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1960s 1980s


Jane Oliver, née Ewing (PGCE) I was at Wall Hall in the mid 60s. I have got married and now live in Watford and am involved with the U3A.


my Final Year. This is when we got stuck into serious business strategy and it’s what I’ve come back to time and time again. There really is no substitute for good, solid management thinking.


1990s


John Cockling (BA Hons Social Sciences, 1985)


After graduating with a BA Honours degree in Social Sciences in 1985, following studies at Balls Park, I passed the Solicitors’ Final Examination at the College of Law in 1986, and was admitted as a


Solicitor in 1988. In 1999 I was elected President of the Isle of Wight Law Society. I’ve always had a wide practice and have acted in many criminal, civil and matrimonial trials as well as dealing with property, wills and tax planning. My fi rst police station interview led to a successful Court of Appeal decision for my client and my fi rst criminal trial was mentioned in The Times. I have also represented lifers before the Parole Board. On a career break in 2001 I was doing voluntary work with street boys in Peru and met my (English) wife. I am now the Partner responsible for the Company, Commercial Property and Town Planning departments at Wall James Chappell in Stourbridge and have sons aged 4 and 2.


Rita Andrews (BA Hons Social Sciences, 1985) In 1970 I was working at the Hatfi eld Polytechnic and left to have my fi rst daughter. In 1982 I began my degree at Hatfi eld Polytechnic and on graduation went to work in banking in the City for the next 22 years. 5 years ago I came to work at the University of Hertfordshire so I have gone full circle! I now have four children, one of whom is getting married on a Greek island in two weeks time and four grandchildren.


David Wright (BA Hons Business Studies, 1988) Director, Fox IT


Everything I’ve done in business in the last ten to fi fteen years relates back to the course at Hertfordshire. I wanted to be an accountant and the course gave me my fi rst exposure to that aspect of Business. I believe a year in industry is absolutely vital. I went to ICL (later part of Fujitsu), got a job with them and they sponsored


Sally Perry, née Vaughan (BA Hons Business Studies, 1990)


Sally Perry graduated in 1990 and joined BAe PLC’s graduate training programme. She then moved in the television industry and worked on the launched of Gold, Living and BBC World, before moving to Asia where she become VP Marketing for ESPN Star Sports in Hong Kong and Singapore. She moved back to London in 2000 and joined Turner Broadcasting as VP Marketing CNN (EMEA) and went in to establish their Corporate Social Responsibility function. She co-founded an art business in 2008, www.gofi gurative. com which has over 1000 registered artists and many corporate and private clients. She uses her business training, skills and experience, to combine it with her passion in life, art and market making. Go Figurative has been recognised by the British Libraries IP and Business Centre as a Success Story case study.


Geoff Whittington (MSc Occupational Psychology, 1995)


I completed my MSc in Occupational Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire in 1995. In 2010 I gained my PhD in Organizational Psychology at Birkbeck College, University of London through my thesis in which I sought to convey an Elaborated, Research-Based Understanding of Effectiveness in Coping with Work- Related Stress.


Steve Parker (BSc Computer Science, 1996) I recently set up my own company SGP IT Consultancy Ltd which provides professional IT services across all industry sectors, from Finance and Telecoms, to Retail and Government. In addition to this, in August 2011 I will publish my fi rst book entitled ‘Shell Scripting Recipes’. This is designed for intermediate to advanced readers and provides a selection of recipes that can be used or modifi ed for Unix and Linux environments. You can fi nd out more information at my website: http://sgpit.com


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