The Queen’s College

Welcome to the Queen's College Old Members list

Palm, Miguel. 2000-2001

Miguel spent six months at Queen's as a Socrates exchange student. After completing a research project at Biochemistry, he returned to the University of Leiden where he is now a Radiology resident and pursuing a PhD in Neuroradiology. He would very much like to hear from his friends at college and, in particular, the 2000 QCBC Senior Squad.

Palmer, Julia. 2000-2003

After reading Modern Languages, Julia (nee Short) married Gary and moved to Oswestry where she now has a job as personal assistant to the Medical Director at the local orthopaedic hospital.

Parkinson, Richard Bruce. 1982-1988

Since 1991 Richard has been Assistant Keeper in the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan at the British Museum, specialising in Ancient Egyptian poetry, papyri and texts. Recent books include The Tale of Sinuhe and other Ancient Egyptian Poems, and Poetry and Culture in Middle Kingdom Egypt. Lives in North London with partner and cat, still occasionally teaches at Oxford, and lectures on Balesworldwide Nile cruises for a few weeks each year. Contact details on: http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/aes/aescon.html

Pathak, Pri. 1996-1999

Pri did English and French some of the time, and then went on to do an MA in English at Birmingham. She is now working in book publishing in London. Feel free to contact her via email.

Payne, Giles Adrian Ivo. 1976-1976

Giles Payne is now a Probation Officer/Forensic Social Worker with the National Probation Service Thames Valley area in Oxford

Peake, Joe. 1972-1976

After Queen's, Joe went on VSO and then returned to do a PGCE. He taught at Manchester Grammar School and then Millfield before taking up his present post as Head at St George's College, Weybridge in 1995. He met Julie in Oxford in 1978, and now married for over 20 years they have three children, Nicholas, Alexandra and Benedict.

Pearson, Nick. 1988-1991

Nick Pread Egyptology with Akkadian at Queen's before qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with Grant Thornton. From there, in 1996, he moved to work for Roche Products Limited in their Corporate Finance Department. He is currently on secondment to the Group Headquarters in Basel, Switzerland, still within Corporate Finance.

Pendry, Robert. 1974-1977

Robert studied Geography while at Queen's and went on to acquire a PGCE at Reading University. He married Ros Birch (St. Hilda's) n The Queen's College chapel in 1979. After several years at Luton 6th Form College teaching A-Level Geography he moved into administration and spent 2 profoundly unhappy years as an LEA Education Officer in St. Helens, Merseyside. He then decided to return to teaching and retrained as a Primary school teacher. After a move back down South to rural Wiltshire, he now lives in a C15th thatched cottage, in an idyllic village, with his wife and daughters Ruth (20) and Hannah (17). He has continued to work as a Primary classroom teacher, mostly in the same school. After his experiences in St. Helens, he has consciously decided to avoid the additional stresses of any managerial posts and is content to be a simple country schoolmaster. Despite this, he has studied part-time with the Open University and has acquired an Advanced Diploma in Educational Management and an M.A. in Education. He is also part way through an Open University Ed.D. (doctorate). In recent years he has made two abortive attempts to work form home as a specialist travel agent in the cruise industry. While this did not result in a profitable business, it had some most enjoyable perks!

Perret, Matthew. 1989-1993

Matthew studied Modern Languages at Queen's, and was active in college and university entertainment. He is now dividing his time between interpreting for the EU, writing and performing.

Perry, Robert John. 1973-1977

Robert took a second in Greats in 1977 and qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 1982. He is now Assistant Chief Valuer at Cornwall County Council and lives in Truro with his wife Helen. They both share a keen interest in church bell ringing, and Robert is also involved with Truro Cathedral in various voluntary capacities.

Pickles, Martin. 1987-1991

I am now a filmmaker and animator in London. In 2007 I graduated from a two-year MA in Animation at the Royal College of Art.

Pinkava, Václav. 1977-1982

Vaclav has been back in his old country since 1992. He (says he) invested his illgotten gains wisely, and turned a terraced house in London into two detached houses in the Czech Republic, and a flat in Prague. Old friends looking for a cheap holiday are welcome, sharing house with four children, three cats, two dogs and one wife, or the small flat, empty at weekends.

Pitkänen, Maunu Aulis. 1979-1980

Maunu has been working more than 25 years as an assistant head physicists at Tampere University Hospital (Finland), part time as a docent at Oulu and Jyväskylä Universities. He has two children, Matti and Maija.

Porter, Lorette. 1990-1994

Lorette gained an MMedSci in clinical communication studies from the University of Sheffield in 1999 and practises as a Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist. She lives with her husband, Richard Brown.

Porter, Vincent. 1958-1962

After taking a degree in Natural Sciences, Vincent worked for five years making sponsored documentary films with Film Centre (International). From 1967 he taught film and mass communications at the Polytechnic, Regent Street (which was succesively renamed the Polytechnic of Central London, and the University of Westminster). He was made Professor of Mass Communications in 1991, and he retired as an Emeritus Professor in 2004. Between 2005 and 2008, he was the President of EURALVA, the European Alliance of Listeners' and Viewers' Associations. He now lives in Chichester, West Sussex.

Potter, Adam. 1991-1995

After working for ICI and ABB since graduating I and my business partner set up a Mechanical and Materials Engineering company (Axiom Engineering Associates Ltd) in 2003. It's rewarding but hard work. We are moving into new premises as we expand.

Powell-Evans, David. 1954-1957

Living in quiet retirement in Wimbledon

Price, Christopher. 1951-1956

Christopher Price taught classics for 10 years after Oxford, was a Labour MP between 1966 and 1983 (with a 4 year gap when he sustained himself through written and TV journalism) and retired as Principal of Leeds Metropolitan University in 1994. Since then he has been a member of the Arts Council, has chaired Yorkshire Arts, founded and edited a bimonthly magazine (the Stakeholder) and is currently chairing a commission to reorganise the terms and holidays of the school year.

Price, Jon. 1977-1980

Following graduation moved to London and after a short time as a trainee accountant joined the Corporation of Trinity House, where he still works as Legal and Risk Manager and Deputy Secretary to the Court. Lives in Chelmsford with his partner.

Pritchard, Jonathan. 1990-1993

Pottering around the City and being frustrated by Aston Villa: plus ca change

Purvis, Mark David. 1991-1994

Living and working in Southern Spain at the "Campo de Tenis Lew Hoad"