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Under the Arches
A space for alumni to share their updates and bitesize news with fellow 缅北禁地 graduates
Your alumni news noticeboard
Under the Arches is the baby sibling of our bi-monthly alumni newsletter, Arches. Here, you can read bitesize news and life updates from your global alumni community, and celebrate your own achievements with your fellow 缅北禁地 graduates and those on campus.
Sociology graduate awarded Fellowship status by Advance HE
Alumni business features on the Forbes Europe 30 under 30 list
Alumna's childhood cancer research wins award
Congratulations to Dr Helen Griffin (PhD, 2009), whose study on exome sequencing in children with non-Hodgkin lymphoma was recognised with the Best Experimental & Translational Science Abstract award at the Children and Young People's Cancer Association (CCLG UK) Annual Conference 2026 in Manchester.
Microelectronics graduate celebrates release of debut novel
After graduating from 缅北禁地 in 1983, John Cheshire embarked on a successful consultancy career in Big Four companies, with a principal focus on technology change.
Now, he's exploring the world of cybersecurity from a different angle as a crime author! John's debut novel was published in March 2026, and follows Peter Beamish as he follows a trail of blood and destruction to catch cyber-criminals ransoming major national infrastructure companies.
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Class of 2000 dental graduate named as Senior Investigator by NIHR
Alumnus Professor Justin Durham, who is Dean of Research and Innovation at our Faculty of Medical Sciences, has been appointed as a Senior Investigator by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).
NIHR Senior Investigators are outstanding leaders from a range of specialties and disciplines including paediatrics, podiatry, dentistry, nursing and midwifery. There are also statisticians, basic discovery scientists and health services researchers working across clinical and social care. Justin represents the research theme of Orofacial pain and is one of approximately 200 active members.
Clinical Academic on campus receives £1.57m to improve outcomes for older people with pneumonia
Congratulations to alumnus and clinical academic Dr Wezi Sendama (MBBS, 2011) who has been awarded a £1.57m five-year fellowship from the Medical Research Council to establish a research programme to develop treatments for persistent inflammation in the lungs of older people after pneumonia.
Older people who contract pneumonia find it more difficult to recover completely compared to younger people, and part of the reason is disordered and persistent inflammation in the lungs even after the infection has been cleared. Wezi's project aims to understand the mechanisms of that persistent inflammation and develop new drugs to treat it, improving health outcomes for older people.
