Alumni News

A Product and Furniture Design graduate has won the prestigious Design Award at the New Furniture Makers Exhibition. Reuben Porter, who graduated from BCU in 2025, secured first place in the Young Furniture Makers Design Category of the New Furniture Maker Awards for his contemporary reinterpretation of the classic machinist chair, Archetype – M.

Three Computing graduates returned to campus last month to talk to students about their experiences since leaving university to now in the ever-changing industry that is Computer Science. We sat down with them to reflect on their journeys. 

A School of Jewellery graduate has returned to Birmingham 30 years after completing her studies to exhibit her solo show at Vittoria Street Gallery.

Our Royal Birmingham Conservatoire graduates have gone on to star in or work behind the scenes of television shows, blockbuster movies and stage productions. Check out what some of our talented Alumni are up to this month. 

Here at BCU, we’re incredibly lucky to have such a broad range of graduates. Whether it’s competing in an Amazon Prime series or developing new rides for Merlin’s UK theme parks, it’s been another action-packed year for our alumni. Check out some of our personal highlights! 

Emily Brookes, who graduated from BCU with a BA (Hons) Fashion Design in 2025, is a contestant in Amazon Prime’s six-part series, RE/style. 

BCU Alumna Michelle Singer, who graduated with a BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature in 2000, went from writing for the campus newspaper, Deuce, to creating a major production studio. 

Samuel Ojo, who graduated with a postgraduate degree in Visual Communication in 2024, recently scored the exciting new role. 

“OBELISK” is a photographic documentation of the S kateboarding Olympians and their journey to the 2024 Paris Olympics.  

“Fighting from Home” will honour reserved occupations from World War II .   

Our Royal Birmingham Conservatoire graduates have gone on to star in or work behind the scenes of television shows, blockbuster movies and stage productions. Check out what some of our talented Alumni are up to this month. 

BCU Alumni reunited earlier this month at the campus where they started their studies 50 years ago. 

A group of four recent graduates will achieve national recognition when their research articles are published in a physical education (PE) journal.

Our Royal Birmingham Conservatoire graduates have gone on to star in or work behind the scenes of television shows, blockbuster movies and stage productions. Check out what some of our talented Alumni are up to this month. 

Our Royal Birmingham Conservatoire graduates have gone on to star in or work behind the scenes of television shows, blockbuster movies and stage productions. Check out what some of our talented Alumni are up to this month.