After successfully juggling full-time work and a new baby during her studies, Alexandra Loske will now be focusing her time on investigating the interior design of the Royal Pavilion.
"I had been working in the Sussex Language Institute for six years and I wanted to do something different," says Alexandra, who graduates this afternoon (Friday) with an MA with distinction in Art History.
"I juggled working full-time with my part-time studies by working late every day and I only missed one session."
Alexandra had to complete the last term of the course and also write her final dissertation, on 18th-century Oriental costume, while looking after baby Flora, born in February 2007.
"I would write while the baby was asleep and I received incredible support from my supervisor and everyone on the course," says Alexandra.
Alexandra is now undertaking part-time DPhil research at Sussex, working at the Royal Pavilion in Brighton. The research – on the colour scheme in the Royal Pavilion and the links between the Royal Family at the time and Germany - is funded by a scholarship from the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC).