A cup of coffee with Graeme Archer

Issued: Thu, 16 May 2013 16:24:00 BST

Date: Thursday 16 May
Time: 1345 - 1500
Location:Fraser Building, Level 4, Room 402

Graeme Archer is a Glasgow graduate, Orwell Prize-winning blogger, Telegraph politics columnist, and professional statistician.  Join him for coffee and learn more about his diverse career.

‘A cup of coffee with….’ speaker series brings a variety of alumni back on campus to discuss their career journey and the highs and lows along the way.  These are unique opportunities to find out where a degree from Glasgow can take you. 

• Hear our staff host chat to the graduate about their career
• Ask those burning questions
• Meet alumni with inspiring careers
• Enjoy free coffee, tea and cake

All students are invited but places are strictly limited.  Book your place.

This is a Glasgow Careers Alumni Network event.  For more information, please contact Sarah Armour at sarah.armour@glasgow.ac.uk

Who is Graeme Archer?

Graeme graduated from the University of Glasgow with a BSc in Statistics in 1990 and PhD in 1995. He lives in London and works for GSK in pharmaceutical R&D, designing clinical trials and interpreting the results.  

In his free time he started writing about politics for the Conservative Home website.  In 2011 he won the prestigious Orwell Prize for Blogging and as a result he was offered a regular column in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.  He is a self-confessed ‘geek’ and has been described as ‘outspoken’.  His blogs mix his personal stories with sharp political criticism.

Graeme loved his time at University but remembers all too clearly the fear on the run up to submitting his final thesis and the ups and downs of embarking on his career journey.

He is overjoyed at the chance to return to the University once again to speak to you about how he did it.