The Birmingham Graduate

For this edition of ‘Four Questions with,’ we spoke with Ivan, one of our Summer 2025 graduates and the winner of our £125 ‘Update your Details competition’ gift card! He shares about how being visible in the workplace and voicing your progress is really important and that he is looking forward to spending his gift … Continue reading “Four Questions with Ivan Steblyuk”

How did you decide on what your next steps were after graduation and the industry that you wanted to take your career into? After graduation, I reflected on the broad exposure I had gained across finance, while also considering that I wanted to take some time to reflect on who I am beyond internships and … Continue reading “Four questions with Jonathan Antonio”

Briefly describe your current graduate role and how you are finding it? I’m currently working as a consultant at Mercer, a global leader in human resourcesconsulting, based in the Jakarta office. I had the privilege of starting full-time employmentimmediately after completing my studies, which has been both exciting and rewardinglychallenging. Throughout my studies, I’ve always … Continue reading “Four questions with… Faisa Syahla Sabila”

Current Role: I am currently a Managing Director in Blackstone’s private wealth group and I am responsible for our fundraising activities across 10 countries in EMEA. What is the biggest mistake you have made since graduating and what have you learned from it? One of my biggest mistakes is my lack of patience with what … Continue reading “Four questions with… Hector Moreno”

We caught up with 2024 MSc Business Management graduate Lalitha about what she has learnt since graduating… Briefly describe your role I’m currently a Customer Success Executive at OnceforAll. Before that, I gained valuable experience through several roles at the University of Birmingham and Instudents, where I developed my skills in content management, data analysis, … Continue reading “Four questions with… Lalitha Pragnya”

Briefly describe your role: I’m a Graduate Trainee Solicitor at UoB, after having been a Paralegal for just under two years. What is the biggest mistake you have made since graduating and what have you learned from it? The biggest mistake I made since graduating was thinking too far ahead, and believing that I had … Continue reading “Four questions with… Mary Connolly”

Job Title: Early Talent Officer Briefly describe your current role. I’m currently working for Teach First in the Programme Talent team as an Early Talent Officer. My role is centred around recruiting students from universities within the West Midlands, to complete the Teach First graduate scheme and taster programmes. It’s a dynamic role, involving recruitment, … Continue reading “Four questions with…Amelia Brookes”

About Me Job Title: Operations Consultant Describe your current role: I currently work as an Operations Consultant for Newton who are a strategic delivery consultancy that works across the public and private sectors to help clients tackle their most complex challenges. So far, I have worked on both strategy and operations projects within military aviation. … Continue reading “Four questions with… Euan Pringle”

About me Job title: Employability & Enterprise Learning Development Consultant Degree: PhD Medieval History (University of Birmingham – I did my undergraduate and maters’ degrees here too!) Having done my undergraduate degree in Medieval & Modern History at Birmingham I spent some time away working in financial services.  I returned to Birmingham to do a … Continue reading “Four questions with… Matt Edwards”

 UoB Elevate EdTech AI start up Teachify has been named as Education & Training StartUp of the Year at the Midlands StartUp Awards 2024.   Teachify embarked on its journey to simplify lesson preparation for teachers through AI software in early 2023. Founder Ikum Kandola had a lightbulb moment while teaching in a local secondary school, … Continue reading “UoB Elevate start-up wins top prize”