Tanya Elder takes experiential learning to a new level through research thanks to John Lewis Grant

As a first-generation college student and the first in her family to move abroad, Lucia Rios applied to the MA in Global Communications out of a love of French language and culture and a desire for a practice-based degree. 

Joining forces with faculty from AUP and the London College Fashion, two alumnae from the MA in Global Communications organized a symposium to tackle the issue of sustainability in fashion head on.

Our graduates who have gone on to fulfilling, and impressive, careers in the fashion industry – Charla Carter (’82), Liana Engel (’06), Geneviève Hartmann (’13), interviewed here, and Tara Jarmon (’85) – personify this in what they have achieved.

Emma Ramadan G’14 and Olivia Baes ’13 and G’14 bonded over a shared love of French author Marguerite Duras while studying for an MA in Cultural Translation at AUP. Their second published co-translation of Duras’s work, The Easy Life, has achieved critical acclaim in both The Guardian and The New Yorker.

The film Alfonso and Mayar produced – a seven-minute documentary called I Feel Perfect about Stoian, a man living on the streets of Paris – has since found success at a number of international film festivals.