated with a BA in Government and European Union Studies. Find out more about James's career.

Lucy Sellers

Lucy graduated with a BA in Politics. Find out more about Lucy's career.

James Sanderson

James graduated with a BA (Hons) in Politics. Find out more about James's career.

Patrick Roseveare-Turner

Patrick graduated with a BA in Politics and Economics. Find out more about Patrick's career.

Daniela Morgan

Daniela graduated with a PhD in Politics. Find out more about Daniela's career.

Sociology

Fran Thompson

Fran graduated with a BA in Sociology. Find out more about Fran's career.

Joss Rankin

Joss graduated with a BA in Sociology. Find out more about Joss's career.

Francesca Carpenter

Francesca graduated with a BA in Sociology. Find out more about Francesca's career.

Jonathan Atkinson

Jonathan graduated with a BA in Sociology. Find out more about Jonathan's career.