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For our latest Motivational Monday, we spoke to Arianna Namaki – a Growth Strategist at a robotics start-up. Following her graduation from South Hampstead, Arianna (class of 2013) didn’t exactly know what avenue she wanted to pursue. At school, she enjoyed French, Art and Economics – what she describes as ‘a wonderful mix.’  Undecided on […]

For the latest in our Motivational Monday series, we spoke to playwright, screenwriter and alumna of BBC Studios Writers’ Academy, Charlotte Cromie. Charlotte joined South Hampstead in 2007, leaving at the end of Sixth Form in 2014. Before beginning her three-year course studying English at Cambridge University, Charlotte took a gap year where she volunteered for […]

The latest in our Motivational Monday series features PhD student, research fellow and children’s home trustee, Eva Sprecher. Since she joined South Hampstead aged 4, Eva’s trajectory has had many twists and turns. After leaving South Hampstead Sixth Form in 2011, Eva attended Oxford University, where she studied Experimental Psychology. Eva then trained as a […]

Our latest Motivational Monday features cosmetic dentist Simmi Bharadia, who left South Hampstead in 2008. At school, Simmi’s favourite subject was Physics. Centred around inquisition and discovery, she was drawn to the subject because she has always liked asking ‘why’. Such curiosity was instilled in her from a young age at South Hampstead. She has fond […]

For the latest Motivational Monday, we spoke to class of 2017 alumna Olivia Aslett. After leaving South Hampstead in 2017, Olivia secured a place at the Glasgow School of Art to study Product Design, and decided to defer her start by a year. Proactively, Olivia decided to fill her year with projects to build a […]

For the latest in our Motivational Monday alumnae series, we spoke to the best-selling author Victoria Selman, who left South Hampstead in 1995. Victoria is now The Sunday Times best-selling author of Truly Darkly Deeply and the critically acclaimed Ziba MacKenzie series; she has been shortlisted for the CWA Debut and Short Story Daggers and […]

Human rights lawyer Rosa Curling is our latest alumna to contribute to our Motivational Monday series. Rosa came to talk to our Upper Sixth students about her work, her passions and some of the real issues at stake as big tech and governments alike process increasing amounts of our personal data. Rosa studied History at […]

Our latest Motivational Monday is with a Behaviour Change Coach, who recently spoke to pupils about goal-setting and workplace skills. Gemma Perlin (class of 2009) returned to South Hampstead recently to provide a workshop for our Year 7 pupils as part of their new Futures Certificate. Reflecting on her school days, she says: “South Hampstead […]

This week’s Motivational Monday is with Meheen Rangoonwala (class of 2001) who has been working with our pupils on a number of social action projects. She has recently returned to South Hampstead with the not-for-profit, community fundraising initiative, First Give, and is also inputting to ‘Think Global, Act Local’, our social action and sustainability initiative […]

For our latest Motivational Monday, we caught up with fashion and textile designer alumna Olivia Rubin. Olivia (class of 2000) runs her own fashion label; her signature rainbow designs and bold prints are available in many UK department stores, including Selfridges, Harrods and Fenwick, as well as in the United States, Germany and Ireland. “I […]