It was probably a childhood spent hiking, camping, and reading rain-soaked maps in the mountains of Northern England that gave me the urge to study geography when the time came to head to university. Then, after three years of river wading, glacier mapping, pond dipping and dune sampling in pursuit of my BSc at Loughborough University nothing felt… Continue reading David Potts
Team Category: Sixth Form
Sheridan Teasel
My first career passion was military aviation, and I joined the Royal Air Force part time straight after my A-levels and started learning to fly. After subsequently attaining a First in Physics from Oxford, I joined the RAF full time to train as a fast jet pilot, until diabetes curtailed that career prematurely. I then… Continue reading Sheridan Teasel
Emma Pennock
Graduating from Loughborough University in 2004 I spent a few years teaching in Nottingham whilst playing volleyball and coaching the East Midlands girls’ team. The decision to move to Dubai was, in all honesty, not entirely planned. I visited a teaching friend in Abu Dhabi and fell in love with the country, lifestyle and prospect… Continue reading Emma Pennock
