Sarai Lambert is an Essex University alumna. She won the 2024 France Study UK Alumni Awards for her work in Business and Innovation. Sarai applied to the Alumni Awards in the hope of sharing her story, which began in Art History and culminated in Business, and to encourage students to study in the UK.
Sarai Lambert studied Art History and Literature at Essex University. She was drawn to its campus: ‘I looked at a lot of different universities. The first time I visited Essex’s campus, I felt such a sense of safety, knowing that I could flex that independent muscle within the safety net of the university’. Sarai also valued the diversity in students: ‘When I went there, I think there were 142 different nationalities at Essex University which was so enriching!’
As soon as she graduated in 2014, she uprooted her life and moved to France. She is now excelling in a career in Sales and has worked for a mixture of startups and big companies in tech. The impact of that career led her to win the 2024 Business and Innovation Alumni Award in France.
‘A lot of my story has to do with transferable skills. I didn’t study tech or sales or maths during my time at Essex but the communication skills, the presentation skills, and the open-mindedness from studying Art History and Literature transferred to the Sales world’, she shares.
Sarai Lambert applied to the Alumni Awards in the hope of inspiring young people to be fearless both in their studies and careers. ‘I spent the best five years of my life at Essex University. I met the most incredible people there, and it gave me the foundation to allow me to then go out into the world and build the most amazing life in France. I could not recommend going to study abroad enough to anyone!’