The Ignite Fund grant has awarded almost £70,000 to 122 students studying at the University of Westminster to support their personal and professional development and help bring their ideas and projects to life. Read more
On 22 February, the University of Westminster hosted an in-person Scholarship Celebration Event that honoured and recognised the achievements of the University’s scholars and the generosity of their dedicated funders. Read more
University of Westminster’s alumni community has raised £90,000 for the Ignite Fund during annual telephone campaign, doubling the amount raised during last year’s campaign. Read more
Laurita Kunickaite, a second-year student on the Data Science and Analytics BSc Honours course, is the second recipient of the Whiteley Community Foundation Scholarship. Read more
The University of Westminster has hosted the final of Netcompany’s Smart Cities Challenge, which saw Year 8 students from schools across London compete to create the best city of the future. Read more
Shauna Thacker has just completed her final year studying Business Management (Entrepreneurship) BA Honours at the University of Westminster. Along with gaining a degree this year, she is one of a select number of students who have won the Ken Subraj Award which is awarded by Regent Street Polytechnic alumnus Ken Subraj to final year students to recognise outstanding achievements and excellence in the fields of innovation, enterprise, real estate development and international success. Read more
University of Westminster Business Management (Entrepreneurship) BA Honours alumna Elizabeth Ola has won the SoapBox X Landsec Competition, winning a rent-free London store space of her choice for a month, giving her cosmetic company TRU SKN a home. Read more
The hard work and talent of final-year undergraduate Computer Science and Engineering students have been recognised at an end-of-year celebration on 26 June 2024, where Netcompany gave out several awards. Read more
Architecture students at the University of Westminster have been awarded more than £15,000 in prizes as part of OPEN 2024 in the Student Architecture Awards ceremony which celebrated work created throughout their time at Westminster. Read more
Fashion alumnus Stuart Vevers and University donor Judith Petts stood in front of King Charles III on 15 June to accept their awards at his 2024 Birthday Honours ceremony. Read more
The third annual Quintin Hogg Trust (QHT) Celebratory Event was held at the University of Westminster’s Cavendish Campus on 12 June, as a further QHT grant worth £5.9m was announced recently for university initiatives for the 2024-25 academic year. Read more
Nine students from the University of Westminster have received the Latif Family Bursary to help support them throughout their studies and relieve financial pressures. Read more
A partnership between the University of Westminster and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), also known as the UN Migration Agency, has led to an International Relations and Development alumna to be offered a full-time consultancy position at the organisation after successfully completing an internship. Read more
The University of Westminster welcomed colleagues, supporters and industry professionals on 27 March to mark the start of construction at 29 Marylebone Road, the University’s new hub for enterprise and industry in the heart of London, with a Breaking the Ground ceremony. Read more
The Ernest Hecht Charitable Foundation recently awarded a grant of £12,300 towards Westminster’s weekly Monday Classic Matinée event, helping to further secure the programme’s running costs for this year. Read more
Thanks to headline sponsorship by PA Consulting Ltd of Westminster's Next Level programme, between 26 February and 1 March Westminster students took part in a series of on-campus workshops that helped them develop primary research skills and understand how their projects can benefit a selected consumer, customer or audience. Read more
The University of Westminster welcomed this year’s Self-Leadership Programme participants to an informative event on how the initiative will help grow their businesses and guide them on how to build a productive work life balance to enhance their wellbeing and achieve their goals. Read more
With applications now open to apply for the 2024 Aziz Foundation Scholarship, former Scholarship recipient Jameela Yasmin tells us about her University experience. Read more
Danish IT and business consultancy company Netcompany has awarded a scholarship worth £10,000 to Westminster student Marta Unterschute to undertake Software Engineering (Conversion) MSc course as part of its aim to support women in the field of software engineering. Read more
Westminster has awarded grants totalling £40,000 to two Real Estate students who make up the first cohort of Landsec Scholars at the University. Read more
Earlier last month, The University of Westminster held another Geoffrey Petts Memorial Research Fund roundtable event, where four recipients were given the opportunity to explain to donor Professor Judith Petts what their PhD research projects sought to uncover, the experiences they had on fieldwork and their outcomes. Read more
A second cohort of Westminster students have undertaken long-term internships at the United Nations Migration Agency offices in Europe, Asia and Africa. Read more
University of Westminster alumnus and long-term benefactor Trevor Yang has funded a PhD studentship in the School of Life Sciences in relation to water bio-desalination. Read more
During a visit to the University, Santander Universities UK has confirmed a commitment of £150,000 in funding over three years to support Westminster initiatives that are enhancing students’ employability and entrepreneurship. Read more