(BSc Hons Chemistry 1956, PhD 1961) and second-year
Biology student Hilda Haws (née Joyce)
(BSc Biology 1959) met at a Saturday night dance at
Liverpool Guild of Students, and in August celebrated
51 years as husband and wife.
education college in Wolverhampton. I began as a
research chemist at Shell's Thornton Research Centre
and then moved into higher education as a lecturer at
Wolverhampton Polytechnic."
Liverpool in 2009 when they attended an alumni dinner.
Mumbai Sanket Khanolkar
(MBA Entrepreneurship 2008)
and Surabhi Saxena
(MSc Eng Product Design
& Managament 2008)
met at an International Students
Party when they joined the
University. They started dating
after a year.
halls of residence, Melville Grove.
They got engaged in 2009 and
married in 2010 in Hyderabad.
Surabhi now works as a brand
manager and Sanket is a director
of business development for an
IT firm.
graduation ceremony. We haven't
been back since but are really
looking forward to coming
back soon and reliving some
happy memories."
University of Liverpool is often the
start of a life-changing journey for
many students. For a number of
alumni, their experience at University
was particularly life-changing as
they not only obtained a prestigious
they would spend the rest of their lives!