Student success stories

• Christopher Bailey

  Fashion - 1993

  Leading fashion designer and Westminster alumnus, Christopher Bailey has twice been named British Designer of the Year. And, according to Andrew Groves, Course Leader of the BA Fashion Design degree, he represents the sort of creativity and commercial awareness that Westminster tries to instil in all its fashion graduates.

  Bailey, chief creative officer for British fashion label Burberry, graduated from Westminster's BA Fashion Design degree in 1992, and was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University in 2006.

• Alexander Shuckburgh

  Commercial Music - 2004

  Alexander Shuckburgh, aka Shux, a graduate of BA Commercial Music, has already made a big mark in the music business. The songwriter and musician co-wrote and produced Jay-Z's Empire State of Mind - arguably the biggest hit of 2009.

  BA Commercial Music was the first degree of its kind in the UK. Music production, music business and the study of music as culture are all included. It has strong links with major record labels, as well as a wide range of independent music and multimedia companies.

  
  

• Anthony Lau

  Professional Architecture - 2009

  Anthony's burgeoning Cyclehoop business is based around two of his biggest passions in life - cycling and design. Cyclehoop was conceived in 2006, when Anthony was studying for a Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Practice in Architecture (known as the RIBA Part III), while also completing his Masters project.

  "I designed the Cyclehoop for an international design competition which asked architects and designers to come up with new concepts in bicycle parking design," he said.

• Fatemeh Farajollahi

  Applied Social and Market Research - 2008

  MA Applied Social and Market Research postgraduate Fatemeh Farajollahi is clear her role as a BBC broadcast journalist is down to help from the University's careers service.

  She spent six months looking for the right job opportunity. But then an invitation to attend a career network sessions helped kick-start success. "Attending these sessions helped me with my application, assessment and interview. It was very helpful," she says.

• Albert Hogan

  Music Business Management - 2007

  Disney Music Group project manager Albert Hogan found the University's MA Music Business Management course a perfect route into the music industry.

  Many of the lecturers have an industry background - and it was this factor that led to a Disney executive director recruiting Albert to the company.

  "I was one of a number of people put forward from the course, and I was fortunate enough to get the job. Within a few months of being here I was promoted, largely because of the skill set I had from doing the course," he explained.

• Cameron Sinclair

  Architecture - 1995

  Westminster alumnus Cameron Sinclair, co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, a charitable organisation which seeks architectural solutions to humanitarian crisis and brings professional design services to communities in need, is a busy man. He travels up to 250,000 miles a year, often surviving on three hours sleep a night, and is in great demand both at public debates and Architecture for Humanity projects.

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