Dr Gwyneth Tyrer Clarke Email & Phone Number

Newtown, Wales, United Kingdom

Experienced higher education Employability Adviser, delivering advice and guidance to students ranging from level 4 to postgraduate researchers. Designing employability workshops for PGRs, collaborating and liaising with colleagues and external contacts around specific provision of employability in the faculties. Experienced research officer, leading and contributing on a range of work incluing funded projects (attending the HEA Conference presenting research: Professional capabilities in non-vocational subject disciplines, 17.10.2013). Responsible for evaluating the service and conducting research; writing papers and material for conferences; reporting on how the Careers Team is delivering across the faculties; organising large scale evaluations (survey at graduation).

Delivering one-to-one employability advice and guidance; researching / preparing materials for students / staff / employers, organising and attending events, delivering workshops, responding to student, staff and external queries, setting up SPSS databases and inputting and generating statistical reports. Assessing student’s work, providing timely feedback and moderating colleagues marking.

Provided administrative support to areas within Student Services; dealt with enquiries from students, staff and the public; record keeping; supporting committee servicing; supporting process management; supporting administration of admissions and enrolment; other duties as required (document production, note and minute taking at meetings, handling correspondence, telephone calls, record keeping, internal and external client liaison).

Sharing knowledge and best practice to improve PGR careers and employability provision.

Newtown, Powys

Duties included proofreading, copy-writing, copy-editing. All other aspects of work relating to the compilation and production of an annual magazine promoting sustainable tourism (Countrywide Cymru/Wales); contacting events organisers and attractions contributors; updating the website; performing admin duties such as filing, answering telephone queries, undertaking mail shots; and, other duties as required (including undertaking an interview about sustainable tourism in Welsh for Byd Natur on S4C). I participated in meetings with web designers; identified and contacted people or organizations for inclusion in the magazine or on the website, interviewed people and wrote articles for the magazine. I applied a set of criteria to applications from potential contributors, collected and collated information from contributors, undertook database work using Access or Excel, and researched new contacts. I gained valuable administrative and communication skills in a busy working environment, and gained excellent time management skills. I worked successfully as a team member, worked to meet deadlines of the magazine and the launch of the new website.

Machynlleth, Powys

Duties included researching and successfully applying for grants, participating in the organization and planning of a festival of art and culture, liasing and working with other committee members and artists, dealing with enquiries from the public during the festival, and, anticipating and planning the future direction and work of the group. Skills gained: writing successful funding applications, participating in committee meetings, working with a broad range of people, networking, enabling an understanding of the aims of the organization to a wider audience, and participating in the organisation of events. Committee meetings were undertaken through the medium of Welsh.

Ormskirk, Lancashire

Designed and implemented a research project, undertook a literature review, identified and contacted gatekeepers/key actors, conducted structured, semi-structured and unstructured interviews within farming communities, collected primary and secondary evidence and information, and analyzed information. I have gained experience of undertaking a research project and of research more generally, working in Higher Education, built upon communication skills, identified and retrieved necessary information, disseminated information, and utilised administrative skills.

Duties included managing large numbers of questionnaires, inputting information on SPSS. Assisting the Centre for Local Policy Studies with the CLPS conference in March 1998.

St Helens, Merseyside

Duties included accompanying clients to meetings, acting as an advocate, office duties, and dealing with enquiries from the public. Experience gained: working in unexpected situations, advocating for clients in meetings, and general office duties.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Writing

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Rural Studies

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Sociology & Social Policy

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy And Urban And Cultural Studies, 2.1