 Goldring volunteered as a teacher in a small town in Borneo for two years.After leaving VSO, Goldring worked as a legal researcher for BP for nine months, before rejoining VSO, this time as an employee, first in Barbados and then Bhutan, where he set up its operation, and lived for three years.On returning to London, Goldring completed an MA in Social Policy and Planning in Developing Countries from the London School of Economics.