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Over 90 recent Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ graduates attended an alumni professional networking event on 11 November, focusing on architecture, planning, construction and project management.

The event, the second in the professional networking series organised by Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Alumni Relations, was designed to connect experienced alumni with recent graduates, and to provide information on career change, or how to break into an industry sector.

Dean of The Bartlett School of Architecture, Professor Alan Penn, chaired the discussion and was joined on the panel by:

• Narinder Sagoo (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Bartlett 1998), Partner, Foster & Partners
• Agnieska Glowacka (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Bartlett 2001) Co Founder Glowacka Rennie Architects
• Simon Rawlinson (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Geography 1985) Partner & Head of Research, Davis Langdon LLP
• Mary Duggan (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Bartlett 1997), Partner, Duggan Morris
• Delwar Hossain (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Bartlett 1992), Managing Director, Adrem
• Akintunde Banjoko OBE (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Bartlett 2003, Founder & Chief Executive, LEAP
  

Each panellist drew on their own career journey to provide the audience with a taste of their respective careers and to impart practical advice on entering the industry.

Their words of wisdom included:

"Experiment - you never know where it will lead...I decided to bike around my portfolio of ideas to potential clients. The work inside was nothing great but the packaging was immaculate. I got four offers of work where others got nothing. It's about the effort you put in." Delwar Hossain

"Bring your own ideas to the table - challenge orthodoxy, and if you can show how you can provide a solution to an existing problem that will make you very valuable to an employer." Simon Rawlinson

"Keep trying new things. As Norman Foster says, "the only constant is change." Narinder Sagoo

For further information on alumni relations activity, careers and mentoring, follow the link at the top of this item.

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Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Alumni Relations offers a range of events, benefits and services, communications and other activities to engage and connect graduates of all ages with Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾. As part of this offering, it has developed an alumni mentoring programme.