My role as an application advisor involves assessing CVs, covering letters and personal statements for current students and recent graduates of the University of Manchester. Working on a one-on-one basis with the student, with sessions lasting from fifteen minutes to half an hour, my main responsibilities include giving advice on how to format CVs for the UK and international job sectors, and how to tailor covering letters and CVs in response to specific job/course requirements.

I was a seminar leader on the undergraduate English course ‘Mapping the Medieval’, which introduced first-year students to Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the mechanics of Old and Middle English. Given the opportunity to design the seminars myself, I focused on such topics as the context of each poem’s creation, the features of Epic and Romance, the literary function of monsters, and how each text fitted into the wider annals of literary history. My other duties involved marking… Show more I was a seminar leader on the undergraduate English course ‘Mapping the Medieval’, which introduced first-year students to Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the mechanics of Old and Middle English. Given the opportunity to design the seminars myself, I focused on such topics as the context of each poem’s creation, the features of Epic and Romance, the literary function of monsters, and how each text fitted into the wider annals of literary history. My other duties involved marking the coursework.I was also a seminar leader on ‘The Medieval World - An Introduction’, which was offered as a free-choice interdisciplinary module. The rise of the troubadours, Anglo-Saxon dress, fourteenth-century Romance, and the history of manuscript production were just some of the topics around which I had to design/present weekly seminars. My job as a Graduate Teaching Assistant has helped develop my organisational, project management, and interpersonal skills. As my National Student Survery (NSS) feedback testifies, my strengths include my personable nature, public speaking proficiency, and ability to explain difficult concepts to students in an easily digestible manner. Show less

My role involves assisting with the research, planning, and implementation of an exhibition, entitled 'Magic and the Expanding Early Modern World', to be held at the historic John Rylands Library, Manchester. Working with the project leaders, Dr Jenny Spinks and Sasha Handley, I am currently conducting primary research on the items to be included in the exhibition. Areas of investigation include sixteenth century Books of Hours, Ars Moriendi block books, alchemical texts, the Shahnamah (the… Show more My role involves assisting with the research, planning, and implementation of an exhibition, entitled 'Magic and the Expanding Early Modern World', to be held at the historic John Rylands Library, Manchester. Working with the project leaders, Dr Jenny Spinks and Sasha Handley, I am currently conducting primary research on the items to be included in the exhibition. Areas of investigation include sixteenth century Books of Hours, Ars Moriendi block books, alchemical texts, the Shahnamah (the Persian Book of Kings), the Malleus Maleficarum, and typological handbooks. I am also involved in the preparation and design of the exhibition space. Show less

For the 2019-20 I was a Teaching Fellow in Medieval Literature at Royal Holloway. I personally convened four modules: EN2001 Introduction to Medieval Poetry, EN2005/3025 Medieval Epic and Romance, ‘EN3507 Special Subject: Chaucer’ (taught over two full semesters) and EN5604 Arthurian Literature and Tradition. Alongside this I contributed a 50% teaching load to the first-year survey module EN1001 Introduction to Medieval Literature and 25 % to the MA Medieval Studies core module EN5607 Medieval… Show more For the 2019-20 I was a Teaching Fellow in Medieval Literature at Royal Holloway. I personally convened four modules: EN2001 Introduction to Medieval Poetry, EN2005/3025 Medieval Epic and Romance, ‘EN3507 Special Subject: Chaucer’ (taught over two full semesters) and EN5604 Arthurian Literature and Tradition. Alongside this I contributed a 50% teaching load to the first-year survey module EN1001 Introduction to Medieval Literature and 25 % to the MA Medieval Studies core module EN5607 Medieval Narratives in their Cultural Contexts. I also contributed guest lectures to the postgraduate HS5217 Research Development module. My main duties involved setting up the modules’ online resource pages, writing and delivering lectures and seminars, designing the module assessments, and acting as a personal tutor to first-year undergraduate students. Show less

I was most recently employed as a Research Associate as part of the University of Manchester’s Embodied Emotions in Early Modern Culture’ research group (based in the History Department). My main duties involved helping to organise a two-day academic workshop, ‘Supernatural Spaces in Early Modern Europe’, which was held at the Rylands Library 19-20th May, 2016. This involved organising accommodation for the visiting speakers, designing and disseminating the advertising materials (e.g. the… Show more I was most recently employed as a Research Associate as part of the University of Manchester’s Embodied Emotions in Early Modern Culture’ research group (based in the History Department). My main duties involved helping to organise a two-day academic workshop, ‘Supernatural Spaces in Early Modern Europe’, which was held at the Rylands Library 19-20th May, 2016. This involved organising accommodation for the visiting speakers, designing and disseminating the advertising materials (e.g. the conference call for papers), and managing the budget.Other duties involved liaising with visiting speakers for Manchester's Print and Materiality seminar series, with a view to book their travel and accommodation, and developing an online presence for the research group (https://embodiedemotions.com/). Show less

My role involved assisting with the day-today administration of this prestigious academic journal. Working under the guidance of the general editor, my duties included cataloguing the incoming submissions and copy editing the scripts for typographical and syntactical errors. Other duties included sending anonymised manuscripts to the appropriate peer reviewers, liaising with the contributors, and indexing the entire journal ready for publication.My stint as an editorial assistant… Show more My role involved assisting with the day-today administration of this prestigious academic journal. Working under the guidance of the general editor, my duties included cataloguing the incoming submissions and copy editing the scripts for typographical and syntactical errors. Other duties included sending anonymised manuscripts to the appropriate peer reviewers, liaising with the contributors, and indexing the entire journal ready for publication.My stint as an editorial assistant helped develop my interest in the world of academic publishing, especially in the Humanities. I gained further insights into the timescale needed to take a literary project to completion. Show less

My main role as an Information Advisor for the National Careers Advice Service involved giving training and career advice to customers.I worked in this position from December 2008 and May 2009 – at the very height of the recession. A significant part of this job involved receiving calls from members of the public who had recently lost their job and needed training and/or careers advice. My role involved helping the customer search for training programmes and, should their queries demand… Show more My main role as an Information Advisor for the National Careers Advice Service involved giving training and career advice to customers.I worked in this position from December 2008 and May 2009 – at the very height of the recession. A significant part of this job involved receiving calls from members of the public who had recently lost their job and needed training and/or careers advice. My role involved helping the customer search for training programmes and, should their queries demand more in-depth counsel, direct them to the appropriate member of staff.This job demonstrated that I possess well-developed communication and listening skills, and that I’m able to maintain a professional demeanour in stressful environments. Show less