Jane Worrell, civil servant
Jane Worrell graduated with an MA in Modern and Medieval History in 1975. Working as a civil servant for over three decades, she was at the centre of creating inclusive workplaces and helping organisations get the best…
Tag: Undergraduates
For posts about, or concerning, individuals who were undergraduate students in History
Barbara Woodward, diplomat
Barbara Woodward graduated with a MA Honours degree in History in 1983. She is one of the UK’s most senior diplomats, having served as Ambassador to China and as the UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations.…
Alison Baverstock, publisher, author, and founder of the charity Reading Force
Alison Baverstock graduated with an MA in Mediaeval History & Fine Arts in 1980. A leading figure in publishing, she has built a career that also spans higher education, authorship, and literacy advocacy. She is now…
Ann Qureshi, IT Quality & Compliance Consultant
Ann Qureshi graduated with a MA Honours degree in Medieval History in 2000. She has worked in the financial sector, and is currently an IT Quality & Compliance Consultant at Novonesis, a Danish biotechnology company.
Rosemary Goring, journalist, editor, writer
Rosemary Goring graduated with an MA in Economic and Social History in 1984. Rosemary spent three decades as a journalist, first at Scotland on Sunday and then at The Herald. She has also published six books, including…
Margaret Macdonald, MA 1966, PhD 2023
Margaret Macdonald vividly remembers the excitement of studying in the young department of Mediaeval History in the 1960s… and explains why, after a career in school teaching, she decided to come back to do a PhD.…
Lynne Peabody, charity CEO
Lynne Peabody graduated with a MA in Modern History in 2006. Working in the sustainability and social change sector for more than two decades, she currently leads the EY Foundation.
Seona Robertson, TV producer
Seona Robertson graduated with a MA Honours degree in Mediaeval History in 1972. After post-graduate research in Florence and creating a film archive, Robertson has devoted her career to television in the UK and…
Elaine Fulton, professor & director of education
Elaine Fulton graduated with a MA in Modern History in 1997, an MLitt in 1998, and a PhD in History in 2003. She has spent more than two decades as an educator at the University of Birmingham. Elaine Fulton spent “an…
Elizabeth Peddie Steele Hutton MA (1866-1917)
While wandering along the West Sands or over the Links at the turn of the twentieth century, a walker may have come across a student of history and, latterly, divinity gazing out towards the St Andrews skyline. This…