The annual publication looks back on the projects and student experiences that have taken place in the past year to support students at the University of Westminster.
The case studies featured in the magazine reinforce how much of a difference the support provided to the University has made, and how it has impacted students and the local community.
An extensive variety of positive case studies are outlined in the new edition, including a student receiving an accommodation scholarship from The Howard de Walden Estate and an alumnus drawing back on their experience visiting Dubai as part of the Westminster Working Cultures initiative.
Another piece in the Impact magazine draws on the recently launched Active Travel Academy (ATA), a think-tank funded by the Quintin Hogg Trust. As a result of its launch, three new PhD scholarships have been funded to tackle emissions and extensive research has been published.
Dr Rachel Aldred, Director of the Active Travel Academy and Transport Professor, said: “I’ve been working around active travel myself since 2008, doing a number of small-to-medium funded projects, but the QHT funding has enabled me to really scale it up and expand the network; it’s gone from largely just being me, to a proper academy of practitioners, all working in different areas.”
The magazine also highlights Westminster’s Career Mentoring Scheme which connects mentors with the right mentees to ensure that the relationship is mutually beneficial. Since 2010, the number of matches has gone from just 12 to over 500 each year, with over 1,000 mentors participating.
Ludovica Siniscalchi Bernabo, Mentoring Officer at Westminster, said: “It is such an easy and effective way to mobilise people and give our students access to conversations with professionals which they otherwise would not have. Just one conversation can make such a difference. Education is a means of social mobility, and I think as a team, we do a really good job of contributing to that.”
Jordan Scammell, Head of Development at Westminster, said: “It’s always exciting to read Impact magazine and reflect on our students’ and colleagues’ achievements, which have been made possible thanks to our closest friends and supporters. This year is another bumper edition and, in today’s new virtual world, we’re confident the virtual edition will reach a wider audience. Our inaugural podcast: ’The Westminster Impact’, which will complement the magazine, is currently in production and we look forward to sharing this with you all very soon.”
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