Alumni
Keep in touch
Your link with the University doesn’t have to end with graduation. We hope that your student days are only the beginning of a lifelong relationship with us. We have a network of over 190,000 alumni who enjoy a number of benefits as well as keeping in touch with fellow students and the University’s progress.
Be part of our continuing success story
Do you ever wonder where you’ll be in 10 years? With a Nottingham degree you can do anything. Take a look at what some of our former students have gone on to do:
- Mary Marsh (Geography, 1968), Director of the Clore Social Leadership Programme, former Director and Chief Executive of NSPCC
- Blake Morrison (English, 1972), novelist, poet and journalist
- Michael Hirst (English and American Studies, 1976), screenwriter (Elizabeth)
- Matthew Bannister (Law, 1978), former Controller of BBC Radio One and BBC broadcaster
- Jeff Randall (Economics, 1979), BSkyB and BBC radio presenter, Sky News reporter
- Graham Dury (Botany, 1984), writer and cartoonist, Viz comic
- Meg Munn (Social Work, 1986), Labour MP
- Helen Willets (Physics, 1993), the face of BBC national weather broadcasting
- Deng YaPing (Contemporary Chinese Studies, 2002), China’s Sporting Star of the Century
- Tim Brabants (Medicine, 2002), canoeist and Olympic gold medallist
- Ruth Wilson (History, 2003), actress, acclaimed lead in 2006 BBC production of Jane Eyre
- David Florence (Mathematical Physics, 2005), canoeist and Olympic silver medallist
Visit us at www.alumni.nottingham.ac.uk
“I really enjoyed my University days. The whole three years just blend into one big happy memory.”Graham Dury, Botany 1984

