News and events

Photographic Studies MA alumnus Anthony Prevost’s MA final project has recently been shortlisted as one of four runner-ups at the International Photography Awards 2017 organised by the British Journal of Photography (BJP). His work will also be featured in the journal.

The Creative Careers Fair on 25 January 2017 at the Westminster School of Media, Arts and Design saw huge numbers of students attend presentations and stalls from a variety of employers.

Twenty Computer Games Development BSc students attended and volunteered at the Pocket Gamer Connects event in London on 16 and 17 January 2017, exploring the newest trends in the industry and gaining an insight into the work of a wide range of industry figures.

Working with the University of Westminster, alumna Pamela Mayorcas, Fellow of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI), has recently set up a new Award for Postgraduate Research in Scientific and Technical Translation at the University’s Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities.

Eight events organised by the Career Development Centre at the University of Westminster took place in 2016 with the aim of helping students from all faculties choose their career path.

Westminster alumnus Ghassan Hasbani has been appointed Vice President and Minister of Public Health, as one of the 30 members to form a new cabinet in Lebanon.

The 2014-15 Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) survey shows that taking a Polylang module at the University of Westminster significantly boosts the graduates’ chance for professional employment, with 85.3 per cent of those embracing the opportunity entering professional roles.

In November 2016, the University hosted Children Lost in a Fractured System: A Courageous Conversation; an inter-professional panel discussion examining the issues facing the child safeguarding system in the UK.

Westminster alumni Shirley Botchway and Dominic Nitiwul were nominated to take ministerial positions in Ghana by Nana Akufo-Addo, who was elected a President of the African country in December 2016.

University of Westminster Senior Lecturers Dr Nasser Golzari, and Dr Yara Sharif along with Professor Murray Fraser from Bartlett UCL, received the RIBA President's Commendation Award of Research 2016 for their design projects at Palestine Regeneration Team (PART)/Golzari NG Architects, under the cities and community category.

The course, ‘Learning in an International Environment’, was delivered at Hanoi University in Vietnam in a two week short burst style for Westminster and Hanoi students to learn together.

Westminster School of Media, Arts and Design's Professor of Innovation and Impact Mitra Tabrizian’s project ‘you don’t know what nights are like?’ commissioned by Art on the Underground, Transport for London, will be exhibited outside Southwark Underground station from January 2017.