Learn how these five graduates have navigated careers in TV production, screenwriting, firefighting, finance and business. Colin Farquhar Image BAFTA-winning senior producer Colin Farquhar reflects on grasping student opportunities, helping to set a Guinness World Record and enjoying the adrenaline kick of live television. Read Colin Farquhar's profile. I’m now a BAFTA-winning senior producer who specialises in live event, music and entertainment productions for a number of different broadcasters including the BBC and ITV. Colin Farquhar Tara Lal Image Alongside being a full-time firefighter, physiology graduate Tara Lal is a mental health advocate, PhD researcher, author and surf boat rower. Read Tara Lal's profile. If anyone had told me back in 1994 when I left Edinburgh that I would move to Australia, write and publish a book, become a firefighter, undertake a PhD and represent Australia at 47 years old, I would never have believed them. Tara Lal Neil Forsyth Image Football was central to Neil Forsyth's student life and the focus of his first writing job. Since moving on from match reports, he has established a successful career writing for TV and film and is known for creating the sitcom character Bob Servant. Read Neil Forsyth's profile. I wanted to be a writer, but my only experience was writing for a Dundee United fanzine as a teenager. Neil Forsyth Susan Jackson Image When Susan Jackson isn't thinking about sports, the chartered accountant and three-time Commonwealth Games athlete is helping to run a homes developer in Fife. Read Susan Jackson's profile. Other than graduating, my proudest University of Edinburgh moment has to be when I was inducted into the University Sports Hall of Fame in 2012. Susan Jackson Mark Everard Image Business graduate Mark Everard combines working in the housing sector with leading an ambassador group for a charity supporting children with cancer worldwide. Read Mark Everard's profile. Over the past few years I have become heavily involved with World Child Cancer, heading up their Ambassador Group which seeks to raise money to support children with cancer, and their families in some of the poorest areas of the world. Mark Everard Send us your profile We are interested in the role that the University has played in your life, either directly - in terms of skills and knowledge - or indirectly, via friends, experiences or chance encounters. Please get in touch and you and your experiences could feature on our website. Document Alumni profile form (208.5 KB / DOC) This article was published on 2024-10-28
