the highest number to date for the university. Sport Awards: In 2014 Northumbria won the BUCS Most Improved University for Sport award following a rise in the national ranking from 20th in 2010 to 8th in 2014 where they remained until 2017. In 2017 Sport’s Student Leadership and Workforce programme was recognised as the best in the country when awarded the BUCS Workforce Development programme of the year. Sporting Alumni: Northumbria has several world class sporting alumni including Steve Cram CBE, Stephen Miller MBE, and Victoria Pendleton CBE. Northumbria support talented athletes through its partnership with the TASS Scheme and their own Student Athlete Scholarship Scheme. Current student Taka Suzuki won seven medals, including five golds and two silvers in swimming at Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympics Games. Notable alumni Sam Ainsley, artist. Bibiana Aído Almagro, Spanish politician, previously served as Minister for Equality Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for England Vera Baird, Victims's Commissioner for England and Wales, former Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, former MP for Redcar Tunde Baiyewu, vocalist, lead singer of the Lighthouse Family Amanda Berry, Chief Executive of BAFTA Rodney Bickerstaffe, former General Secretary of UNISON Gavin Brown, art dealer Lord Brownlow, Conservative peer Alan Campbell, MP for Tynemouth Nigel Cabourn, fashion designer Mac Collins, artist and designer Chris Cook, GB Commonwealth and Olympic swimmer Martin Corry, England rugby international, and Leicester Tigers Steve Cram, English athlete and television presenter Ali Dia, Senegalese footballer Rick Dickinson, designer of the ZX81 computer Anke Domscheit-Berg, member of the German Bundestag Robbie Elliott, footballer and coach John Fashanu, footballer and TV personality Toby Flood, England rugby international, and Leicester Tigers Bridget Galloway, Sunderland A.F.C. Ladies and England youth international Mary Glindon, MP for North Tyneside Lady Edwina Louise Grosvenor, prison reformer Scott Henshall, fashion designer Max Lamb, furniture designer Jason Holland, designer Louise Hopkins, artist Ben Houchen, the first Mayor of Tees Valley Chris Salkeld (born 1991), racing driver Sir Jonathan Ive, industrial designer, Chief Design Officer (CDO) of Apple Inc. and Chancellor of the Royal College of Art in London Kevan Jones, MP for North Durham Riley Jones, actor Bharti Kher, contemporary artist Emma Lewell-Buck, MP for South Shields Duncan Lloyd, lead guitarist of Maxïmo Park Guy Mankowski, author Neil Marshall, film director Alexei Mordashov, Russian business oligarch Bob Murray, former chairman of Sunderland AFC Jamie Noon, England rugby international, and Newcastle Falcons player Victoria Pendleton, Olympic cyclist