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Alumni Relations & Engagement
Tess McCormick Development Director
Alumni Drinks in London on 6 February 2020
Covid has affected everyone, and our 2020 Alumni Programme has been very different to the one I had anticipated and planned for when I took up my post in 2019.
After a wonderful start to academic
year 2019/20 – a fun Gaudy with matric years 1998-2008 in my very first week, followed by our ‘on the road’ events with the Principal to meet alumni in Bristol and Manchester, and a lively and well-attended
‘ Wanting to do our utmost to keep our global alumni community connected, we started by creating an Alumni online hub’
drinks party in London in February – lockdown hit and the Development team leapt into action, going digital and taking all of our events and communications online.
Responsible for alumni relations
and engagement, raising funds, and the College’s communications, the Development team have this year also become filmmakers, Zoom experts, photographers, interviewers, and consummate jugglers, as like virtually
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