Category Archives: Careers

Bruce Moffat (1956 Leaver) An Engineering Research Career in Broadcasting   I started in Merchants’ aged 9 in 1947, already sketching TV cameras on dollies, and when I was 11 I was offered a part in a play at the
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Floating Doctors To conclude my final year at medical college I had the opportunity to study abroad for two months (known as an “elective”).  I chose to go to  Panama,  Central America, working for Floating Doctors. Floating Doctors is a
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Working in Maritime Rescue Inside the MRCC co-ordinating an incident Since joining the Coastguard some 5 years ago now, whilst still at University in Aberystwyth, my time in the service, if nothing else has been varied. I am a Coastguard
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Lt Cdr Gareth Mawdsley RN (MTBS 1990-97) I joined the Royal Navy 17 years ago, straight from school, and conducted basic training at Britannia Royal Naval College and in a variety of warships around the world.  After passing my Fleet
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My Business- Moon Times by Rachael Hertogs I left Merchant Taylors in 1988 straight after my GCSE’s, I’d had enough of school and was eager to get out in to the real world! Well it turned out the ‘real world’
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The Digital Frontier – Hard Work Pays Off. After leaving Merchants shortly after my GCSEs (in 2003) I finished off my studies at Lancaster Grammar before attending Lancaster University, where I graduated in 2008 in Geography. After working for a
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I joined the Armed Forces in 1999 after my time at Merchant Taylors’ School Crosby. I enrolled in the Royal Air Force as a pilot following my degree course in Aerospace Systems Engineering at the University of Southampton. During my
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Understanding and Meaning: A Journey to Clinical Psychology I’ve always been driven to understand people and situations better. While at Merchants I volunteered with the school’s Listening Service and the Stroke Association – these gave me the opportunity to use
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I left Merchant Taylors’ in 2000 achieving 10 GCSE’s and 4 A levels in Economics, Geography, Design, and General Studies. I also gained a good grounding in many extracurricular sporting and cultural activities, CCF and playing rugby being the highlights.
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I began my career by analysing football statistics for The Times newspaper’s Fink Tank column. After I graduated from Cambridge in 2005, I was keen to use my passion for Experimental Psychology (the subject in which I specialised) in my
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