Our first set of profiles for 2017 includes a rally-driving Professor, a fiction writer and an arts graduate who founded a non-profit group to help Colombian orphans. Jane Bachner-King Image Arts graduate Jane Bachner-King remembers the sights and smells of Edinburgh and explains how she is helping save Columbian orphans' lives one stitch at a time with vocational training through machine knitting. Read Jane Bachner-King's profile Edinburgh is a magical city that draws us back time and time again. Jane Bachner-King Professor Margitta B Beil-Hildebrand Image Classic Porsche rally car driver and Professor of healthcare policy Margitta B Beil-Hildebrand reminisces about her time in Edinburgh and thanks her PhD fellows for their support. Read Professor Beil-Hildebrand's profile There are so many good memories and there is no doubt that studying at the University of Edinburgh helped me work in the field I enjoy so much and become the person that I am today. Professor Margitta B Beil-Hildebrand Ruiping Li Image Ruiping Li's Edinburgh education gave her the edge when applying for jobs following graduation and offers strong wisdom to our current students. Read Ruiping Li's profile I formed friendships with fellow students that have continued well beyond the end of the course and still provide support Ruiping Li Ronald Soutar Image Ronald Soutar came over the water from Fife in the 1980s to study veterinary medicine, beginning a relationship with the University that lasts until this day. Read Ronald Soutar's profile For a Fife boy, my trip to student life in Edinburgh was short, but it started a journey which has taken me to wonderful places, from Singapore to Iceland, Seattle to Hong Kong and a multiplicity between. Ronald Soutar Andrew Symon Image Andrew Symon explores how the broad range of experiences at Edinburgh has shaped his career as a lecturer and fiction writer. Read Andrew Symon's profile I’m grateful to Edinburgh for encouraging its students to explore a broad range of experiences. Andrew Symon 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
