Your Alumni Community

Your journey with University of Suffolk doesn't end with graduation.

Staying connected to the Alumni Community can offer you all kinds of benefits and services, continuing to help you develop, network and achieve your dreams.

This page will give you access to all that the University can continue to offer you now you have graduated, read stories from our alumni and keep informed on events.

Our Amazing Alumni

Read some of our inspiring stories from our graduates, students and staff.

Alumni Stories
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Keeping in touch with us could not be easier.

Remember we are only able to contact you about new benefits and services if we hold up-to-date contact details for you. Please ensure that we have your current contact details via the update your details form.

If we have your updated email address you will receive three newsletters per year which will keep you up to date with the latest news from the University, what's on offer to you and more information on how you can be involved.

Suffolk Salutes: Celebrating Alumni Excellence

We want to celebrate their achievements while also fostering a sense of belonging on our Ipswich campus. We will be celebrating a handful of our outstanding Alumni by placing commemorative plaques outside teaching rooms.

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Honorary Graduates and Fellows

Each year we welcome a number of notable individuals to to be presented with Honorary Awards at our Graduation ceremonies. Find out more about our previous and upcoming Honorary Graduates and Fellows.

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Meet the Alumni Relations and Development Team

Alice Hardaker

Development Director Alice oversees the University’s alumni relations, fundraising and development activity. Her background is in arts and charity management.

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Kate Burgess

Kate is Alumni Relations and Development Manager, leading on all alumni activities and supporting fundraising across the University.

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Natasha Brame

Natasha joined the University in July 2023 as the Grants and Gifts Officer. She is responsible for grant applications and fundraising for the University.

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Jane Skelt

Administrator Jane is responsible for the the day-to-day communications for the Alumni Relations and Development Team.

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Business Engagement, Careers and Employability

We can provide access to graduate and academic expertise, apprentices, state of the art facilities, Innovation, funding, KTPs, CPD and events. Our graduates can continue to access the Careers, Employability and Enterprise Service post graduation in person and online via FutureMe.

Business Engagement Careers, Employability and Enterprise
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The Alumni Relations and Development Team are committed to protecting your privacy, keeping your data safe and not doing anything with your personal data that you wouldn’t reasonably expect. The Privacy Notice for engagement with the Alumni Relations and Development Team can be found on our Data Governance page. 

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