US Programme , 2014

Elle Winfield

Research Assistant in the Cybersecurity and Emerging Threats Team, the International Institute of Strategic Studies

Tell us a little about your background…  I’m originally from Auckley, a village in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. My whole family are from there,...
Ellie is wearing a green jumper and has short blonde hair, and is smiling against a white wall

UK Summer School , 2016

Ellie Gregson

Marketing and Operations Associate

Ellie currently works as the Marketing and Ops Associate at Jumpstart, which is a grad scheme for start-ups. Ellie reflected back on...

UK Summer School , 2013

Emily Gotch

Partner Development Manager at Microsoft UK

Tell us a little bit about your background… I grew up on the edge of the Cotswolds living with my Mum and...

UK Summer School , 2011

Emily Rickman

European Space Agency research fellow, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore

Tell us a little bit about your background. I grew up in West Sussex and went to secondary school in Crawley. I...

UK Summer School , 2003

Emma Taylor-Steeds

Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Innovate UK KTN

Emma successfully completed the Summer School programme with the Sutton Trust in 2003, and has gone on to dedicate her career to...

UK Summer School , 2001

Farouk Miah

Portfolio Manager at Blakeney Management

Tell us a little bit about your background. My family are originally from Bangladesh. My father moved to the UK in the...

UK Summer School , 2003

Gavin Freeguard

Programme Director, Head of Data and Transparency, the Institute for Government

Tell us about your background… I’m from Port Talbot in south Wales. It’s the steel capital of Britain so we’ve had some...

UK Summer School , 1999

George Mills

Partner at EY, Strategy and Transactions

George took part in our Summer School in the first years it ran,  and has since gone on to have a successful...

UK Summer School , 2020

Georgina Shajan

Third Year Medical Student - The University of Nottingham

Georgina took part in our Summer School programme, during the pandemic-hit year of 2020. See what she’s up to now, and find...
Photo of alum Grace Lin smiling in front of a window.

US Programme , 2016

Grace Lin

Associate Software Engineer at Discover Financial Services

Tell us a bit about your background. “My parents immigrated to the UK from China when I was 4 years old; I...

UK Summer School , 2008

Hannah Dalgleish

PhD student at Liverpool John Moores University

Tell us a little bit about your background I had quite a tumultuous childhood. My parents had their own business which meant...

Pathways to Law , 2014

Hannah-Mai Flynn

Business administration apprentice, Government Equalities Office

Tell us a bit about your background… I was born in China but adopted by my parents aged 18 months. Both my...