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Showcase your project, passions, and skills.

‘For Alumni, By Alumni’ is our blog series shining a spotlight on the stories you want to tell your peers. Perhaps you’re involved in an amazing community project or your work is innovating and solving problems?

We’re looking for alumni contributors who want to share their passions and showcase their skills. Become a ‘For Alumni, By Alumni’ writer and pitch your idea. We share all articles in our monthly alumni e-newsletter, going to over 120,000 alumni.

Pick a subject that’s close to your heart or area of expertise. There’s no set theme, but we’re looking for topics that will inspire, engage, and spark curiosity in your fellow alumni.

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For Alumni, By Alumni stories

The journey starts here – For Alumni, By Alumni

The journey starts here – For Alumni, By Alumni

12 October 2020

Nadine Lock (BA 2001) has worked in Human Resources for over ten years in the Third Sector and Private Sector. She reflects on the journey facing the Class of 2020, and shares the things she wished she’d known as a new graduate.

Avoiding burnout by finding your ‘thing’ – For Alumni, by Alumni

Avoiding burnout by finding your ‘thing’ – For Alumni, by Alumni

23 September 2020

Gemma Clatworthy (BA 2007) discovered a passion for storytelling during her Ancient History studies at Cardiff University, but it wasn’t until a global pandemic and a country-wide lockdown that she learned about the stress-relieving power of focusing on something you love. Here, she shares her struggles with balancing a career, childcare and the unrealistic desire to be perfect, and how she narrowly avoided burnout by channelling her feelings into a creative pastime.

Mercy Ships, the NHS, and healthcare systems across the globe – For Alumni, By Alumni

Mercy Ships, the NHS, and healthcare systems across the globe – For Alumni, By Alumni

16 July 2020

Leo Cheng (LLM 2006) is an oral, maxillofacial, head and neck surgeon who has spent most of his life travelling the globe and helping those from the poorest areas by performing free surgery and providing much needed medical care. He has now turned his attention and efforts to COVID-19 and reflects on his experience so far with the NHS and his concerns for those without a national health system.

Keeping people connected through art – For Alumni, By Alumni

Keeping people connected through art – For Alumni, By Alumni

22 June 2020

Artist and architect, Katherine Jones (BSc 2011, MArch 2013, PGDip 2015), explains how the power of nostalgia and connectivity can be encapsulated in both buildings and the art depicting them.

A Statue for Lady Rhondda – For Alumni, By Alumni

A Statue for Lady Rhondda – For Alumni, By Alumni

13 May 2020

Julie Nicholas (MSc 2005) explains why she is fundraising for a new statue of former Cardiff University President, Lady Rhondda, in her home city of Newport.

Working from home works – For Alumni, By Alumni

Working from home works – For Alumni, By Alumni

21 April 2020

In the first of our blogs For Alumni, By Alumni, Graham Findlay (PgDip 1991) considers how the COVID-19 pandemic might have brought flexible working a step closer for disabled people. Graham has worked as a disability rights campaigner for many years.