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real strides. I am currently studying for a Diploma in Manual Therapy in Seattle so that I can work in Washington, both on humans and on horses. I am now married and living in the US permanently.” 2007 Arjun Sinsinwar (G, 2002-2007) writes: “I have been working in the travel trade in various roles travelling all over the world to remote and culturally rich destinations, such as in December trekking to the only Everest-view hotel. Last year I succeeded in becoming a Fast Stream Desk Officer in the Home Office. Most recently I have established my own travel firm based in North Oxford called Discerning Journeys, specialising in South Asia. This includes unique tours to the remote Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan, luxury trains in India, and pioneering river cruising along the Ganges for the first time in over a hundred years. I have completed a BSc in Geography from UCL, an MA from Westminster, MBA with Distinction at the University of Greenwich, a certificate in Management/ Strategy from the Said Business School, and I am pursuing a Professional Doctorate

and I am enormously grateful for this amazing opportunity.” Morgan was one of 21 students to be given financial support. As well as the grant, they will be mentored by BAFTA members, award winners and nominees, and be given free access to BAFTA events. Beth Kealy (M, 2002-2004) writes: “When I came to the reunion some years ago, I was working as a hip-hop dance teacher in Brighton. I left Brighton in 2010 to live in London, where I was offered a job with a genealogy firm, tracing beneficiaries for intestate estates. I taught myself A Level Biology and Psychology over the course of the next year alongside my job, and was offered a place at St George’s University in London to study Physiotherapy. I then spent the summer of 2012 on a trip to America, where I travelled around Montana and Wyoming, exploring Yellowstone National Park, and working cattle from horseback in the Pryor Mountain Reservation. I left the degree course in November, and began to plan my move to the USA. I set up my own genealogy company here in the UK, Red Trace Ltd, which is now starting to make

(DBA) at Nottingham Business School which I am due to complete in 2017 focusing on digital media marketing in the travel trade. I have been elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a Member of the Institute of Directors.

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2010 Grace Robinson (K, 2005-2010)

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graduated from Durham University with a 2.1, and then flew to climb Kilimanjaro two days later raising money for brother Joe (H, 2003-2008)’s charity JR4JR. She is now studying for a Masters, and has a job awaiting her upon its completion. Grace has kindly provided the following description of her journey: “Over the course of the past academic year (2013/2014), my final year at Durham, I decided to embark on a series of challenges to raise money for the John Radcliffe Neuro ICU under the banner JR4JR. This is a charity close to my and my family’s hearts because the JR worked around the clock to save my brother Joe’s life after a mere 3% chance of survival from a car accident in 2009 leaving him with a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury); fellow student and friend Grace Hadman (M, 2004-2009) died. I undertook several challenges before Kili to help raise awareness and money: The Salisbury Aquathalon, The Blenheim Palace Triathlon and the Thame 10km run. Then in July the biggest of all, climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. It took seven days, via the Lemosho Route to the summit. I undertook the challenge with some naivety about how hard it was going to be, and it is safe to say it was definitely one of the hardest things I have ever done. I began suffering from altitude sickness on day two, and every night woke up in temperatures of minus 15 and frost on the bottom of my sleeping bag. However, I managed somehow to keep putting one foot in front of the other, and after a gruelling eight-hour nighttime ascent of vomiting, dizziness and asthma attacks, I successfully made it to Uhuru Point, the summit of Kilimanjaro, the roof of Africa at 5,895m. It was an incredibly difficult challenge, and I think it’s safe to say my walking boots will not be used for a VERY long time, but I wanted to help raise money and awareness for TBI’s, because they turn lives upside

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