I was a student at City University from 1969-73 whilst studying for my Civil Engineering degree, and was sponsored by the Metropolitan Water Board (now part of Thames Water).Although I have maintained contact over the years, it was with some excitement that I met with David Street, the Director of Alumni Relations, earlier this week. I have always been surprised that our company has no relationship with City University, given that we are both City of London based and they still have a strong civil engineering faculty, so my intention was to put that right!
Over a wide ranging discussion, it was clear that there is an opportunity for our charitable trust to have an involvement with postgraduate students and for me, as part of the alumni, to offer some kind of personal prize for undergraduates.
I am arranging a return visit to meet some of the relevant academic staff in September and I hope that Peter Hall will be able to join me to represent the trust.
It is difficult to believe that it's over 40 years since my graduation from City – I must be getting old!
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