Notable alumni

Inspirational and influential, our alumni include the novelist George Eliot; the Suffragette Emily Wilding Davison; the actor Lenny Henry CBE; the first woman doctor, Dr Elizabeth Blackwell; the EU Foreign Minister, Baroness Cathy Ashton; BBC2 Controller, Janice Hadlow; Virgin Money Chairman, Jayne-Anne Gadhia, the nursing pioneer, Baroness Jean McFarlane; the CEO of English Heritage, Dr Simon Thurley CBE and many more. Find profiles of our eminent alumni under their academic departments below.