Your Alumni Team

As an alumnus of Westminster, you have many exclusive benefits, discounts and volunteering opportunities open to you, and plenty of ways to stay involved with the University. That’s where we – your Alumni Team – come in: to support your development, celebrate your achievements and keep you connected with the Westminster community.

TEAMWORK

Alumni are integral to the projects we run. Always keen to give back, graduates provide amazing support by sharing their time and expertise with students through our programmes.

Here is an overview of some of these key programmes, and the progress we have made thanks to your support.

WHAT COMES NEXT?

What Comes Next? is our new, course-aligned event series aimed at sharing the knowledge and experience of recent graduates. The events help undergraduate students better understand the variety of opportunities and career fields open to them after university. In our pilot series:

• 11 recent graduates volunteered as speakers

• 202 students attended an event

• 90 per cent of attendees said they feel better placed in terms of employability

WHAT IT TAKES

The What it Takes event series features an array of exciting and innovative alumni speakers sharing their experience and advice on a diverse range of topics, focusing on employability and personal and professional development. Recent events have included What it Takes to Overcome Imposter Syndrome and What it Takes to Succeed in the Media Industry. Over the past five years:

• 46 What it Takes events have taken place

• 97 alumni have volunteered as speakers in the series

• 4,851 students and recent graduates have attended

FUTURE READY MENTORING

Our Future Ready Mentoring programmes give students and recent graduates the chance to connect with an experienced professional to help them develop skills, build their network and gain an insight into the world of work. There are three branches of mentoring, including: the Career Mentoring programme, the Ask a Mentor service and Group Mentoring sessions. In just the past year:

• 433 students attended a group mentoring session

• 709 mentoring relationships have been supported

• A total of 1,403 students and recent graduates benefitted from mentoring

WESTMINSTER WORKING CULTURES

Westminster Working Cultures (WWC) is a University-wide initiative designed to enhance the employability of Westminster students, through utilising our global network of alumni and partners. The WWC programmes offer free, short-term travel opportunities to several international destinations, as well as local programmes in the UK. Since the launch of WWC in 2017:

• 240 alumni have hosted students

• 1,700 students have taken part in the programmes

• 82 per cent of students who have participated in the programmes have been from underrepresented backgrounds

GET IN TOUCH

If you’d like to find out more about getting involved, we would love to hear from you! Get in touch with the team via alumni@westminster.ac.uk