July alumni newsletter | Welcome to the Class of 2021 | Sport successes | Book launch | Nostalgia

Postgraduate tuition fee discounts

Did you know that Leeds Trinity University alumni can take advantage of tuition fee discounts on taught postgraduate study at the University?

Clearing at Leeds Trinity

If you know of anyone who is going through Clearing please let them know about our Virtual Clearing Open Day on Saturday 7 August, 10.00 – 11.15am.

Attendees can find out about our courses, speak to current students and learn about life in Leeds! How to book.

Euros throwback

For those of you who followed the Euros – did you know that during the 1996 European Championship that took place in England, the French team used Leeds Trinity as a training base?
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Save the date!

We are very excited to announce that Journalism and Media Week 2021 will be taking place from 8 – 11 November.

We are currently putting an exciting schedule together and will let you know further information in due course.

Prospectus nostalgia

Do you remember how the prospectus looked when you were considering studying with us?

Nowadays we have a digital prospectus as well as a hard copy, but we still have copies of our prospectuses from when we first opened! See more.

Campus uncovered

Working in the marquee on the old tennis courts during our Class of 2021 Graduation events enabled us to see our beautiful campus from a very different view. See more images.

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Welcome to the July newsletter

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A warm welcome to everyone and especially our new alumni community members from the Class of 2021. It was wonderful to see so many of you at our recent Graduation events on campus. We are so proud of you all and wish you the best of luck for the future.

Amongst those graduating were Francesca Zagajewski (Exercise, Health and Nutrition). Francesca's mother Siobhan (MA Health and Wellbeing, 2020) and her father Frank (MBA, 2016) both graduated from Leeds Trinity too.

Read about our Class of 2021 graduates.

New book published for Emily

Congratulations to alumna Emily Kerr (MA Broadcast Journalism 2009) who has recently had her new book Duvet Day published. Duvet Day is a romantic comedy and is published by One More Chapter, a division of HarperCollins.

It's currently out in e-book and the paperback is coming out on 19 August. Find out more.

Emily works as a Content Editor at ITV Calendar News, producing the main 6.00pm programme. She writes fiction in her spare time.

2022 Commonwealth dream

Sport and Exercise Sciences student Matthew Gray is aiming to qualify for the senior finals at the British Swimming Championships and the selection trials for the 2022 Commonwealth Games after a 15-month pause in competitive swimming.

He competes in the 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke and is making a return to competitive swimming with City of Leeds Swimming Club after competitions were halted due to the pandemic. Read more.

Working at Wimbledon

It was great to hear from alumna Charlotte Swift (Broadcast Journalism, 2016) recently, who is Journalism Co-ordinator for BBC World Service Sport.

Charlotte had been covering the Wimbledon Tennis Championships for two weeks. This involved working with former British number one ranked player, Greg Rusedski (pictured with Charlotte above).

Her next job is working on Test Match Special for two months as an on-site producer.

Featured alumni — Surinder Rall

Surinder Rall graduated in July with a degree in Working with Children, Young People and Families.

36-year-old Surinder balanced university life with raising her daughter and working as a Service Lead at Leeds Mind’s Suicide Bereavement Service – her dream job and where she will continue to work following her graduation.

“Leeds Trinity has given me a place to belong, and I hope to stay involved with the University in some shape or form.”

Read Surinder's alumni profile.