A Warwick Valentine’s story

Daniel Border and Lindsay Muscroft met at the Warwick Students’ Union on Lindsay’s first night out as an undergraduate in 2004. Both were studying Biomedical Sciences and bonded over their interest in molecular and cancer genetics.

Daniel was a year ahead in his degree and he and Lindsay thought they would end up working in labs. However, as time went on their interest in the people side of medicine grew and they both successfully applied to our graduate medicine programme, throwing themselves into life at WMS.

Daniel was the first recipient of the WMS Yvonne Carter Memorial Award for work outside of medical studies. He set up WMS Big Band, playing piano, trombone and trumpet and performing at WMS balls and the Kineton army base, among others. He also worked as a warden as part of the residential life team on campus in Heronbank and Lakeside residences, where he lived with Lindsay for a number of years.

Lindsay, meanwhile, was involved in Teddy Bear Hospital, helping teach and reassure children about healthcare. She also worked with the Terrence Higgins Trust doing chlamydia screening in nightclubs and completed her level 1 qualification in British Sign Language. However, what ended up really shaping her career was Lindsay’s involvement in peer teaching, which became her absolute passion and led her down the path of medical education.

On leaving WMS both Lindsay and Daniel stayed in the region for their foundation training. In fact, campus ended up being their daughter’s first home for six months before the family moved to their current home in Warwick.

Lindsay became a GP and Daniel worked across a number of specialisms and is now a specialty registrar in occupational medicine. Alongside her role as GP, Lindsay is an associate clinical professor at WMS, teaching a new generation of medical students clinical skills.

Reflecting on her time at WMS, Lindsay says: “I’m really glad I did graduate entry medicine here because I got to work with students who had come from all different backgrounds. Some had whole careers already in something else, and they all brought different experiences to the group work, which was really valuable.”