First Class graduate and coordinator of 400+ student volunteers. My role involves working with students and staff across the Students' Union and Loughborough University to ensure our Academic Representation scheme runs effectively at undergraduate, postgraduate taught and doctoral researcher levels.
Open to creative opportunities within the textiles, education and humanitarian sectors.
Projects
- 'Peace of Mind' CollectionInspired by seascapes and film cinematography, 'Peace of Mind' explores the impact our surroundings have on emotional wellbeing. Designed for installations in healthcare and public spaces, this collection aims to evoke relaxation and calming thoughts. Each piece has been created with nature in mind, boasting transparency, earthy gradients and shimmering surfaces. Hospital patients and visitors often spend a significant amount of time in clinical environments, but this could be damaging to mental
Work history
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Academic Representation CoordinatorLoughborough Students' Union
Loughborough, United KingdomFull Time
My role involves:
• Coordinating the recruitment and training of 400+ academic representatives (Course Reps, School Presidents, Doctoral Researcher Reps/Lead Reps and Doctoral Researcher Presidents)
• Supporting 25+ School Presidents in their roles to ensure that academic representatives are supported and celebrated, that balanced and representative feedback is gathered and that outcomes are communicated to students
• Working with the Education Executive Officer, academic representatives and staff across Loughborough University and Loughborough University London to ensure that positive impacts are being made to the academic experience and that outcomes are communicated to students
• Tracking the engagement of academic representation volunteers
• Designing and facilitating training and workshops for Course Reps and School Presidents (face-to-face and digital)
• Planning and co-chairing monthly School President meetings alongside the Education Executive Officer
• Communicating with university staff regularly to provide updates on the progress of the representation scheme
• Working closely with the Education Executive Officer to create campaigns to raise awareness of the scheme amongst students
• Working with other sections in the Students’ Union to develop new feedback mechanisms for academic representatives
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Admin and Promotions AssistantLoughborough Students' Union
- Loughborough, United KingdomFreelance
Role involved:
- Creating and updating spreadsheets
- Social media promotion using Facebook and Twitter
- Organisation of volunteer teams
- Minuting meetings
- Assisting with the day to day running of Peer Support and the Peer Support Sub-Committee Projects
- Creation of promotional material
- Updating and improving website pages
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Skills
- Photography
- Art Direction
- Abobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Social Media
- Hand Weaving
- Dyeing Yarn
- Microsoft Office
- Admin Support
- Project Management
- Volunteer Management
- Training Development
- Training Delivery
Education
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BA (Hons) Textiles: Innovation and DesignLoughborough University
Loughborough, United Kingdom
Achieved a First
Foundation Diploma in Art and DesignDe Montfort University
- Leicester, United Kingdom
Achieved Distinction Level
Awards
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Worshipful Company of Weavers ScholarshipThe Worshipful Company of Weavers
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Your Education Volunteer AwardLoughborough Students' Union
Platinum award for going above and beyond within my voluntary roles with Peer Support (Peer Mentor and Sub-Committee Member)+ Show more