Cardiff University Admitted Student Profiles & Alumni

Alumni Name

Notable Achievement / Famous For

Degree(s)

Graduating Year

Huw Edwards

BBC News lead presenter

BA (French)

1983

Sian Lloyd

ITV weather presenter

BA (Welsh & Celtic Studies)

N/A

Adrian Chiles

TV and radio presenter (Match of the Day 2, etc.)

Degree in Journalism

1992

Nathan Cleverly

World light-heavyweight boxing champion

BSc (Mathematics)

2010

Tim Hetherington

Award-winning photojournalist

MA (Photojournalism)

1996

Susanna Reid

TV presenter (Good Morning Britain)

Postgrad Broadcast Journalism

N/A

Martin Lewis

Founder of MoneySavingExpert and finance TV presenter

PGDip Broadcast Journalism

1998

Sir Martin Evans

Nobel Prize in Medicine (stem cell research)

PhD (Physiology)

1969

Rhodri Morgan

First Minister of Wales (2000–2009)

PhD (Social Studies)

1974

Lynn Davies

Olympic gold medal long jumper (1964)

N/A (athlete)

N/A

Miguel Alcubierre

Physicist known for proposing the Alcubierre Drive (warp drive concept)

PhD (Physics)

N/A

Joanna Trollope

Bestselling novelist

BA (English Literature)

N/A

Baroness Brenda Hale of Richmond

President of the UK Supreme Court (2017–2020)

Degree in Law

1960s

Neil Kinnock

Former UK Labour Party leader

BA (Education)

1960s

Jayne-Anne Gadhia

Former CEO of Virgin Money

BA (Mathematics)

1980s

Sir Terry Matthews

Co-founder of Mitel and tech entrepreneur

N/A

N/A

Dame Mary Perkins & Doug Perkins

Founders of Specsavers eyewear

Studied Optometry

1960s

Jamie Roberts

Wales rugby international and medical graduate

MBBCh (Medicine)

2013

Tom Barras

Olympic rowing medalist and physiotherapist

BSc (Physiotherapy)

2015

Jason Mohammad

BBC presenter (Final Score), Pro-Chancellor of Cardiff University

PGDip Broadcast Journalism

N/A