After leaving MHSG in 1976, I studied English at Birmingham University and then completed a research degree on Henry James at Manchester University. I was subsequently lured to Melbourne by an Austra…

After leaving Manchester High School in 1992, I went on to graduate from UMIST and have been working in London since 1998. Most of my school year will have celebrated their 50-year birthdays so congr…

My name is Laviza, and I joined MHSG in 2006. After A-levels, I studied biomedicine in the UK and then proceeded on to study Medicine abroad. I have to say I am who I am today because of the values i…

Hello - I am an International News Producer for Al Jazeera English, working in Doha. I have to say one of the best things MHSG gave me was  sisterhood - my best friends today are still from school, a…

Elise Lempfert was a pupil at MHSG in the 1880s.  She later became a piano student of Clara Schumann and, a true Manchester High girl, in 1898 she became the co-founder of the Kvinderådet (The Women'…

I left MHSG with a passion for foreign languages and after a degree in French and German at Bristol University, joined the Foreign Office, where I have been ever since. I have worked in many differen…

I’ve been a part of the MHSG community since I joined UIIH (Year 5) in 1988 with my indoor and outdoor shoes and a duffle coat that still just about fitted me when I was 16! After completing my A-lev…

1968: Degree in Russian Studies at Manchester University.  Married in December 1969 and came to live in Switzerland - my husband René ‘s country of residence.  Have two children and two grandchildren…

Still teaching half time at San José State University (see pic). Still sailing, rowing, and kayaking wherever I am. Still volunteering with the National Coastwatch Institution (works with HM Coastgua…

After leaving school in 1981, I went to Oxford and got a degree in Mathematics. While I was studying I had an accident and had help recovering through McTimoney Chiropractic. I went on to train at th…

I attended MHSG from 1963 to1970, and I thoroughly enjoyed the geography field trips that I attended when at school. I won the Angus Butterworth Geography prize in 1970. I was also a technician in th…

I attended MHSG from the age of 4-18. After leaving MHSG, I studied History and Politics at Royal Holloway, University of London. I then did a law conversion course at the College of Law in Guildford…