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Alumni News
OUR HSD GRADUATES
Alice Inman Class of 2017 FP, Alice, graduated from the University of Oxford in June 2020 with a First Class Honours Degree in Economics and Management. Alice also received the Saïd Foundation Prize for the highest mark in the Technology and Operations Finals paper. “Since school, I have been captivated by Economics. It helps us to make sense of the world around us, and for me there's nothing more satisfying than cracking a problem which has a tangible real-world application. Management, the other half of my degree, is the study of organisations. This provided the opportunity to engage with a wide range of topics - some highlights were debating whether a woman can have a career and a family, defining the meaning of work, and analysing why so many mergers are unsuccessful. “The academic program at Oxford was intense and I enjoyed the challenge, although there were definitely times when it felt overwhelming! The sense of achievement when I finished my final exams was a feeling I will always remember. Even though there wasn't the ending to my degree that I expected, as we were all at home in the height of lockdown, my family still managed to make it very special. “One of the greatest things about university was the freedom to structure my time. With only a few hours of academic contact a week, I scheduled library time around a plethora of other activities. For example, in first year I was out rowing on the river almost every morning, I was the producer of a play and I acted in two others, I took an active role in the Oxford Guild and that's not to mention all the time I spent having fun with friends.
“Now I am a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company, a global management consultancy firm. We help organisations in the social, public and private sectors to solve their pressing and complex problems. For example, I am currently helping a company think about the role of the physical store vs dotcom and how this will evolve over the next five years. The best thing about my job is that it provides the opportunity to work with incredibly passionate and inspiring people. As I move between projects every few weeks, I am always meeting new people and the pace of learning is exhilarating.”
Euan Foulis After leaving the High School of Dundee in 2017, Euan went on to study Film Production at the University for the Creative Arts, graduating in 2020 with a First-Class degree after specialising in Directing.
During his time at university, Euan took particular enjoyment in the social and collaborative activities the university offered him. Such activities allowed him to collaborate with his classmates in the creation of different short films, which were independent from the university, thus expanding his creative talents. University also taught Euan a wide array of knowledge about the professional world of film production that he has used in the development of his career. Since graduating, Euan has been freelancing in the British Film Industry to quite some success, having worked as a Production Runner on numerous feature films and tv programmes for big name distributors, including ITV and Apple TV. Currently Euan is working as an Assistant Covid Supervisor on a Netflix feature film in London, due to be released in 2022. In addition to this he has continued developing his creative talents, directing the short film First Time in the middle of lockdown. The short has gone on to receive critical acclaim, winning awards including “Best Thriller” at the Symbolic Arts Film Festival in St Petersburg. Currently, he is in preproduction on his second short, Sunday Morning, Sunday Evening, which shall be released under his production company, Munro Productions. It began filming in late November in Dundee.
