First Class Honours

Lobbied for legislative and policy change;Pursued high value civil case in High Court (settled in 2017);Designed and built adaptive house;Combined research and campaigning with caring, sole-parenting and homeschooling.My husband’s life changing injuries in the Armed Forces meant I had to give up my PhD and career ambitions to care for him and our three children who were all under 4 at the time of his injury.

Research focus on programmes addressing demand-side features of small arms and light weapons (SALW).Combined research with being a new parent within Armed Forces community.

UK Armed Forces posting;Gained MA. Began PhD.;Raised family.

Part of international contingent with US Army;Coordinated raising family overseas with study to retain career;Subjects: Russian language; UN training courses.

Coordinated and provided training/support for staff in Balkans and Eastern Europe;Developed partnerships between governmental, informal and NGO actors; Adviser/practitioner for grassroots NGOs, in human rights and civil society building.

Designed and executed research in ethnically divided town;Interviewed conflict survivors, directly or through interpreters;Adviser on capacity and confidence building; Report and proposal writing;Supported programmes in multiethnic dialogue and non-violent communication;Worked and lived with local community.

Field Research designed and executed.Clients included: Hamshire CC and Age Concern, Kent.

Seconded to run fundraising campaigns for three medium sized UK NGOs; Raised 240k for revenue and capital projects.