Alumni stories

Christina’s experience
Christina Stuart

Christina’s experience

Christina shares her career journey to becoming a Climate Action Architect at Historic Environment Scotland after graduating from the Sustainable Heritage MSc.

Bhavesh’s experience
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Bhavesh’s experience

Bhavesh share's his experience of moving into a role as a Preventive Data Scientist at the V&A after his data science studies at UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage.

Tannis’ experience
Tannis Davidson

Tannis’ experience

After practical sessions at the UCL Grant Museum of Zoology during her MSc, Tannis went on to build her career in the museum.

What difference does the Ecclesiastical Scholarship make for a Sustainable Heritage student?
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What difference does the Ecclesiastical Scholarship make for a Sustainable Heritage student?

Edward was awarded the Ecclesiastical Insurance Scholarship Bursary to study the Sustainable Heritage MSc. He shares how the bursary was transformative in helping him make the most of his studies.

Irene’s experience
Irene Iriarte

Irene’s experience

Irene shares her experience as a data science student, sharing how it has developed her skill set and provided opportunities for creativity.

Anping’s experience
Anping Zhang

Anping’s experience

Anping shares how his degree inspired a him to start a PhD.

Ed’s experience
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Ed’s experience

Ed shares how the degree expanded his understanding of what heritage and sustainability mean, before finding work at the Quality of Life Foundation.

UCL’s Sustainable Heritage MSc was the first step on the route to a new career for me, after 17 years in finance. I’d long had an interest in old buildings, so it was a real boon, in amongst all the other projects and topics, to find myself studying environmental management strategies for historic houses with the person responsible for this area at the National Trust."

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Hilary Jarvis

Natalie’s experience
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Natalie’s experience

Natalie started working in planning in a UK district filled with villages of great historic significance.

Pakhee’s experience
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Pakhee’s experience

After graduating, Pakhee returned to India to work with UNESCO, before coming back to the UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage to become Course Director of the Sustainable Heritage MSc.

Embarking on a mid-life career change from publishing to heritage was a daunting prospect, but from the moment I met the UCL Sustainable Heritage course tutors and my fellow students I knew I’d done the right thing! The course stretched me in ways I couldn’t have anticipated."

Tessa

Tessa Harvey