Beth Dickeson Email & Phone Number

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Swansea Grand Theatre

During my four years at Swansea University, I have worked in Swansea’s Grand Theatre as a customer service assistant, working flexibly around the busy schedule of my university courses, but also being available for shifts whenever I was required. Within my role in the Grand Theatre, my duties included providing excellent customer service, working with internal and external stakeholders, assisting staff, managers, bar staff, backstage crew, and members of the public whenever needed.

Llangennith, Swansea, United Kingdom

As a supervisor, I have:Excellent communication and organisational skills. A positive attitude and an ability to remain calm under pressure, a strong work ethic and good time management skills.Whilst in this role my main responsibilities included: - Training of new employees. - Stock management and ordering. - Working in accordance with health and safety, COSHH, and food hygiene guidelines. - Key-holder responsibilities. - Till operation and cashing up responsibilities. Managing workflow by allocating different tasks to staff members on shift. Knowing all staff members’ strengths and monitoring their performance to promote efficient working. Training new employees, familiarising them with day to day operations of the restaurant, providing health and safety, COSHH, and food hygiene training.Working alongside the manager to ensure all staff have been provided the correct training and are carrying out daily tasks in a safe and efficient manner. Whilst at the role I have been responsible for creating and managing staff rotas and monitoring the completion of employee timesheets. Reporting to senior management and evaluating performance and providing feedback while also helping to resolve employee issues and disputes. As a supervisor I am responsible for monitoring team and individual performance. For each employee I will note punctuality, performance and professionalism and provide feedback to each employee and disciplining where necessary. All performance and feedback is monitored and reported to senior management. During my time working in hospitality I have worked in a number of areas. These include bar, kitchen, front of house, retail and barista work.

Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

I have recently graduated from Swansea University with a distinction in a Master of Science in Geographic Information Systems and Climate Change. My Master of Science dissertation focused on the sustainability of fresh produce, regarding food miles and organicity. While writing my final dissertation, I used Geographic Information Systems software and primary data collected to produce an infographic on a flyer to inform people on where their fresh produce had originated from, as well as how much waste could be eradicated by going packaging free.In my last semester at Swansea University, I followed the Climate Change Committee event series on ‘The Path to Net Zero’ and a module titled ‘Climate Science and Policy’ provided me with the opportunity to join weekly discussions about recent climate science events and issues, on zoom, with external stakeholders. One online discussion was with Andy Middleton, the founder, and director of the TYF (to your future) group. Andy actively encourages sustainable thinking and development within large businesses as well as individuals. Another online discussion included a guest speaker Heidi Smith, who is the head of sustainability at Swansea University. The topic discussed was Swansea University’s path to net-zero carbon emissions by 2035. I also presented information outlining the SPECIFIC project on Swansea University’s Bay Campus, where ‘active buildings’ are designed to produce more energy than they consume annually through a range of renewable and sustainable energy sources, addressing climate change using innovative solutions to combat these issues. This involved research and appropriate representation of sustainable management delivered to a large group of students and external stakeholders. This research has given me a greater understanding of renewable energies such as solar thermal, photovoltaics, air-source heat pumps, hydroelectricity, and wind turbines.

Swansea, United Kingdom

As part of my Student Demonstrator role with the University, I worked alongside the lectures of a module called ‘Sustainability and the human impact’, assisting individuals with report writing, data sourcing, and referencing on the topic of the millennium sustainable goals. This gave me fresh, up-to-date knowledge and ideas on the impact of climate change. This role, together with my undergraduate degree and Master of Science has cemented my desire to develop a career in sustainability and environmental science.

Sikkim, India

Interdisciplinary Field Trip to the Indian Himalayas, working with Human Geographers, Biologists, and Zoologists. In 2019, I was accepted into the interdisciplinary field trip to Sikkim in the Indian Himalayas. This trip was very prestigious, with around 100 students from Geography applying and only 10 accepted. While in Sikkim, I worked on a group project alongside geographers, biologists, and zoologists which focused on the issue of ecotourism, and the problem Sikkim had with maintaining and enhancing biodiversity within their tourism sites. We visited a hydroelectric dam and many locations where they harvested the power of the sun through solar panels. I also worked on an individual project which studied altitudinal variations within plant species.

Llangennith, Swansea, United Kingdom

Master Of Science - Ms, Geography, Distinction

Geography, First Class Honours

Education record

A Levels: Mathematics, Geography, Welsh Baccalaureate AS Levels: French, Design and Technology focusing on Textiles