Born in a small Hampshire village, Richard completed his education at Southampton College of Technology while pursuing an engineering apprenticeship. He was unlucky in his early career and became frustrated with redundancy from several employments. A wider search of the jobs market overseas for better opportunities resulted in many years of living, working, making business trips and holidays in numerous countries.
Lorelei Lingard is Professor in the Department of Medicine and Faculty of Education and Director of the Centre for Education Research & Innovation, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University. She is coeditor of The Rhetoric and Ideology of Genre .